TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND lobbying for TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

Expenses

$1,780,000.00

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

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

BRIAN J HICKEY

Previously held: Sen. Dick Durbin Leg. Asst. for Hlth Policy & Soc. Sec. 2007-2009 Senate Dem. Policy Comte. Policy Adv. 2002-2007 Sen. Edward Kennedy (Hlth, Educ. and Pensions Cmte. 2001-2002
LUKE C. GEORGE

Previously held: Congressman Martin Frost Legislative Assistant and Systems Manager April 2003 to January 2005 Congressman Lloyd Doggett Legislative Assistant and Systems Manager January 2005 to July 2007

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 4

Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

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

Bills named in this filing 9

HR 4121
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
S 2256
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
S 2171
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Healt…
HR 1510
Due Process Continuity of Care Act
S 971
Due Process Continuity of Care Act
S 1165
Reentry Act of 2023
HR 2586
Reentry Act of 2025
HR 2483
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 2

Tobacco

Federal (under tobacco issue code)   Legislation:   H.R. 4121/ S. 2256 FY 26 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 26 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 26 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act S. 2171, a bill to prohibit smoking on premises of Veterans Health Administration facilities   Issues   FDA regulation of e-cigarettes   FDA tobacco user fees FDA Center for Tobacco Products job losses FDA Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice Youth e-cigarette use   CDC Office on Smoking and Health elimination Congressional efforts to reduce e-cigarette and tobacco use FDA authority over tobacco products Prevention and Public Health Fund Tobacco user fees DOJ and CBP e-cig enforcement efforts Agencies Visited:   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   US House of Representatives   US Senate   Food and Drug Administration 

Health Issues

GHAI Overdose Initiative (under healthcare issue code):  Legislation:  H.R.1510/S. 971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act S. 1165/ H. R. 2586 - Reentry Act HR 2483- The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 FY 26 Labor Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Issues:  Medicaid coverage for individuals with substance use disorder Medicaid reform in jails/prisons Federal grant funding to support substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services Methadone access Agencies Visited:  US Senate  US House of Representatives 

Affiliated organizations 1

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CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS

Washington, District of Columbia