MARS, INC.

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Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2020–2024

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2024	—	7	2
2023	—	8	2
2022	—	4	1
2021	—	3	1
2020	—	5	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
AO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC	—	7
DHI CONSULTING GROUP, LLC	—	20

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
SENATE	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Firearms/Guns/Ammunition	Firearms/Guns/Ammunition	3
Small Business	Small Business	3
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	3
Manufacturing	Manufacturing	3
Defense	Defense	3
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	3
Government Issues	Government Issues	2
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	2
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (1)

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

S. 54118th Congress

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the credit for biomass stoves and boilers.

2024 · second_quarter · Firm: AO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act; U.S. Army, RDT&E, Soldier Lethality, Advanced Component Development & Prototype; advocated for increased funding to Program Element S54: Small Arms Improvement

Client expense: — · Firm income: $7,000

Matched citations: S54

Source: Senate LDA

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