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Ctia-The Wireless Association

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Ctia-The Wireless Association's federal footprint — reported lobbying spend and, where matched, federal money received. Figures are as reported to the U.S. Senate (LDA) and USAspending.

Lobbying from Senate LDA

Reported lobbying (spent)$81,923,500
Years coveredFY2022–FY2026
Reported lobbying billed / handled $69,860,000
Firm activeFY2022–FY2025

Reported country: 🇺🇸 United States

Lobbying over time

Reported lobbying for Ctia-The Wireless Association per filing year
FYLobbying spend (as client)Lobbying billed / handled (as firm)
2022$18,871,000$16,660,000
2023$20,205,000$17,180,000
2024$20,575,000$17,330,000
2025$22,212,500$18,690,000
2026$60,000—

Two figures: what Ctia-The Wireless Association reported spending on its own lobbying (as a client) and what it billed or handled for the clients it represents (as a firm — revenue, not its own spend). For a self-filer these overlap.

Firms hired

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky And Popeo, P.C. $960,000 · 16 filings
  • Forbes-Tate $960,000 · 16 filings
  • Ogr $960,000 · 16 filings
  • Polaris Government Relations, LLC $800,000 · 16 filings
  • Avoq, LLC $800,000 · 16 filings
  • Mayer Brown LLP $800,000 · 16 filings
  • Shumaker Advisors, LLC $735,000 · 13 filings
  • Alpine Advisors $700,000 · 12 filings
  • Bl Partners Group, LLC $660,000 · 16 filings
  • Mercury Strategies, LLC $620,000 · 13 filings

Registrants that filed lobbying on behalf of Ctia-The Wireless Association.

Clients represented

Self-filed — Ctia-The Wireless Association registers and lobbies on its own behalf, with no separate outside clients.

Issues

Issue area Lobbied Worked
Telecommunications 234 17
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV 52 —
Defense 33 15
Budget/Appropriations 31 13
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 29 15
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products 22 13
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 20 11
Computer Industry 12 —
Transportation 12 12
Science/Technology 4 —
Economics/Economic Development 3 3
Foreign Relations 3 3
Copyright/Patent/Trademark 2 2
Disaster Planning/Emergencies 2 2
Homeland Security 2 2
Intelligence 2 2
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 1 1
Manufacturing 1 1

Issue areas across Ctia-The Wireless Association's filings, by activity count — as the client (Lobbied) and as the registrant/firm (Worked). Linked areas open the CivicGate issue page.

What they lobbied on

Reported activity from Senate LDA

  • FY2026 Telecommunications as client

    NDAA-spectrum provisions

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Legislative & regulatory matters relating to the licensing and deployment of mobile broadband networks.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to expanded spectrum auction authority; Issues related to the deployment of broadband; Issues related to contraband prison phones

  • FY2025 Computer Industry as client

    Issues related to comprehensive privacy protections

  • FY2025 Budget/Appropriations self-filed

    H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    H.R. 1

  • FY2025 Consumer Issues/Safety/Products self-filed

    S. 836 - Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act S. 1748 - Kids Online Safety Act Issues related to children's privacy

    S. 836 S. 1748

  • FY2025 Defense self-filed

    H.R. 3463 - COUNTER Act H.R. 3838 - SPEED Act H.R. 5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act S. 1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act S. 2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Issues related to the Fiscal Year 2026 NDAA

    H.R. 3463 H.R. 3838 H.R. 5079 S. 1337 S. 2296

Show 52 more activities

  • FY2025 Disaster Planning/Emergencies self-filed

    H.R. 4669 - FEMA Act of 2025

    H.R. 4669

  • FY2025 Intelligence self-filed

    H.R. 5167 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. S. 2342 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

    H.R. 5167 S. 2342

  • FY2025 Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice self-filed

    H.R. 3353 - Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act H.R. 3577 - END CELLS Act H.R. 3921 - STOP CSAM Act of 2025 S. 736 - Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act S. 1829 - STOP CSAM Act of 2025 S. 2316 - Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act

    H.R. 3353 H.R. 3577 H.R. 3921 S. 736 S. 1829 S. 2316

  • FY2025 Telecommunications self-filed

    H.R. 2350 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 H.R. 2784 - Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 H.R. 3447 - Chip Security Act S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 S. 2480 - Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act Issues related to 911 reliability Issues related to accessibility Issues related to broadband permitting Issues related to comprehensive privacy protections Issues related to contraband prison phones Issues related to cybersecurity Issues related to drones Issues related to oversight of the Federal Communications Commission Issues related to oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Issues related to oversight of the Universal Service Fund Issues related to robocalls Issues related to spectrum policy Issues related to wireless emergency alerts

    H.R. 2350 H.R. 2784 H.R. 3447 S. 725 S. 1137 S. 2480 S. 2666

  • FY2025 Transportation self-filed

    H.R. 5061 - Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act

    H.R. 5061

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    H.R.651, Spectrum Pipeline Act

    H.R. 651

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Privacy and data security legislation; Spectrum-related legislation; Permitting legislation.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    H.R.3577, END Cells Act, to combat contraband cell phones H.R.3353, Lt. Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act, to combat contraband cell phones

    H.R. 3577 H.R. 3353

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Legislative & regulatory matters relating to the licensing and deployment of mobile broadband networks.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Support key wireless priorities, including the allocation of additional spectrum for mobile broadband and infrastructure deployment for 5G and IoT services; general advocacy regarding importance of 5G for US economy and competitiveness.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to broadband spectrum policy, 5G deployment, rural broadband, and privacy; Supply chain related issues; Issues related to privacy.

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to cybersecurity, spectrum legislation; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Budget/Appropriations as client

    Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Defense as client

    Issues related to spectrum; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Provide advice and counsel on issues related to telecommunications reform, Net Neutrality, cyber security and taxation of consumer wireless services

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to broadband spectrum policy, net neutrality, 5G deployment, rural broadband, and privacy.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to telecommunications and spectrum.

  • FY2025 Consumer Issues/Safety/Products as client

    Specific lobbying on the following bills: S. 389 - Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act.

    S. 389

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    General lobbying on the following issues: wireless emergency alerts; artificial intelligence; cybersecurity; drones; auction authority extension; comprehensive privacy protections; contraband prison phones; oversight of the Universal Service Fund, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; radio frequency energy; spectrum policy; robocalls; and wireless industry competition. Specific lobbying on the following bills: H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2025; H.R. 2350/S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025; H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act; S. 323 - PLAN for Broadband Act; S. 503 - NET Act; S. 792 - Government Spectrum Valuation Act; S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to Audit Federal Spectrum; and S. 1003 -- Lulus Law.

    H.R. 651 H.R. 2350 S. 1137 H.R. 2449 S. 323 S. 503 S. 792 S. 794 S. 1003

  • FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code as client

    General lobbying on the following issues: comprehensive tax reform; expensing; and depreciation.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    ALERT Parity Act; S. 503, Network Equipment Transparency (NET) Act; FUTURE Networks Act; S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act

    S. 503 S. 725

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to the cellular telephone industry - no specific legislation.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to broadband spectrum policy, net neutrality, 5G deployment, rural broadband, and privacy; Supply chain related issues; Issues related to privacy.

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to cybersecurity, spectrum legislation; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Budget/Appropriations as client

    Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Defense as client

    Issues related to spectrum; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to wireless policy, including spectrum, broadband funding, 5G, and privacy; issues related to the use of contraband phones in correctional facilities, including End Cells in Cells; Cooper Davis Act

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    H.R.651, Spectrum Pipeline Act, to reauthorize spectrum auctions with a pipeline of bands H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill, and inclusion of spectrum auctions provisions H.R.3577, END Cells Act, to combat contraband cell phones H.R.3353, Lt. Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act, to combat contraband cell phones

    H.R. 651 H.R. 1 H.R. 3577 H.R. 3353

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to broadband spectrum policy, 5G deployment, and privacy.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to wireless policy

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to wireless policy, including spectrum, broadband funding, 5G, and privacy; issues related to the use of contraband phones in correctional facilities, including End Cells in Cells; Cooper Davis Act

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Spectrum issues in front of Congress; Spectrum auction authority

  • FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code as client

    H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    H.R. 1

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Advocacy related to maintaining and expanding a deregulatory, national framework for any regulation for wireless services, cybersecurity, spectrum, policy,and privacy. TCJA Extension Issues related to telecommunications infrastructure

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to broadband spectrum policy, 5G deployment, rural broadband, and privacy; Supply chain related issues; Issues related to privacy.

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to cybersecurity, spectrum legislation; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Budget/Appropriations as client

    Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Defense as client

    Issues related to spectrum; Issues related to privacy; Issues related to supply chain.

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Spectrum issues in front of Congress; Spectrum auction authority

  • FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code as client

    H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    H.R. 1

  • FY2025 Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV as client

    Issues related to the wireless industry.

  • FY2025 Telecommunications as client

    Issues related to the wireless industry.

  • FY2025 Budget/Appropriations self-filed

    H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act H. Con. Res. 14 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. S.Con.Res.7 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

    H.R. 1 H.Con.Res. 14 S.Con.Res. 7

  • FY2025 Consumer Issues/Safety/Products self-filed

    S. 836 - Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act Issues related to children's privacy

    S. 836

  • FY2025 Defense self-filed

    H.R. 3463 - COUNTER Act S. 1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act Issues related to the Fiscal Year 2026 NDAA

    H.R. 3463 S. 1337

  • FY2025 Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice self-filed

    H.R. 3353 - Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act H.R. 3577 - END CELLS Act H.R. 3921 - STOP CSAM Act of 2025 S. 736 - Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act S. 1829 - STOP CSAM Act of 2025

    H.R. 3353 H.R. 3577 H.R. 3921 S. 736 S. 1829

  • FY2025 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code self-filed

    Issues related to comprehensive tax reform Issues related to expensing and depreciation

  • FY2025 Telecommunications self-filed

    H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2025 H.R. 912 - 9-8-8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act H.R. 1870 - SPEED for BEAD Act H.R. 2076 - Lulus Law H.R. 2350 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act S. 503 - NET Act S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 1003 - Lulus Law S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 Issues related to 911 reliability Issues related to accessibility Issues related to comprehensive privacy protections Issues related to contraband prison phones Issues related to cybersecurity Issues related to drones Issues related to oversight of the Federal Communications Commission Issues related to oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Issues related to oversight of the Universal Service Fund Issues related to robocalls Issues related to spectrum policy

    H.R. 651 H.R. 912 H.R. 1870 H.R. 2076 H.R. 2350 H.R. 2449 S. 503 S. 725 S. 1003 S. 1137

The specific issues and bills Ctia-The Wireless Association reported lobbying on, newest first. Bill references that CivicGate tracks link to the bill; others are shown as reported.