RIL USA

Lobbying client · Texas · filed 2025 to 2026

Conglomerate holding company focusing on energy, manufacturing, and petrochemicals.

$1,650,000 Reported spend

14 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

0 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 14 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. These filings have also been reported as RIL USA, INC.

Who filed for this client 2

BALLARD PARTNERS $840,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $810,000 Outside firm · 7 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.

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $840,000 6 filings
2025 $810,000 8 filings

Issues lobbied 2

Energy/Nuclear 14
Trade (domestic/foreign) 7

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 6

State, Dept of (DOS) 10
Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 5
White House Office 4
Energy, Dept of 3
Natl Security Agency (NSA) 3
Treasury, Dept of 3

Recent filings 14 total

Q3 report

BALLARD PARTNERS

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $120,000 income · posted Oct 18, 2026

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $240,000 income · posted Oct 16, 2026

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BALLARD PARTNERS

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $120,000 income · posted Jul 18, 2026

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $120,000 income · posted Jul 16, 2026

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $120,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2026

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BALLARD PARTNERS

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $120,000 income · posted Apr 16, 2026

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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

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BALLARD PARTNERS

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · $120,000 income · posted Jan 15, 2026

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $120,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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BALLARD PARTNERS

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $120,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2025

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $50,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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BALLARD PARTNERS

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $120,000 income · posted Jul 17, 2025

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CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted May 19, 2025

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BALLARD PARTNERS

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $120,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025

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Filings through October 18, 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.