AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE lobbying for AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 15, 2026

Expenses

$120,000.00

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

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 3

KEVIN M DEMPSEY

Previously held: Minority Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
BRETT S SMITH

Previously held: LA, Rep. Bob Riley; Sr. LA, Rep. Phil Gingrey
CHASE CLANAHAN

Previously held: Legislative Director, Rep. Carlos Gimenez; Deputy Legislative Director, Rep. John Shimkus

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 16

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
SENATE
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
White House Office

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

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 1548
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act
S 691
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Lobbying activity 7

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Chinese Belt and Road Initiative Critical Minerals trade agreements Export restrictions on steel-making raw materials Reciprocal tariffs, IEEPA tariffs, Addressing non-reciprocal trade arrangements Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity OECD Steel Committee USMCA review and renegotiation H.R. 1548/S. 691 Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act Collection of melt and pour data on steel imports Steel Section 232 country exemptions Section 232 and Section 232 inclusion process, Section 232 derivative product coverage Commerce Department and ITC trade enforcement Indonesian nickel export ban Foreign Pollution Fee Act Transnational Subsidies Potential Chinese acquisition of Brazil nickel assets of Anglo-American STEEL Act of 2025, Strengthening Trade Enforcement and Evasion Limitations Act

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

OSHA Heat Protection Standard Proposal MSHA Crystalline Silica Regulation

Transportation

Surface transportation reauthorization legislation Buy America procurement policies SHIPS for America Act Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act Highway Trust Fund Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Environment/Superfund

EPA PM2.5 NAAQS Regulation EPA Electric Generating Utility GHG Regulations Border adjustment for climate change policies Climate/energy provisions in Inflation Reduction Act Foreign Pollution Fee Act

Budget/Appropriations

Funding for trade enforcement agencies in federal appropriations

Energy/Nuclear

Energy/climate provisions in Inflation Reduction Act

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Bonus depreciation, expensing of R&D expenses, interest expense deduction, IRA tax credits Domestic content provisions in clean energy tax credits in Inflation Reduction Act Sections 45X, 45Q and 45V tax credits One Big Beautiful Bill Act