AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 14, 2025

Expenses

$25,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Maryland

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 6

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
SENATE
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 6

HR 347
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
S 843
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
HR 3456
CHER Act of 2025
S 1947
OCTOPUS Act of 2025
HR 3538
Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025
HR 4294
MAWS Act of 2026

Lobbying activity 3

Animals

H.R. 347/S. 843, the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025 H.R. 3456, the CHER Act of 2025 S. 1947, the OCTOPUS Act of 2025 P.L. 117-428, the Big Cat Public Safety Act

Budget/Appropriations

FY 2026 Interior Appropriations FY 2026 Agriculture Appropriations FY 2026 Commerce Appropriations

Natural Resources

H.R. 3538, the Wildlife Confiscations Network Act of 2025 H.R. 4294, the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act of 2025

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.