UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Lobbying for UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$80,000.00

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

Georgia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

CORY JAMES GATTIE

Previously held: Staff/Special Assistant and LC for Senator Johnny Isakson; Legislative Assistant and Director of Highway and Transportation Division for Associated General Contractors of America; Public Affairs Specialist and US Senate Liaison for DOT FRA

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 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

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

Lobbying activity 12

Transportation

Electric Mobility, University Transportation Centers, Transportation Infrastructure, Resilient Infrastructure

Budget/Appropriations

FY26 appropriations requests supporting campus safety, workforce and economic development, community and economic resilience, agricultural research, veterinary diagnostic labs, small business development, advancing dementia care and rural healthcare, research infrastructure for neurodegenerative diseases, programmatic support for Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant

Sports/Athletics

Name Image Likeness

Agriculture

Research funding and research facility infrastructure funding; Farm Bill; addressing the farmer suicide epidemic; Agriculture statistics through UGA CAES; the importance of cooperative extension across Georgia; horticulture

Education

Workforce and economic development, rural healthcare, small business development, Sea Grant and Marine Extension, Cooperative Extension, agriculture research funding, federal research funding, Engineering With Nature, Name Image and Likeness, higher education funding, integrated precision agriculture, electric mobility, National Animal Health Laboratory Network - Veterinary Diagnostic Lab funding, Public Service Loan Forgiveness for veterinarians, Special Collections library and archiving congressional papers at UGA, issues affecting LGBTQ+ students on college campuses

Environment/Superfund

Cooperative Extension; Georgia Forestry Tour and natural disasters; dues to NAFO and NAUFRP

Economics/Economic Development

Carl Vinson Institute of Government Georgia Workforce and Economic Resilience Center; Planning Rural Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Leadership (PROPEL); Small Business Development Center (SBDC); Archway Partnership

Animals

National Animal Health Laboratory Network Veterinary Diagnostic Labs (Tifton and Athens)

Defense

Research on autonomous systems in conflict environments; leveraging and incorporating AI and AA into Army operations

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Sea Grant and Marine Extension

Small Business

Small Business Development Center

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Research infrastructure for neurodegenerative diseases; federal research funding; Drug Shortage Working Group project

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