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Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate)

Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate) has lobbied on its own behalf and been represented by 1 lobbying firm in 11 filings since 2025, with $660,000 in reported spending; the newest was posted October 20, 2026.

As filed: SOUTHERN MILLS, INC. D/B/A TENCATE PROTECTIVE FABRICS (FKA TENCATE). Client based in Georgia.

Manufacturer of protective fabrics

$660,000 Reported spend
11 Filings counted
1 Outside firm hired
4 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 11 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

 Who filed for this client 2

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

 Bills named in these filings 4
  • H.R. 3838
    Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fisc…
    3 filings
  • H.R. 4016
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
    3 filings
  • H.R. 8800
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
    2 filings
  • H.R. 9495
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
    2 filings
 Reported by year 2 years
  • 2026 $500,000 7 filings
  • 2025 $160,000 4 filings
 Issues lobbied 3

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

 Agencies and chambers lobbied 3
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10
  • SENATE 10
  • Defense, Dept of (DOD) 2
 Recent filings 11 total
Q3 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
View → Q3 report
Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $120,000 expenses · posted Oct 16, 2026
View → Q2 report
Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate)
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $130,000 expenses · posted Jul 16, 2026
View → Q2 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jul 10, 2026
View → Q1 report
Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate)
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $130,000 expenses · posted Jul 6, 2026
View → Registration amendment
Southern Mills, Inc. D/B/A Tencate Protective Fabrics (FKA Tencate)
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Jun 25, 2026
View → Q1 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Apr 15, 2026
View → Q4 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026
View → Q3 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Oct 14, 2025
View → Q2 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025
View → Q1 report
The Livingston Group, LLC
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Apr 14, 2025
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 Foreign entities disclosed 1
  • TENCATE PROTECTIVE FABRICS HOLDING B.V. Netherlands named on 1 filing · highest disclosed ownership 100% · largest disclosed contribution $0

Section 7 of the LD-2: a foreign company or government that owns part of the client, pays toward the lobbying, or benefits from it. Figures are the highest single disclosure across these filings, not a sum: the same stake is re-disclosed each quarter.

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Filings through , the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.

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