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Lobbying for SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY · Research University

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Income

$40,000

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Texas

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

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 4

Science/Technology

Monitor supercomputing, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning issues. Issues related to National Science Foundation research opportunities. Issues related to the Tech Hub Program established by the CHIPS and Science Act.

Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to DOJ, DOC, and research programs in high performance computing, hardware security, and advanced semi-conductor manufacturing in H.R. 9026 and S. 4925 (FY25 CJS Appropriations). Issues related to adult literacy through high performance computing programs in education in H.R.9029 and S. 4942 (FY25 Labor-HHS Appropriations). Issues related to university research and medical advanced technology research initiatives in H.R. 8774 and S. 4921 (FY25 Defense Appropriations). Issues related to university research initiatives for energy and water research projects in H.R. 8997 and S. 4927 (FY25 Energy and Water Appropriations). Issues related to higher education research programs for cultural and archaeological research in H.R. 8998 and S. 4802 (FY25 Interior and Environment Appropriations).

Education

Issues related to name, image and likeness (NIL) for collegiate athletics. Monitor proposed changes to endowment law with respect to private institutions of higher education.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to higher endowment tax policy in house and Senate reconciliation

Bills named in this filing 10

H.R. 9026
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
S. 4925
Stop the Sexualization of Children Act
H.R. 9029
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
S. 4942
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
H.R. 8774
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025
S. 4921
Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026
H.R. 8997
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
S. 4927
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
H.R. 8998
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
S. 4802
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

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