SMITHS DETECTION INC.

Lobbying client · Maryland · filed 2025 to 2026

a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies

$220,000 Reported spend

7 Filings counted

1 Outside firm hired

6 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 7 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

METANOIC STRATEGIES $120,000 Outside firm · 3 filings
SMITHS DETECTION INC. $100,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 4 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 6

H.R. 4016
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

6 filings
H.R. 4213
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

6 filings
S. 2378
SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026

5 filings
S. 2572
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

5 filings
H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act

1 filing
H.R. 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $20,000 1 filing
2025 $200,000 6 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 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
SENATE 6
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS) 3
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 3

Recent filings 7 total

Q1 termination

SMITHS DETECTION INC.

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

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SMITHS DETECTION INC.

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026

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METANOIC STRATEGIES

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

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SMITHS DETECTION INC.

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

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SMITHS DETECTION INC.

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Sep 11, 2025

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METANOIC STRATEGIES

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2025

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METANOIC STRATEGIES

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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Foreign entities disclosed 3

SMITHS DETECTION GROUP LIMITED United Kingdom named on 1 filing · highest disclosed ownership 100% · largest disclosed contribution $0
SMITHS GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED United Kingdom named on 1 filing · highest disclosed ownership 100% · largest disclosed contribution $0
SMITHS GROUP PLC United Kingdom 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 March 20, 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.