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Rice University

Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026

Rice University spent $400K lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on science & tech, budget & spending, defense. It used 3 lobbyists, including people who worked for 1 members of Congress.

Spent on lobbying: $400K
Lobbyists: 3
Bills lobbied: 11
Issues: 10

Spending by quarter

2025 Q3$140K
2025 Q4$110K
2026 Q1$80K
2026 Q2$70K

Issues lobbied

Science & tech
Budget & spending
Defense
Energy & nuclear
Education
Foreign relations
Sports
Immigration
Copyright & patents
Taxes

Bills lobbied on

H.R. 43123 reports
H.R. 3838: SPEED Act2 reports
H.R. 5342: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20262 reports
H.R. 5304: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies…1 report
H.R. 6938: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment…1 report
S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20261 report
S. 23541 report
S. 32931 report
S. 3971: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act1 report
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 20261 report
H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act1 report

Lobbying firms hired

Rice University$400K
Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$110K

Lobbyists who worked in Congress

Nathan Cook
District Director, Rep. Pete Olson; Deputy Regional Director, Sen. John CornynJohn Cornyn (R-TX)

Agencies contacted

House Of Representatives · 43
Senate · 40
Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (Nist) · 6
Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 5
Education, Dept of · 4
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa) · 4

All lobbying groups

Filings

From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.

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Capitol Receipts, “Rice University: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/criceuniversity/rice-university (accessed 2026-10-16).