BILLINGS FLYING SERVICE

Lobbying client · Montana · filed 2025 to 2026

Vendor and operator of rotary wing aerial fire-fighting machines.

$140,000 Reported spend

8 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

4 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 8 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

CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC $80,000 Outside firm · 5 filings
COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS $60,000 Outside firm · 3 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 4

S. 902
Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025

7 filings
S. 441
Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025

6 filings
H.R. 956
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

2 filings
S. 160
Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025

2 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $60,000 3 filings
2025 $80,000 5 filings

Issues lobbied 1

Aviation/Airlines/Airports 8

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 7

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4
SENATE 4
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 3
U.S. Forest Service 3
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 2
Defense, Dept of (DOD) 2
General Services Administration (GSA) 1

Recent filings 8 total

Q3 report

CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

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

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CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $20,000 income · posted Jul 15, 2026

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CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $20,000 income · posted Apr 16, 2026

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CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · $20,000 income · posted Jan 15, 2026

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CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC

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

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COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Oct 16, 2025

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COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Jul 15, 2025

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COLLECTIVE STRATEGIES & COMMUNICATIONS

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $20,000 income · posted Apr 16, 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.