Outdoor Industry Association

Nonprofit trade association representing business in the outdoor industry.

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $710K in lobbying spend across 21 quarterly filings, Outdoor Industry Association is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2020 to 2025.

$710K
Total Spend
6
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
3
Lobbyists Deployed
9
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2020$110K
2021$160K
2022$190K
2023$200K
2024$50K
2025$0

Issues Lobbied

ApparelTradeSmall BusinessNatural ResourcesManufacturingBudget/AppropriationsClean Air & WaterEnvironmentDefense

Lobbying Firms

Forbes-tate

Lobbyists

George CooperRick MurphyJeffrey Sadosky

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Outdoor Industry Association disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEAgriculture, Dept of (USDA)Interior, Dept of (DOI)Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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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: Apparel, Trade, Small Business, Natural Resources, Manufacturing and 4 more

Issues related to the CARES Act (Pub.L. 116-136, H.R. 748/S. 3548); Issues related to the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422).

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Last updated: February 2026

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