Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Based in VI

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AI Overview

With $2.6M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 6 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$2.6M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$340K
2019	$40K
2020	$330K
2021	$320K
2022	$240K
2023	$230K
2024	$680K
2025	$380K

Issues Lobbied

Transportation Health Issues Immigration Taxation Budget/Appropriations Environment

Lobbying Firms

Winston & Strawn LLP

Lobbyists

Peter Hiebert John Fehrenbach Geoffrey Eaton Bryant Gardner Shiza Arshad Jade Baker

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: Transportation, Health Issues, Immigration, Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and 1 more

•Legislation to increase funding for the Territorial Highway Program and other infrastructure programs.

•Legislation on health care issues, including increases in Medicaid, SCHIP and hospital funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands, eligibility for participation in health insurance exchange(s).

•In support of legislation authorizing a special visa waiver program for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

•In support of (1) legislation to extend temporary cover-over rate, and eliminate the cap on the amount, of federal rum taxes returned to the Virgin Islands under 26 U.S.C. Section 7652; (2) legislatio

•In support of increased federal assistance for the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in FY 2017 and FY 2018 appropriations, including FEMA and hurricane recovery funding, environmental and other i