ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS

Lobbying for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 17, 2026

Expenses

$463,947.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using C: 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 6

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 7661
Stop the Sexualization of Children Act

Lobbying activity 4

Appropriations issues related to artificial intelligence and copyright Artificial intelligence and copyright Copyright infringement Copyright licensing and compulsory licenses Copyright protections and exceptions/limitations Copyright registration Enforcement LOC/USCO structure and appointment process Special 301 WIPO

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Artificial intelligence and copyright Special 301 Trade and copyright U.S. and trade partner/country-specific bilateral trade relationships

Science/Technology

Appropriations issues related to public access to peer-reviewed journals Proposed OMB regulations on publication costs Public access to peer-reviewed journals

Education

H.R.7661 - Stop the Sexualization of Children Act

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