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AVANT BISHOP WASHINGTON & BLACK LLC

Lobbying for SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION · Political activity for member merchant mariners

 Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2026
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Aug 3, 2026
Income
$20,000
What the client paid this registrant for the period.
Client based in
Maryland

Official filing document

 Conviction disclosures 2

A registrant must disclose criminal convictions of the lobbyists it lists, under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. This is the filer's own wording.

  • LANIER AVANT 2018
    One count in violation of 18 USC 1001
  • LANIER AVANT 2016
    One count in violation of 26 USC 7203
 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • LANIER AVANT
    Previously held: Chief of Staff to Rep. Bennie G. Thompson and Staff Director for the Committee on Homeland Security

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 1

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

 Lobbying activity 3
Defense

The Jones Act and Maritime Security Program

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Maritime Security Program

Homeland Security

Maritime Security Program

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

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