• H.R.3949, End Cells in Cells Act, a bill to increase criminal penalties for contraband cell phones in prisons and jails. H.R.6763, 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act, a bill to establish multistakeholder advisory committee to address challenges to transmitting geolocation information with calls to 988.

Duration: August 1, 2023 to present

General Issues: Telecommunications

Spending: about $80,000 (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 2023: House of Representatives