Recording Industry Association Of America
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Recording Industry Association Of America spent $8.4M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on copyright & patents, trade, computers. It used 7 lobbyists, including people who worked for 5 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $8.4M
- Lobbyists
- 7
- Bills lobbied
- 10
- Issues
- 6
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$1.9M
- 2025 Q4$2.1M
- 2026 Q1$2.2M
- 2026 Q2$2.2M
Issues lobbied
- Copyright & patents
- Trade
- Computers
- Law enforcement
- Arts & entertainment
- Science & tech
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 279411 reports
- S. 13678 reports
- H.R. 8915: NO FAKES Act of 20263 reports
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act2 reports
- S. 53792 reports
- H.R. 72092 reports
- S. 38132 reports
- S. 24552 reports
- S. 45912 reports
- H.R. 95511 report
Lobbying firms hired
- Recording Industry Association Of America$8.4M
- Alpine Group Partners, LLC.$250K
- Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC)$240K
- Fierce Government Relations$200K
- Colton Street Group$200K
- Ogr$180K
- Salt Point Strategies$120K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Curtis Philip
Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith/Professional Staff member, House Science Cmte; Legislative Director, Rep…Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - Curtis Philip
Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith/Professional Staff member, House Science Cmte; Legislative Director, Rep…Bill Cassidy (R-LA) - Patrick Satalin
Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter Welch; Special Asst., Office of FHA Commissioner, Dept. of HUDPeter Welch (D-VT) - Anderson Helton
Legislative Assistant, Senator Roger Wicker; Research Assistant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and…Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) - James Williams
Sen. Finance Cmte: Sr Tax/Econ Policy Adv & Tax/IRS Subcmte Staff Dir | Sen. Thune: Sr Policy/Tax/Trade Policy Adv |…Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
Agencies contacted
- Senate · 53
- House Of Representatives · 51
- Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 3
- Intl Trade Administration (Ita) · 2
- Justice, Dept of (Doj) · 2
- Patent & Trademark Office (Pto) · 2
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$30K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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