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SYNOPSYS, INC.

Lobbying for SYNOPSYS, INC. · electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP)

 Filing 2nd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2025
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025
Expenses
$290,000.00
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
California

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • ANDREW ROLLO New on this filing
    Previously held: US Sen Cmte. Fin.- Economist (3/15-10/17); WH: NSC and NEC- Dir. Intl Trd./Invest. (11/17-3/19), Sr. Dir. Intl Trd./Invest. (5/19-1/20); DHS: CBP- Economist (12/09-12/13); Sr. Economist (12/13-4/20), Branch Chief (4/20-1/21); EXIM VP (1/21-7/24)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 9
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Natl Economic Council (NEC)
  • Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
  • Natl Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Natl Security Council (NSC)
  • Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • SENATE

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

 Bills named in this filing 8
  • HR 802
    STAR Act of 2025
  • HR 1062
    Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025
  • HR 1
    An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
  • HR 2683
    Remote Access Security Act
  • HR 3447
    Chip Security Act
  • S 1705
    Chip Security Act
  • HR 2246
    Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act
  • S 1053
    FIGHT China Act of 2025
 Lobbying activity 3
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to tax treatment and competitiveness in semiconductor design, including those in P.L. 115-97 the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (implementation and R&D treatments (Section 174)) and H.R. 802 the Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research Act of 2025 (the STAR Act), H.R. 1062 The Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025, and H.R.1/P.L. 119-21 One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to international trade rules, U.S.-China relations, and export controls including Remote Access Security Act (all provisions); H.R. 2683 Remote Security Access Act (all provisions); H.R. 3447/S.1705 Chip Security Act (all provisions); implementation of P.L. 115-232 Export Control Reform Act (integrated circuits (ICs) specific provisions) and amendments to Export Administration Regulations (EAR); H.R. 2246/S. 1053 Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act of 2025 (all provisions).

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Issues related to implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act (Public Law 117-167)(provisions related to workforce development, semiconductor R&D, STEM education for semiconductor and software fields.)

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

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