SYNOPSYS, INC. lobbying for SYNOPSYS, INC.

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$300,000.00

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

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

GARTH SPENCER New on this filing

Previously held: Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Special Assistant (Schedule C), U.S. Department of Energy; Projects Director, Office of U.S. Senator Tom Carper.

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 13

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Energy, Dept of
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)
Natl Security Council (NSC)
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
SENATE
Treasury, Dept of
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 10

HR 802
STAR Act of 2025
HR 1062
Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 2246
Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act
S 1053
FIGHT China Act of 2025
HR 2683
Remote Access Security Act
HR 3447
Chip Security Act
S 1705
Chip Security Act
S 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 3838
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20…

Lobbying activity 6

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to tax treatment and competitiveness in semiconductor design, including those in P.L. 115-97 the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (implementation and R&D treatments (Section 174)) and H.R. 802 the Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research Act of 2025 (the STAR Act), H.R. 1062 The Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025, and H.R.1/P.L. 119-21 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to the treatment of R&D, international tax, and the proposed AI moratorium).

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to international trade rules; U.S.-China relations; tariffs, including Sec. 232 and IEEPA; outbound investment, including H.R. 2246/S.1053 Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act of 2025 (all provisions); and export controls including amendments to Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and implementation of P.L. 115-232 Export Control Reform Act (integrated circuits (ICs) specific provisions); H.R. 2683 Remote Security Access Act (all provisions); H.R.3447/S.1705 Chip Security Act (all provisions); and issues related to outbound investment and export controls in S.2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and H.R.3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Issues related to implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act (Public Law 117-167)(provisions related to workforce development and STEM education for semiconductor and software fields).

Defense

Issues related to semiconductor and software fields in S.2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 and H.R.3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and utilization of digital engineering and simulation tools.

Science/Technology

Issues related to R&D in semiconductor and software fields, including implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act (Public Law 117-167), and utilization of digital engineering and simulation tools to support emerging technologies - fusion, nuclear energy, and quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to the value of engineering simulation software and government appropriations.

Affiliated organizations 1

Section 6 of the LD-2: organizations that contribute to this lobbying or take an active part in directing it. On a trade association's filing, this is where its backers appear.

ANSYS, INC.

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania