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Joint Chiefs of Staff

27 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $26,516,246 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named Joint Chiefs of Staff, not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Defense 26 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Homeland Security 11 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Intelligence 10 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 10 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Government Issues 9 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Foreign Relations 8 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Aerospace 8 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Immigration 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Budget/Appropriations 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Education 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Indian/Native American Affairs 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Transportation 7 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Veterans 3 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Aviation/Airlines/Airports 2 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 14 $13,824,357
  • 2026 13 $12,691,889

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  2. MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $2,406,889 3 filings
  3. D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. $300,000 5 filings
  4. SAP AMERICA INC $40,000 1 filing
  5. BOEING COMPANY $30,000 1 filing
  6. HONEYWELL $30,000 1 filing
  7. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $30,000 1 filing
  8. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $30,000 1 filing
  9. SCIENCE APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION $30,000 1 filing
  10. MANTECH INTERNATIONAL INC $20,000 1 filing
  11. RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES (FKARAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION) $20,000 1 filing
  12. AMERICAN RARE EARTHS $5,000 1 filing
  13. CASTELION $0 1 filing
  14. SHEYENE TECHNOLOGY INC $0 1 filing
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  2. MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $2,406,889 3 filings
  3. D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. $300,000 5 filings
  4. ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. $230,000 8 filings
  5. MS. MAISIE MCCORMACK $5,000 1 filing
  6. CASTELION $0 1 filing
  7. SHEYENE TECHNOLOGY INC $0 1 filing

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • H.R. 3935
    7 filings · Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act
  • H.R. 3838
    6 filings · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Author…
  • H.R. 2673
    4 filings · American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2023
  • H.R. 7024
    4 filings · Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
  • S. 866
    4 filings · American Innovation and Jobs Act
  • H. Con. Res. 14
    4 filings · Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 20…
  • H.R. 3944
    4 filings · Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropria…
  • H.R. 4016
    4 filings · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
  • H.R. 4213
    4 filings · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
  • S. Con. Res. 7
    4 filings · An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United S…
  • H.R. 1
    3 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • H.R. 1004
    3 filings · Love Lives On Act of 2025

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 27
Q3 report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $1,070,863 expenses · posted Oct 23, 2026
View → Q3 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $3,320,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
View → Q3 report
MS. MAISIE MCCORMACK for AMERICAN RARE EARTHS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Wyoming · $5,000 income · posted Oct 19, 2026
View → Q3 report
D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. for D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Oct 16, 2026
View → Q2 report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Virginia · $854,387 expenses · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Virginia · $3,420,000 expenses · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. for D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC.
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Jul 16, 2026
View → Q2 report
SHEYENE TECHNOLOGY INC for SHEYENE TECHNOLOGY INC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · New York · posted Jul 2, 2026
View → Q2 termination
CASTELION for CASTELION
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · California · Amended later · posted Jun 10, 2026
View → Q1 report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $481,639 expenses · posted Apr 21, 2026
View → Q1 report
CASTELION for CASTELION
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · California · posted Apr 20, 2026
View → Q1 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $3,360,000 expenses · posted Apr 20, 2026
View → Q1 report
D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. for D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC.
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Apr 15, 2026
View → Q4 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · Virginia · $3,753,899 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026
View → Q4 report
D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. for D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC.
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026
View → Q3 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $3,010,458 expenses · posted Oct 16, 2025
View → Q2 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Virginia · $3,460,000 expenses · posted Jul 18, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Apr 19, 2025
View → Q1 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $3,250,000 expenses · posted Apr 18, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for SAP AMERICA INC
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $40,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for SCIENCE APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for HONEYWELL
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · North Carolina · $30,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025
View → Q1 report
D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC. for D-FEND SOLUTIONS, INC.
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Apr 14, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for BOEING COMPANY
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Apr 8, 2025
View → Q1 report
ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Maryland · $30,000 income · posted Apr 1, 2025
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "Joint Chiefs of Staff" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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