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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Lobbying for THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

 Filing 4th Quarter - Report
Reporting period
4th Quarter 2025
Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 6, 2026
Expenses
$130,000.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
District of Columbia

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 2
  • MACKENSIE SHERIN BURT New on this filing
    Previously held: Legislative Director Oct.2017-Sept.2022 (Sen Boozman), Projects Manager, Legislative Correspondent, Constituent Services Manager May 2011-Oct.2017 (Sen Alexander)
  • DAVID KIM VISI
    Previously held: Fellow Sep.2015-Sep.2016 (Rep Slaughter)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 3
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 1
 Lobbying activity 8
Budget/Appropriations

Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, ARS, NIFA, Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives, and FDA research funding. Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, NIST, NSF, MEP, Science, technology, and engineering funding in higher education, COPS, and Byrne-JAG funding. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, advanced materials and additive manufacturing, electric battery, energetic materials, innovative alloys, medical innovations and Army technology development, artificial intelligence and autonomous communications, Anti-fungal development, and pathogen detection research funding, basic research, science, and technology funding. Appropriations for Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, energy efficiency and renewable energy funding, additive manufacturing, office of science, materials research, engineering education research, nuclear energy, policies related to indirect costs of research. Appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, funding for preservation of historical documents. Appropriations for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, wildlife research, humanities, and water research funding. Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, funding for health-related research at HHS & NIH, regional biocontainment laboratory, HRSA Title VII and VIII, AHRQ, Pell Grant and student aid, graduate education, fund for the improvement of post secondary education, funding to support non-commercial campus-based radio stations, and policies related to indirect costs of research. Appropriations for the Department of State and Foreign Operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, funding for USAID agriculture programs. Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, funding for DHS Centers of Excellence. Appropriations for the Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, funding for university transportation centers, research, technology and education program, aircraft and fuel technologies funding, and FTA funding.

Sports/Athletics

Legislation regarding the welfare of student athletes and college athletics; H.R. 4312 the SCORE Act.

Defense

National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, authorizations for advanced materials and additive manufacturing, electric battery, energetic materials, innovative alloys, medical innovations and Army technology development, artificial intelligence and autonomous communications, anti-fungal development, pathogen detection research, and policies impacting federal research funding for higher education.

Agriculture

2025 Farm Bill authorizations for NIFA, cooperative extension, higher education, infrastructure and global agriculture programs.

Health Issues

NIH indirect cost rates

Transportation

2025 Surface Transportation Reauthorization, reauthorization of University Transportation Centers.

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Department of Defense land acquisition

Immigration

H-1B Visa fee increase impact on health care and higher education

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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