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Synopsys, Inc.

Synopsys, Inc. filed a Q1 report for Synopsys, Inc. on April 21, 2025.

Lobbying for Synopsys, Inc. · electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP)

As filed: SYNOPSYS, INC. for SYNOPSYS, INC.

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$370,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method 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

ANDREW ROLLO New on this filing

Previously held: US Sen Cmte. Fin.- Economist (3/15-10/17); WH: NSC and NEC- Dir. Intl Trd./Invest. (11/17-3/19), Sr. Dir. Intl Trd./Invest. (5/19-1/20); DHS: CBP- Economist (12/09-12/13); Sr. Economist (12/13-4/20), Branch Chief (4/20-1/21); EXIM VP (1/21-7/24)

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 3

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 3

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) and H.R. 1062, The Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to international trade rules, U.S.-China relations, and export controls including Remote Access Security Act (all provisions); implementation of P.L. 115-232 Export Control Reform Act (integrated circuits (ICs) specific provisions), amendments to Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and outbound investment.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

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

Bills named in this filing 2

H.R. 802
STAR Act of 2025
H.R. 1062
Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025

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