WAR ROOM · LOBBYING BATTLEGROUND
United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
Endless Frontier Act This bill establishes a Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation (NSF) and establishes various programs and activities. The goals of the directorate shall be, among other things, the strengthening of U.S. leadership in critical technologies through basic research in key technology f…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
The quarterly timeline for this bill is still being assembled — 0 of 114 reports dated so far.
Filing periods are extracted from LDA records on a rolling basis — this chart fills in automatically.
WHO SHOWED UP
Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Colin Hayes
then: Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
now for: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
Max Rosen
then: Research Assistant, House Aviation Subcommittee
now for: ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
Joseph Eaves
then: Legislative Director, Office of U.S. Representative Paul Tonko
now for: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
Arielle Thomas
then: Intern, Rep. Rush Holt (Jan.-May 2014; Aug.-Nov. 2014)
now for: NEC CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Brent Bombach
then: Professional Staff, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Senator Rob Portman, Legislative Assistant
now for: NEC CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Charles Thomas
then: Senior Legislative Asst, Legislative Asst, Legislative Aide, Staff Asst; Rep. Robert Pittenger
now for: ROPER ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE
Alex Delpizzo
then: Legislative Director/Legislative Asst, Rep. Ferguson; Staff Asst, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
now for: ROPER ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE
Scott Tominovich
then: SA - Rep. Hoyer
now for: ROPER ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 52 YEA / 26 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)
⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries
⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries
Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.
Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/united-states-innovation-and-competition-act-of-2021-s1260-117