AMERICAN KRATOM ASSOCIATION

• KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• UPSTREAM CONSULTING, INC. $332,500 Outside firm · 7 filings
• MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC $280,000 Outside firm · 6 filings
• CORCORAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. DBA CORCORAN PARTNERS $180,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• DAVID CARLUCCI CONSULTING $140,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• FIRST AMENDMENT PARTNERS LLC $115,000 Outside firm · 6 filings
• WODEN STRATEGIES, LLC $60,000 Outside firm · 2 filings
• MICKENBERG, LLC $45,000 Outside firm · 8 filings
• AMERICAN KRATOM ASSOCIATION $0 In-house, the client's own filings · 1 filing
• MICKENBERG, DUNN & SMITH, PLC $0 Outside firm · 1 filing

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.

• H.R. 5905
  Federal Kratom Consumer Protection Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 10272
  End Gas Station Heroin Act
  1 filing
• S. 5383
  End Gas Station Heroin Act
  1 filing

• 2026 $702,500 22 filings
• 2025 $800,000 30 filings

• Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 29
• Health Issues 16
• Pharmacy 13
• Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 9
• Civil Rights/Civil Liberties 8
• Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 8
• Agriculture 7
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse 7
• Government Issues 7
• Budget/Appropriations 4
• Accounting 1

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.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 39
• SENATE 35
• Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 13
• Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 12
• White House Office 7
• Executive Office of the President (EOP) 5
• Justice, Dept of (DOJ) 2
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 1