Lobbying Relationship

Client

Global ARM

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Lobbying firm

PLURUS STRATEGIES, LLC

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  • General issues related to humanitarian support, energy assistance, Foreign Military Financing (FMF), and International Military Education and Training (IMET) funding for Armenia, including in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
  • General issues related to developing stronger bilateral economic, security, and humanitarian ties between the U.S. and Armenia, deterrence of Azerbaijan aggression, and justice and accountability for human rights abuses and war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh, including S. 3000/H.R. 7288, the Armenian Protection Act, S. 2900/H.R. 5683, the Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act, H.R. 5686, the Preventing Ethnic Cleansing and Atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh Act, S. 3705, the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, S.Res. 244/H.Res. 108, Condemning Azerbaijan's blockade of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and ongoing human rights violations, and S.Res. 540/H.Res. 735, Requesting information on Azerbaijan's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
  • General issues related to developing stronger bilateral security ties between the U.S. and Armenia and U.S. security assistance for Armenia, including in the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
  • General issues related to developing stronger bilateral economic ties between the U.S. and Armenia
  • General issues related to energy assistance to support Armenia's transition away from reliance on Russian energy, including physical hardening of Armenia's energy infrastructure, regulatory reforms to attract investment in Armenia's energy sector, grid synchronization with Georgia, and bolstering nuclear and renewable energy

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Defense, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $60,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Energy - Dept of, Treasury - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Bills mentioned

S.3000: Armenian Protection Act of 2023

Sponsor: Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

H.R.7288: Armenian Protection Act of 2024

Sponsor: Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.)

S.2900: Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act of 2023

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5683: Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act of 2023

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.5686: Preventing Ethnic Cleansing and Atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh Act of 2023

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

S.3705: Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

S.RES.244: A resolution condemning Azerbaijan's blockade of the Armenians of...

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

H.RES.108: Condemning Azerbaijan's blockade of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.RES.540: A resolution requesting information on Azerbaijan's human rights...

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.RES.735: Requesting information on Azerbaijan's human rights practices pursuant...

Sponsor: Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
David Leiter Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Wendell Ford; Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kerry; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Georgette Kerr n/a
Amelia Cleary n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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