ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND

Lobbying client · District of Columbia · filed 2025 to 2026

Nonprofit environmental advocacy group

$810,000 Reported spend

6 Filings counted

1 Firms hired

4 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 6 filings. 1 further filing on this record was restated by a later amendment and is left out of every total here. Everything on this page is grouped by the client's LDA id (52419), not by name.

Firms hired 1

ESP ADVISORS, LLC $810,000 6 filings

Bills named in these filings 4

HR 5089
Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

4 filings
HR 5746
MARA Act of 2025

3 filings
S 2586
MARA Act of 2025

3 filings
S 3579
Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025

3 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $290,000 2 filings
2025 $520,000 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 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 6
SENATE 6
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 3
Natl Science Foundation (NSF) 3

Recent filings 7 total

Q2

ESP ADVISORS, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · House · Senate · $140,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2026

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · House · Senate · $150,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2026

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $160,000 income · posted Jan 22, 2026

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC Amended

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $160,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $160,000 income · posted Oct 16, 2025

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $120,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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ESP ADVISORS, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted May 7, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.