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AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$4.3M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$85,272	3	1
2025	$104,648	4	1
2024	$87,817	4	1
2023	$90,643	4	1
2022	$119,189	4	1
2021	$111,512	4	1
2020	$102,160	4	1
2019	$96,905	4	1
2018	$131,417	4	1
2017	$131,457	4	1
2016	$149,129	4	1
2015	$149,000	4	1
2014	$153,407	4	1
2013	$560,104	5	1
2012	$128,700	4	1
2011	$149,331	5	1
2010	$158,556	5	1
2009	$131,027	4	1
2008	$82,384	4	1
2007	$400,000	4	1
2006	$100,000	1	1
2005	$200,000	2	1
2004	$200,000	2	1
2003	$200,000	3	1
2002	$100,000	2	1
2001	$100,000	1	1
2000	$120,000	2	1
1999	$120,000	4	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION	$4,262,658	99

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	93
SENATE	93
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	85
White House Office	72
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	63
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)	43
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	39
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	39
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)	33
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	29
Vice President of the U.S.	27
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	17
Office of the Vice President of the United States	15
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	11
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)	8
President of the U.S.	8
State, Dept of (DOS)	6
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	6
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)	5
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	4

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	97
Health Issues	Health Issues	95
Tobacco	Tobacco	73
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	73
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	54
Agriculture	Agriculture	53
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition	Firearms/Guns/Ammunition	52
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)	Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)	44
Transportation	Transportation	42
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	Family issues/Abortion/Adoption	38
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	37
Immigration	Immigration	33
Alcohol and Drug Abuse	Alcohol and Drug Abuse	25
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid	17
Chemicals/Chemical Industry	Chemicals/Chemical Industry	10
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	9
Disaster Planning/Emergencies	Disaster Planning/Emergencies	9
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	9
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	8
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	8

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

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

HJRES 202119th Congress

Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles".

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION