Optical Society of America

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $650K in lobbying spend across 20 quarterly filings, Optical Society of America is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 7 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2022.

$650K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$200K
2019	$120K
2020	$120K
2021	$120K
2022	$90K

Issues Lobbied

Transportation Science/Technology Budget/Appropriations Defense Media/Information Immigration Health Issues

Lobbying Firms

Optical Society of America

Lobbyists

Laura Kolton David Lang

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Optical Society of America disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEOffice of Management & Budget (OMB)Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)Defense, Dept of (DOD)Energy, Dept ofPresident of the U.S.Commerce, Dept of (DOC)Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)Natl Science Foundation (NSF)White House OfficeNatl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)State, Dept of (DOS)

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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: Transportation, Science/Technology, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Media/Information and 2 more

Issue related to infrastructure funding and development including quantum technologies

Urging creation of a National Quantum Initiative.

Funding for FY 2018 for NSF and NIST in Commerce, Justice, Science Funding bill HR 5393 and S. 2837.

Urging creation of a National Quantum Initiative in the House (H.R. 6227) and Senate (S. 3143).

Urging increased support for the Inertial Confinement Fusion Program and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 (S.2987).