METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

Lobbying client · District of Columbia · filed 2025 to 2026

Nonprofit regional council of governments.

$140,000 Reported spend

11 Filings counted

3 Outside firms hired

8 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 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

CURRENT STRATEGIES $80,000 Outside firm · 5 filings
BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC $60,000 Outside firm · 4 filings
WATERSHED PROJECTS LLC $0 Outside firm · 2 filings

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 8

H.R. 7776
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

7 filings
H.R. 4366
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

7 filings
H.R. 8845
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

2 filings
H.R. 9022
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

2 filings
H.R. 9171
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

2 filings
H.R. 9497
Water Resources Development Act of 2026

2 filings
S. 4949
Water Resources Development Act of 2026

2 filings
H.R. 6938
Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 20…

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $60,000 3 filings
2025 $80,000 8 filings

Issues lobbied 1

Clean Air and Water (quality) 10

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 11

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 8
SENATE 8
Defense, Dept of (DOD) 4
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) 3
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 1
Energy, Dept of 1
General Services Administration (GSA) 1
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 1
State, Dept of (DOS) 1
U.S. Customs & Border Protection 1

Recent filings 11 total

Q3 report

CURRENT STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Oct 15, 2026

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CURRENT STRATEGIES

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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CURRENT STRATEGIES

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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CURRENT STRATEGIES

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Jan 16, 2026

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CURRENT STRATEGIES

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Nov 12, 2025

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WATERSHED PROJECTS LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · posted Nov 6, 2025

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WATERSHED PROJECTS LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Oct 20, 2025

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BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Oct 15, 2025

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BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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Filings through October 15, 2026, 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.