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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
747a3f94-ad77-483f-9083-782c4570030c
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-14 20:07:10
Income (reported)
$60,000
Expenses (reported)
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Lobbying and Consulting Firm

Contact
REED SKAGGS
Phone
+1 202-289-7475
Address
zip:20001, city:Washington, state:DC, street:440 1st Street NW Suite 700

Client

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

Research University - Higher Education

State
WI
Country
US
Effective date
2024-03-21

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

FY 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to water resources and NEH. FY 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations, Issues pertaining to NSF, NOAA, and NIST. P.L 119-75, FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to National Primate Research Centers. FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to National Primate Research Centers, rural healthcare, nursing workforce development, student aid, TRIO programs, and international education. P.L. 119-74, FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriation, Issues pertaining to implementation and NSF. P.L 119-75, FY 2026 Defense Appropriations, Issues to polar aircraft procurement. FY 2027 Defense Appropriations, Issues pertaining to basic research, polar aircraft procurement, and foreign language training. FY 2027 Energy and Water Development Appropriations, Issues pertaining to DOE, Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences, plant research. FY 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriation, Issues pertaining to AV research and deployment. FY 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, Issues pertaining to agriculture research, Extension, and teaching funding.

Lobbyists: MIRIAM QUINTAL; mr SRINIVAS SONTI (covered position: Temporary Professional Staff - United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senior Policy Advisor-Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Research Director-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)); CHRISTINA LARIDAEN; ANTONY DIGIOVANNI [new]; KARI MCCARRON; mrs SHANNI NAOMI SILBERBERG; ELIZABETH STULBERG (covered position: Agricultural Science Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Science Policy Advisor for Food and Life Sciences, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.)

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

AGR — Agriculture

Issues pertaining to animal health and vaccines. Farm Bill Reauthorization, Issues pertaining to veterinary diagnostics.

Lobbyists: ELIZABETH STULBERG (covered position: Agricultural Science Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Science Policy Advisor for Food and Life Sciences, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.); mr SRINIVAS SONTI (covered position: Temporary Professional Staff - United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Research Director-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

DEF — Defense

FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, Issues pertaining to basic research programs.

Lobbyists: mrs SHANNI NAOMI SILBERBERG

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

SCI — Science/Technology

S.3597, The National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization, Issues pertaining to quantum science and technology.

Lobbyists: MIRIAM QUINTAL

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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