S 856introduced119th Congress

Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Dec 17, 2025Sponsor: Chuck Grassley(R-IA)

governmentGovernment Operations and Politics

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Lobbying Filings

$6043.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Jul 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Mar 5, 2025

Official Congressional Actions

Dec 17, 2025Floor

Held at the desk.

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Dec 17, 2025Floor

Received in the House.

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Dec 17, 2025Floor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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Dec 16, 2025Floor

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8794; text: CR S8794)

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Dec 16, 2025Floor

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION	NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION	$383.0M	Jan 21, 2025	2024Q4	COMHOMTAX
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION	NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION	$358.0M	Apr 22, 2024	2024Q1	TECCOMHOM

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.