• Tracking the implementation of PL 169-117 the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Indentifing and reviewing the federal funding programs including ESSER, WIIN, EPA Innovation Program, SRLF to evaluate project eligibility, identifying eligible partnering opportunities and navigating the process for applying for funding. Advocating for of point of access contamination filtering water systems to be eligible expenditures for lead removal/reduction and other clean water federal funding.

Duration: May 13, 2023 to May 30, 2023

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Clean Air & Water (Quality)

Spending: about $0 (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 2023: