THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES lobbying for AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Aug 14, 2025

Expenses

$1,078,371.00

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

Lobbyists on this filing 1

JORDAN BAUGH New on this filing

Previously held: Yes

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 25

Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Education, Dept of
Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
SENATE
Small Business Administration (SBA)
State, Dept of (DOS)
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

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 1
Lower Energy Costs Act

Lobbying activity 15

Aviation/Airlines/Airports

Funding for federal aviation programs, FY'26 appropriations

Budget/Appropriations

FY'26 appropriations for infrastructure and international programs.

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Green infrastructure programs authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, funding for the State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs, FY'26 appropriations

Education

Funding for federal STEM education programs, extension of Section 127 of the tax code

Energy/Nuclear

Funding for renewable energy programs under IIJA and the Inflation Reduction Act, tax incentives for renewable energy related to HR 1.

Government Issues

Federal procurement issues related to contracting with engineering firms; executive branch review of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR); cybersecurity and CMMC implementation

Health Issues

Issues related to association health plans

Immigration

Increasing the cap on H1-B visas, reforms related to green cards and other reforms of the visa process

Roads/Highway

FY'26 appropriations and funding for federal transportation programs; reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs and procurement issues that apply to State DOTs.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

HR 1 and provisions to extend and expand the 2017 tax law, including restoring R&D deductibility and making permanent the Section 199A 20% tax deduction.

Torts

Various issues related to liability, including duty to defend, indemnification and consequential damages

Transportation

FY'26 appropriations and reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs; procurement issues related to federally-funded projects at the state and local level.

Foreign Relations

FY'26 appropriations for international aid programs and institutions; continued funding and authorization for USAID and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Salary thresholds under the Fair Labor Standards Act, issues related to H1-B visas, FTC proposed rule on non-disclosure agreements, Project Labor Agreement regulatory actions.

Environment/Superfund

FY'26 appropriations for the federal Superfund program, DOE's Environmental Management program; programmatic issues related to Superfund; permitting and NEPA reforms.