The American Institute of Architects
Architect Advocacy
Based in DC
AI Overview
With $1.7M in lobbying spend across 29 quarterly filings, The American Institute of Architects is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 10 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $200K |
| 2019 | $240K |
| 2020 | $240K |
| 2021 | $120K |
| 2022 | $240K |
| 2023 | $240K |
| 2024 | $120K |
| 2025 | $300K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
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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: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations, Energy, Aviation, Government Issues and 5 more
Legislation affecting AIA in tax, energy, student lending, and appropriations.
Lobbied on the inclusion of qualifications based selection.
Legislation affecting AIA in tax, energy, student lending, and appropriations.
Lobbied on Section 179D, the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction. No bill number.
Lobbied on full repeal of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act. H.r. 2210 Invest in America Act.
Lobbied on the low income housing tax credit. No bill number.
Lobbied on the middle income housing tax credit. Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2018.
Researched the qualified improvement property of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, H.R.1, and potential expansion to include energy efficiency qualified improvement property.
Lobbied on Section 25C, the Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit.
Lobbied on Section 45L, the Energy Efficient Home Credit.
Legislation affecting AIA in tax, energy, student lending, and appropriations.
Lobbied fro inclusion of a provision in H.R. 3055, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019, to recognize the role of architects in the design of safe schools.
Lobbied the appointment process of the Architect of the Capitol.
Researched issued and lobbied on appointment process regarding the US Commission on Fine Arts.
Lobbied GSA regarding architecture and public buildings.
Legislation affecting AIA in tax, energy, student lending, and appropriations.
Lobbied on the energy efficiency tax extenders; Sec 25C Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit, Sec. 179D Commercial Building Tax Deduction, 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit.
Lobbied on the importance of building codes in affordable housing. No bill number.
Lobbied the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to prevent the establishment of a federal design preference for public buildings.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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