PEN AMERICA

Lobbying for PEN AMERICA · nonprofit

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

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 4

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)

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

Bills named in this filing 4

S 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 2617
Say No to Indoctrination Act
HR 4
Rescissions Act of 2025
SRES 152
A resolution designating April 2025 as "Preserving and Protecting Local News Month" and recognizing the importance and …

Lobbying activity 5

Foreign Relations

S.2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Issues related to Jailed writers, Defending Freedoms Project of the Lantos Human Rights Commission

Education

H.R.2617, Say No to Indoctrination Act

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Issues related to censorship at Department of Defense run schools Issues related to book bans at military service academies Issues related to free speech Issues related to transnational repression

Budget/Appropriations

H.R.4, Rescissions Act of 2025

Media (information/publishing)

S.Res.152, A resolution designating April 2025 as "Preserving and Protecting Local News Month" and recognizing the importance and significance of local news Issues related to US Agency for Global Media Deportation risks

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