• Support the use of bio-based chemicals in the Department of Defense. Educate and advocate for domestic precursor chemical supply chains in the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
• Educate policymakers about Solugen's technology to produce bio-based chemicals. Monitor P.L.117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Monitor P.L.117-169, Inflation Reduction Act. Monitor implementation of Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing. Educate policymakers on Premanufacture Notice decision for glucaric acid under TSCA and on the Environmental Protection Agency's chemical review process.
• Educate policymakers about Solugen's technology. Advocate for 2024 Farm Bill language directing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce a report describing the extent to which agricultural chemical needs in the United States are reliant on foreign supply chains.

Duration: September 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023

General Issues: Defense, Environmental/Superfund, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $1,720,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of