Lobbying Disclosure Act
Also called LDA, LD-2 report
A 1995 US law that makes lobbying of Congress and the executive branch, and what it costs, public every quarter.
How is lobbying spending disclosed?
Companies with in-house lobbyists and the firms they hire file an LD-2 report each quarter naming the client, the issues, the agencies contacted and the quarter's lobbying amount.
Amounts are rounded to the nearest $10,000; under $5,000 the report only says so. Lobbyists' political contributions are reported twice a year on LD-203.
Whalegun gathers LD-2 reports and shows what listed and Korean companies spent on lobbying each quarter, on which issues and through which firms.
See it on Whalegun
More terms in this area
- Foreign Agents Registration ActA 1938 US law requiring anyone doing political or publicity work in the US for a foreign government, party or company to register with the Justice Department.
- Former-official lobbyistsPeople who worked as congressional staff or senior executive-branch officials and now lobby; their past posts are disclosed on lobbying reports.