CISCO SYSTEMS, INC

Lobbying for CISCO SYSTEMS INC

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$950,000.00

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

Government bodies contacted 12

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Natl Security Council (NSC)
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Office of the Vice President of the United States
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
Treasury, Dept of
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 10

HR 1574
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
S 708
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025
S 2140
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023
S 2220
PREVAIL Act
HR 3838
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20…
HR 2765
SAFE Supply Chains Act
S 1362
SAFE Supply Chains Act
S 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 3684
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

Lobbying activity 8

Budget/Appropriations

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO APPROPRIATIONS REGARDING GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

H.R. 1574: RESTORE PATENT RIGHTS ACT OF 2025; PROVISIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, STRENGTHENING THE COPY RIGHT AND PATENT SYSTEM, AND STANDARD ESSENTAL PATENTS (SEPs) S. 708: RESTORE PATENT RIGHTS ACT OF 2025; PROVISIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, STRENGTHENING THE COPY RIGHT AND PATENT SYSTEM, AND STANDARD ESSENTAL PATENTS (SEPs) S. 2140 (118th CONGRESS): PATENT ELIGIBILITY RESTORATION ACT OF 2023; PROVISIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, STRENGTHENING THE COPY RIGHT AND PATENT SYSTEM, AND STANDARD ESSENTAL PATENTS (SEPs) S. 2220 (118TH CONGRESS): PREVAIL ACT; PROVISIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, STRENGTHENING THE COPY RIGHT AND PATENT SYSTEM, AND STANDARD ESSENTAL PATENTS (SEPs)

Government Issues

H.R. 3838: STREAMLINING PROCUREMENT FOR EFFECTIVE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY (SPEED) ACT OF 2025; PROVISIONS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGY H.R. 2765: SAFE SUPPLY CHAINS ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S. 1362: SAFE SUPPLY CHAINS ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S. 2296: NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; PROVISIONS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGY P.L. 117-58: INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (HR 3684 - 117TH CONGRESS); PROVISIONS RELATED TO BUILD AMERICA, BUY AMERICA

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING RIGHT TO REPAIR

Science/Technology

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

P.L. 119-21 (H.R. 1): ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT; PROVISIONS RELATED TO CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL TAXATION, REGULATION, INNOVATION, AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) TAX CREDIT AMORTIZATION

Telecommunications

GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING SPECTRUM GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING BROADBAND AND THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND (USF) GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS; PROVISIONS RELATED TO CYBER SECURITY GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING GLOBAL INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS ISSUES

Trade (domestic/foreign)

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TARIFFS GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING DIGITAL TRADE GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING EXPORT CONTROLS GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING AGREEMENTS ON RECIPROCAL TRADE GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING EXPORT IMPORT BANK; PROVISIONS RELATED TO CHINA AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPORTS PROGRAM

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