US-BANGLADESH TRADE AND RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2014–2015

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2015	—	4	1
2014	—	6	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC	—	10

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	4
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	4
State, Dept of (DOS)	4
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	4
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	3
SENATE	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	6
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	4
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	1

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 2772114th Congress

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016

2015 · second_quarter · Firm: THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC

Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R. 2772 FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, workforce and labor issues.

Client expense: — · Firm income: $80,000

Matched citations: H.R. 2772

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