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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Lobbying client · District of Columbia · filed 2025 to 2026

$6,690,000 Reported spend
21 Filings counted
2 Outside firms hired
63 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 21 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 3 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 3

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 top 30 of 63
  • S. 129
    No Tax on Tips Act
    9 filings
  • H.R. 20
    Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
    7 filings
  • S. 835
    Reduce Food Loss and Waste Act of 2025
    7 filings
  • S. 844
    Faster Labor Contracts Act
    7 filings
  • H.R. 1177
    Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
    6 filings
  • H.R. 2312
    Tipped Employee Protection Act
    6 filings
  • H.R. 482
    No Tax on Tips Act
    6 filings
  • S. 1525
    Common Cents Act
    6 filings
  • S. 213
    Main Street Tax Certainty Act
    6 filings
  • H.R. 2952
    SALT Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 3074
    Common Cents Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 3545
    TEENS Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 4366
    Save Local Business Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 5267
    American Franchise Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 5408
    Faster Labor Contracts Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 5494
    Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 996
    Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act
    5 filings
  • S. 400
    Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act
    5 filings
  • S. 836
    Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
    5 filings
  • H.R. 1
    One Big Beautiful Bill Act
    4 filings
  • H.R. 3149
    App Store Accountability Act
    4 filings
  • H.R. 4393
    DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
    4 filings
  • H.R. 6213
    Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
    4 filings
  • H.R. 6291
    Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
    4 filings
  • H.R. 6333
    Parents Over Platforms Act
    4 filings
  • S. 1586
    App Store Accountability Act
    4 filings
  • S. 3122
    Better FDA Act of 2025
    4 filings
  • H.R. 1163
    Prove It Act
    3 filings
  • H.R. 2071
    Save Our Shrimpers Act
    3 filings
  • H.R. 5475
    No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act
    3 filings
 Reported by year 2 years
  • 2026 $2,870,000 9 filings
  • 2025 $3,820,000 12 filings
 Issues lobbied 9

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 13
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 21
  • SENATE 21
  • U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 9
  • Treasury, Dept of 8
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 7
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 7
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP) 7
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 7
  • Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 7
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL) 7
  • Small Business Administration (SBA) 7
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 4
  • Federal Reserve System 2
 Recent filings 21 total
Q3 report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $790,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 13, 2026
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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $790,000 expenses · posted Jul 20, 2026
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026
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Q1 report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $870,000 expenses · posted Apr 20, 2026
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2026
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Apr 14, 2026
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 30, 2026
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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $830,000 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026
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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $810,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2025
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2025
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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $790,000 expenses · posted Jul 21, 2025
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MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 18, 2025
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Q1 report
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $880,000 expenses · posted Apr 21, 2025
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QUILL ADVISERS LLC
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 19, 2025
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Showing the 20 most recent of 21 filings. Search the explorer for "NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION".

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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