American Library Association

American Library Association filed a Q2 report for American Library Association on July 21, 2025.

Lobbying for American Library Association

As filed: AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

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Amended

The filer submitted a later report covering this same period, so the amounts here have been replaced. Site totals count only the latest version. See the current filing, posted Sep 25, 2026.

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

Expenses

$89,122

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 6033(b)(8) definitions (method B): 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

Government bodies contacted 9

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 6

Budget/Appropriations

Appropriations and authorizations for library agencies and programs, including Legislative Branch (regarding the Library of Congress and the Government Publishing Office); Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (regarding the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Education Department); Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (regarding Community Development Block Grants). H.R. 4 Recissions Act of 2025 H.R.2766 / S.2014, Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act

Government Issues

Federal Depository Library Program, public access to federally funded research

Telecommunications

Discussions on revising Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. E-rate, including eligibility for internet hotspot lending Affordable Connectivity Program Learning without Limits initiative (FCC) Implementation of Digital Equity Act Net Neutrality S.J.Res.7/ H.J.Res.33 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".

Education

School libraries, workforce development, prison libraries, social workers in libraries, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, federal statistics about libraries, Executive Order 14238, Executive Order 14242

Equitable access to digital content/eBooks Copyright law in the digital age (US Copyright Office) Sec. 1201 DMCA proceeding in the US Copyright Office Artificial intelligence with respect to copyright policy, OSTP/EOP Legislation on site blocking Public Modernization Committee of the U.S. Copyright Office

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Book banning and censorship in libraries, civil rights protections for library workers and users.

Bills named in this filing 5

H.R. 4
Rescissions Act of 2025
H.R. 2766
Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act
S. 2014
Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act
S.J. Res. 7
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule …
H.J. Res. 33
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Fe…

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