American Legion

Veterans Affairs

Based in IN

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AI Overview

With $5.3M in lobbying spend across 61 quarterly filings, American Legion is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 48 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 10 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$5.3M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$525K
2019	$550K
2020	$400K
2021	$0
2022	$570K
2023	$1.5M
2024	$950K
2025	$760K

Issues Lobbied

Veterans Defense CON Small Business Budget/Appropriations Education Labor Issues Homeland Security Housing Foreign Relations

Lobbying Firms

The American Legion

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that American Legion disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Defense, Dept of (DOD)Education, Dept ofHomeland Security, Dept of (DHS)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJustice, Dept of (DOJ)Labor, Dept of (DOL)Natl Council on DisabilitySENATESmall Business Administration (SBA)U.S. Customs & Border ProtectionVeterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)Veterans Employment & Training Service

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Veterans, Defense, CON, Small Business, Budget/Appropriations and 5 more

PL 115-65 [H.R. 2519, S. 1182]: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act / require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th annive

H.R. 303: Retired Pay Restoration Act / To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disab

H.J. Res. 61; S.J. Res. 46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. / Protectin

H.R. 2749: Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the oversight of contracts awarded by the VA Secretary to small business concerns owned

PL 115-141; [HR 1625] - Vehicle for Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2018 Omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2018, including funding for Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice