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What American Civil Liberties Union lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, American Civil Liberties Union pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
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201
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LEGISLATION: S. 1748-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy, Civil Rights and Liberties.
S. 3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Kids Online Safety, Civil Rights and Liberties.
S. 9-Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S. 894-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty.
S. 128-SAVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
S. 1503-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Trans Rights.
S. 1957-No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Trans Rights.
S. 2150-Womens Health Protection Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
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S. 2212-VISIBLE Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal Policing Reform.
S. 2523-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
S. 2149-Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Immigrants Rights.
S. 3077-Safer Supervision Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Federal Supervision, Re-Entry.
S. 3206-Transgender Health Care Access Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S.Res. 604-A resolution recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S. 3186-Constitutional Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal Law Enforcement Accountability, Policing Reform, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice Reform.
S. 3674-SCAM Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
S. 3803-Right to Redress Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing Reform.
S .545-Combating Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug Sentencing, Mass Incarceration.
S. 1572-Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing, Mass Incarceration.
S. 51-Washington, D.C. Admission Act- Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
S. 3187-Bivens Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice Reform.
S. 4814-To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status-Issues Lobbied: Extension of temporary protected status for Haiti.
S. 2468-Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929-Issues Lobbied: Pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders and other immigrants who lived in the U.S. for at least 7 years.
S. 4438-Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Broadband Access.
S. 4407-CHATBOT Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 1367-NO FAKES Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 4784-An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Criminal Justice.
S. 2-Secure America Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Border Enforcement.
S. 1318-Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702, Surveillance.
S. 3234-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
S. 3961-SAFE Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
S. 2377-EACH Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 951-Stop Comstock Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 4879-Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 4701-Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S.Res. 732-A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 2256-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 3054-Kayla Hamilton Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
S. 1071-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026-Issues Lobbied: Citizenship.
S. 3076-Nitazene Control Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug Policy.
S.J.Res. 99-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
S. 4369-Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
S. 1383-Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act / SAVE America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Trans Rights.
S.Amdt. 5779 to S.Amdt.5453 to S.2- Secure America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Trans Rights.
S.Amdt. 5804 to S.Amdt. 5453 to S.2-Secure America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Trans Rights.
H.R. 14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
H.R. 12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 28-Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.R. 2487-Transgender Health Care Access Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.R. 1954-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty.
H.R. 22-SAVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
H.R. 15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Trans Rights.
H.R. 2617-Say No to Indoctrination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Free Speech.
H.Res. 1058-Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.Res. 965-Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
H.R. 7147-Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Federal Funding for ICE and Border Patrol.
H.Con.Res. 38-Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran-Issues Lobbied: War Authority.
H.R. 7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026-Issues Lobbied: Federal Funding for ICE and Border Patrol.
H.R. 2853-Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing, Mass Incarceration, Criminal Justice, Surveillance.
H.R. 1266-Combating Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug Sentencing, Mass Incarceration.
H.R. 7247-Prison Libraries Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Prison Reform.
H.R. 8175-To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Women in Combat.
H.R. 1689-To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status-Issues Lobbied: Extension of temporary protected status for Haiti, Immigration.
H.R. 4696-Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929-Issues Lobbied: Pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders and other immigrants who lived in the U.S. for at least 7 years.
H.R. 8469-Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Criminal Law Reform, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 8646-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Trans Rights, Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 8595-National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Freedom, Reproductive Rights, Free Speech, Immigration, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 1329-Smithsonian American Womens History Museum Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights, Trans Rights.
H.R. 2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
H.R. 6570-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
H.R. 6262-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
H.R. 8035-To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Section 702, Surveillance.
H.R. 9260-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties, Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 4104-Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Immigrants Rights.
H.R. 9432-LIFT the BAR Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Immigrants Rights.
H.Res. 1285-Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 9495-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 9022-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 9171-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
H.R. 6890-PROTECT Immigration Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigration Enforcement.
H.R. 1589-American Dream and Promise Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Citizenship.
H.R. 4393-DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Citizenship.
H.R. 1511-Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929-Issues Lobbied: Citizenship.
H.R. 6155-Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing, Mass Incarceration.
H.R. 5415-Nitazene Control Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Drug Policy.
H.R. 7970-STOP Nitazenes Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug Policy.
H.R. 9306-Hands Off Elections Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Election Safeguarding.
H.R. 8825-Democracy Without Intimidation Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Election Safeguarding.
H. Res. 1398-Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Trans Rights.
LEGISLATION WITH NO BILL NUMBER AND APPOINTMENTS: Additional legislation not yet introduced - Legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs - First Amendment protections;
Draft legislation on artificial intelligence and implementation of EO on artificial intelligence - free speech, privacy, nondiscrimination;
Oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices - torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay;
Section 702 - civil liberties and national security;
Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act - marijuana decriminalization;
Section 230 of Communications Decency Act proposals - free speech, internet integrity;
Continued funding for Affordable Connectivity Act - ensuring continued funding for broadband subsidy;
DC Statehood;
Civil liberties;
Free speech;
Reproductive rights;
Jawboning;
Freedom to Vote Act;
Legal authority related to military strikes/Venezuela/boats - presidential action and concurrent resolutions, use of lethal force;
FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment;
Iran war funding;
Transgender rights;
End Racial and Religious Profiling Act - policing reform;
JAWBONE Act;
Potential legislation to protect mifepristone;
Federal interference in elections;
Native American Voting Rights Act;
Appropriations for FY27 spending - civil rights and civil liberties;
Legislation authorizing IRS to sanction nonprofit organizations based on allegations related to material support for terrorism;
Immigration detention conditions and oversight asks;
Equal access to housing in HUD programs revisions;
LGBTQ rights;
Southern Poverty Law Center indictment - abuse of power;
Pentagon press policy;
Right to Record Act;
Press Freedom;
SAFE Training for OBGYNs Act;
Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act;
Potential abortion codification bill;
Potential bill re safeguards for re-imposing REMS requirements on mifepristone;
Great American AI Act;
Proposed legislation related to abortion rights and access;
Proposed legislation to protect access to medication abortion;
Proposed legislation to protect access to gender affirming healthcare;
Amendment to the NDAA - womens rights;
Immigration detention oversight;
Election safeguarding - voting rights;
Structural democracy reform;
Transportation for Reentry Act - criminal justice, re-entry reform;
Congressional Accountability Act - immigration;
Orlins Law - immigration;
Letter to Congress urging protection of Medicaid - disability rights;
Resolution on Callais decision and response - voting rights;
House oversight over private, state, and local school officials - nondiscrimination, academic freedom.
AGENCIES: Agency - Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention conditions and oversight asks, H.R. 1689 & S. 4814: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status, extension of temporary protected status for Haiti, H.R. 4696 & S. 2468: Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929, pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, temporary protected status holders and other immigrants who lived in the U.S. for at least 7 years, Agency - Education - Issues Lobbied: Legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections.
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights and Conscience Complaint and Health Information Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Complaint (OMB Control Number 0945-002), LGBTQ Rights, Immigrants Rights, Racial Justice.
Agency - Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment, JAWBONE Act.
Agency - Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment, Iran War supplemental appropriations, War powers resolution legislation related to war against Iran, War authority.
Agency - Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions 2026-08244 (91 FR 22779), LGBTQ Rights.
S. 1503-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S. 2164-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic Justice.
S. 1957-No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S. 1829-STOP CSAM Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
S. 2296-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence.
S.3386-Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights.
S. 2316-Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
S. 836-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy.
S. 3495-Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence.
S. 1691-Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Privacy.
S. 278-Kids Off Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
S. 3308-Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic Justice.
S. 2149-Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Immigration.
S. 3702-Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention.
S. 3893-SAFE Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
S. 4082-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
S. 1809-Drone Espionage Act-Issues Lobbied: Espionage Act issues.
S. 3752-SAVE America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Transgender Rights.
S.J.Res. 103-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services"-Issues Lobbied: Abuse of Power, Reproductive Freedom.
S. 3186-Constitutional Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal Law Enforcement Accountability, Policing Reform.
S. 3699-FOCUS Act-Issues Lobbied: Body Cam Legislation, Civil Liberties.
S. 3805-End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Attacks on State and Local Governments.
S. 558-Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 4199-Youth AI Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 4143-Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Prison Reform.
S. 3869-Healthy Families Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights.
S. 4081-Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights.
H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic Justice (Reconciliation Package/AI moratorium).
H.R. 3708-No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.R. 59-Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform.
H.R. 4889-To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
H.R. 4358-Anti-Rigging Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
H.R. 4518-Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
H.R. 3921-STOP CSAM Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
H.R. 6291-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy.
H.Res. 965-Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status-Issues Lobbied: Temporary Protected Status.
H.R. 7816-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
H.R. 7901-To implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
H.R. 4076-Insurrection Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Insurrection Act reform.
H.R. 7147-Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Abuse of Power, ICE and Border Patrol Accountability, Election Interference.
H.Con.Res. 38-Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, War Authority.
H.R. 7296-SAVE America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Transgender Rights.
H.R. 1958-Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
H.R. 7744-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
H.R. 7423-No Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Attacks on State and Local Governments.
H.R. 7930-Daniel Ellsberg Press Freedom and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Press Freedom.
H.R. 7691-Fight Book Bans Act- Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
H.R. 1007-Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
H.R. 3149-App Store Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy.
H.R. 6453-ADA 30 Days to Comply Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights.
H.R. 5973-Stop Excessive Force in Immigration Act-Issues Lobbied: Federal Policing Reform;
H.R .7125-Stop Body Camera Paywalls Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing Reform.
H.R. 2853-Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing, Mass Incarceration.
H.R. 8175-To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbies: Womens Rights, Women in Combat.
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act - LGBTQ rights;
WARRIOR Act - womens rights;
BE HEARD in the Workplace Act - womens rights;
Appropriations funding for health care and home and community based services - disability rights;
VA Care Protection Act - disability rights;
Hyde Amendment;
Sharia-Free America hearing - religious liberty;
Legislative proposal on reproductive rights and access;
Resolution regarding FDAs restrictions on medication abortion;
Legislation on funding for training for abortion care providers;
Uphold Privacy Act - reproductive rights, data privacy;
Women in combat;
Discussions about fraud funding freezes - womens rights;
Veterans Care Protection Act;
Prohibition on DHS interference with elections;
Election interference;
Democracy Without Intimidation Act;
Appropriations for FY26 spending - civil right and civil liberties;
Legislation authorizing IRS to sanction nonprofit organizations based on allegations related to material support for terrorism.
AGENCIES: Agency - Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, temporary protected status, general immigration detention oversight, nomination of Markwayne Mullin to be DHS Secretary, ICE abuses, DHS oversight.
Agency - Office of Science and Technology Policy - Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice.
Agency - Labor - Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice.
Agency - U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: U.S. commitments at WTO, open internet.
Agency - Education - Issues Lobbied: Legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections.
Agency - NIST - Issues Lobbied: Use of AI in hiring, healthcare, and other protected areas, algorithmic justice, supply chains and digital trade.
Agency - Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, related legislation and hearings, civil liberties and national security issues.
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: NIH data sharing platform, privacy, disability rights, abortion access for unaccompanied minors in ORR custody, access to mifepristone.
Agency - Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment violations, FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment.
Agency - Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, prison conditions, PREA, Executive Order 14164: Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety - state opt in for certification, state lethal injection protocols covered by the EO.
Agency - Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment, Iran War supplemental appropriations.
Agency - Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, prison conditions, PREA.
Agency - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Letter opposing EEOC rescission of voting rules.
S. 3186-Constitutional Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing Reform.
S. 4814-To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status-Issues Lobbied: Temporary Protected Status.
S. 4784-An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Criminal Justice, LGBTQ Rights, Women in Combat.
S. 1404-Combating Organized Retail Crime Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
S. 1318-Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
S. 1383-Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act / SAVE America Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
S. 3348-Dream Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Immigrant Rights, Immigration Reform, Citizenship.
S. 5179-Title IX Clarification Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
S. 5238-For Our Republic Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Democracy, Abuse of Power.
S. 1829-STOP CSAM Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 5289-Right to Worship Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 2902-Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act-Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Family Policing, Child Welfare.
S. 5189-To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Women in Combat.
S. 3211- Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act-Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, Disability Rights.
S. 2528-Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence, Civil Liberties.
S. 5544-Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance.
S. 4615-Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027-Issues Lobbied: CIA and ODNI General Counsel Provisions.
S. 4749-JAWBONE Act-Issues Lobbied: Free Speech.
S. 5022-Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana Decriminalization.
S. 5271-To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights.
H.R. 5507-Hidden Foster Care Transparency Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Family Policing, Child Welfare.
H.R. 6091-Bivens Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Policing Reform.
H.R. 1266-Combating Illicit Xylazine Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug Sentencing, Mass Incarceration, Criminal Justice.
H.R. 8595-National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027-Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Freedom, Free Speech, Immigration, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 1329-Smithsonian American Womens History Museum Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.R. 8800-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, LGBTQ Rights, Immigrants' Rights, Religious Liberty, Criminal Law Reform, National Security, Privacy & Technology, Surveillance.
H.R. 8035-To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Section 702.
H.R. 1589-American Dream and Promise Act of 2025-Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights, Immigration Reform, Citizenship.
H.Res. 1414-Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1589) to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Pathway to Citizenship.
H.R. 8781-Title IX Clarification Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights.
H.R. 9189-Right to Record Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties.
H.R. 4801-Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 10563-Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026-Issues Lobbied: Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance.
H.R. 9250-Great American Outdoors Act 250-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.
H.R. 10226-To prohibit the use of shock gloves by Federal law enforcement officers to enforce the immigration laws, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 9800-Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Automatic License Plate Readers, Civil Liberties.
H.R. 9238-To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance.
LEGISLATION WITH NO BILL NUMBER: Additional legislation not yet introduced - Legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs - First Amendment protections;
Potential bill regarding safeguards for re-imposing REMS requirements on mifepristone;
House oversight over private, state, and local school officials - nondiscrimination, academic freedom;
Voting rights - National Guard deployment at polling sites;
Veteran organization accreditation - free speech;
Kids online safety;
Artificial Intelligence safeguards;
Potential patient privacy bill for gender affirming care;
Pregnancy Loss Protection Act;
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act accountability - religious liberty;
Car Privacy Rights Act - privacy;
Use of Artificial Intelligence and emerging tech in immigration enforcement;
Border device searches;
ICE detention;
Sanctuary policy and ICE conduct;
Death Row Clemency;
Capital Punishment;
Executive Order 14321: Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets/Federal Appropriations - criminalization of homelessness;
Endorsed congressional letter to DOJ in support of Olmstead - disability rights;
Stop the Wait Act - disability rights;
Youth Voting Rights Act;
Election Administration Funding;
Resolution Declaring the Deployment of ICE at the Polls is Illegal Under Federal Law;
Potential legislation on FLOCK and automated license plate readers;
Potential legislation on affirmative immigration system reforms.
AGENCIES: Agency - Education - Issues Lobbied: Legislation relating to defining antisemitism in education programs, First Amendment protections.
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: ACF-2026-0199 / RIN 0970-AD26: Unaccompanied Children Program Proposed Foundational Rule;
Sponsor Assessment Update, Immigrants' Rights.
Agency - Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: FCC commissioner pressuring private companies in violation of First Amendment;
Iran War supplemental appropriations;
War powers resolution legislation related to war against Iran;
Executive Order 14321: Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets/Federal Appropriations, criminalization of homelessness.
Agency - Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Docket No. OAG198, AG Order No. 6678-2026, Capital Punishment.
Agency - Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Coalition letter to Secretary regarding interference in promotions of women and people of color in military, sex and racial discrimination.
H.R.8035 - To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.
H.R.7744 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.
H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act.
S.2 - Secure America Act.
S.1404 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act.
H.R.8800/S.4784 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and juvenile justice facilities.
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justicein 8 report entries · 6 bills named
In its own words
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and juvenile justice facilities.
Support for criminal justice reform, including the Bivens Act (H.R. 6091/S. 3187) and the Constitutional Accountability Act (H.R. 6092/S. 3186)
Support for criminal justice reform, including Driving for Opportunity Act, reentry initiatives and related legislation.
Issues related to civil liberties, privacy, criminal justice reform and immigration reform
End Solitary Confinement Act (H.R.4682/ S.2477) and related legislation to curb or eliminate the use of solitary confinement in all carceral settings, including prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and juvenile justice facilities.
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
American Civil Liberties UnionIts own staff · 3 reports$2.3M
NVG, LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$180K
EFB Advocacy, LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$135K
The Raben GroupLobbying firm · 3 reports$60K
The Parzival GroupLobbying firm · 2 reports$10K
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $111K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Connie Chan$5.6K
Elect Democratic Women$4.7K
Judy Won$4K
Brad Lander$3.5K
Rep. Katherine Clark$3.5K
Derek Tran$3K
Dave Min$2.8K
Rep. Julie Johnson$2.8K
Graham Platner$2.6K
Eric Chung$2.5K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION”, found by searching “AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.