Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association

Based in AL

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AI Overview

With $6.0M in lobbying spend across 28 quarterly filings, Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 3 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$6.0M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
5
Lobbyists Deployed
3
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$490K
2019$480K
2020$620K
2021$550K
2022$720K
2023$990K
2024$1.2M
2025$950K

Issues Lobbied

Lobbying Firms

Lobbyists

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: Manufacturing, Budget/Appropriations, RRR

FY18 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 3268, S. 1603), FY18 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1625), FY19 Agriculture Appropriations, USDA open and free competition policy; Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (H.R. 3387), material preference efforts; material-specific research, standards and funding; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards; H.R.4667 - Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes - water infrastructure issues

Support private activity bond legislation, support funding for water infrastructure

FY19 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 5961, S. 2976), USDA open and free competition policy; America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 2800), material preference efforts, material-specific research, standards and funding; Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (H.R. 8), material preference efforts, material-specific research, standards and funding; H.R.4667 - Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes - water infrastructure issues; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards

FY19 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 5961, S. 2976), USDA open and free competition policy; America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 2800), material preference efforts, material-specific research, standards and funding; Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (H.R. 8), material preference efforts, material-specific research, standards and funding; IMAGINE Act (S. 3341, H.R. 6653), material-specific research, standards and funding; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards

FY19 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 5961, S. 2976), USDA open and free competition policy; America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), material preference efforts, material-specific research, standards and funding; IMAGINE Act (S. 3341, H.R. 6653), material-specific research, standards and funding; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards

FY20 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R.3164, H.R.3055), USDA open and free competition policy; IMAGINE Act (S.403, H.R.1159), material-specific research, standards and funding; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards

FY20 Agriculture Appropriations (S.2522, H.R.3164), USDA open and free competition policy; support funding for water infrastructure; support private activity bond legislation

FY20 Agriculture Appropriations (S.2522, H.R.3164), USDA open and free competition policy; IMAGINE Act (S.403, H.R.1159), material-specific research, standards and funding; water quality issues; provisions related to Bureau of Reclamation corrosion standards; Clean Industrial Technology Act of 2019/CIT Act of 2019 (S.2300, H.R.3978, H.R.4230), material provisions; Save Our Seas 2.0: Improving Domestic Infrastructure to Prevent Marine Debris Act/Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (S.2260, H.R.3969), material provisions

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Last updated: February 2026

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