PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION lobbying for PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Money reported

None

Registrations and no-activity reports carry no figure.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 4

JOE LUPPINO-ESPOSITO

Previously held: Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN NAGLE New on this filing

Previously held: Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)
MADDIE SALAMONE New on this filing

Previously held: Legal Extern, Federal Communications Commission (08/2016-12/2016)
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New on this filing

Previously held: Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)

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 8

Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Natl Park Service (NPS)
SENATE

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

Bills named in this filing 5

HR 10216
Ending Racism in Government Contracting Act
S 382
Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
HR 1897
ESA Amendments Act of 2025
HR 6644
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
HJRES 140
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bu…

Lobbying activity 9

Agriculture

Issues regarding USDA Matters

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Issues regarding the Clean Water Act (CWA);

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Issues regarding DEI/Government Contracting; Issues regarding Equality and SFFA (Students for Fair Admission); H.R.10216 - Ending Racism in Government Contracting Act; Issues regarding the Next Civil Rights Act (NCRA); S.382 - Dismantle DEI Act of 2025

Energy/Nuclear

Issues regarding Nuclear Energy

Environment/Superfund

Issues regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA); H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025; Issues regarding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Reform; Issues regarding Permitting Reform; Issues regarding Prairie Pothole/Wetlands

Government Issues

Issues regarding the Administrative State; Issues regarding the Congressional Review Act (CRA); Issues regarding a Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Alaska; Issues regarding PLF Litigation; Issues regarding Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act

Housing

H.R.6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; Issues regarding Housing

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Issues regarding Maritime Deregulation; Issues regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Speed Rule

Natural Resources

H.J.Res.140 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.; Issues regarding the National Parks/NPS; Public Land Order (PLO) 7917; Issues regarding Timber/Forest Policy