SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

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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

$1.3M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2018–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$90,000	2	1
2025	$270,000	6	1
2024	$169,000	4	1
2023	$145,000	4	1
2022	$140,000	4	1
2021	$130,000	4	1
2020	$120,000	4	1
2019	$150,000	5	1
2018	$120,000	5	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS	$1,334,000	38

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)	37
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	37
Energy, Dept of	37
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	37
Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)	37
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)	37
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)	37
SENATE	37
State, Dept of (DOS)	37
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)	19
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	18

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	38
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	38
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	38
Defense	Defense	1
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	1

Source: Senate LDA

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