PEN AMERICA

Lobbying for PEN AMERICA · nonprofit

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 20, 2026

Expenses

$10,000.00

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

New York

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 5

S 188
Free Speech Protection Act
S 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 5527
Stop Censoring Military Families Act
HRES 797
Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression …
SRES 443
A resolution expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning, and the proliferation of threats to freedom …

Lobbying activity 1

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

S.188, Free Speech Protection Act S.2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 H.R.5527, Stop Censoring Military Families Act H.RES.797, Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States S.Res.443, A resolution expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning, and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States Issues related to censorship at Department of Defense run schools Issues related to book bans at military service academies Issues related to transnational repression Issues related to government jawboning

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