119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Aug 5, 2026
BLADE Act
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Latest action (Aug 5, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ovisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5105 - Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5252 - BLADE Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.Amdt.6561 to S.4784; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Nationa…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ovisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5105 - Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5252 - BLADE Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.Amdt.6561 to S.4784; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Nationa…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Defense
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ovisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5105 - Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5252 - BLADE Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.1705 - Chip Security Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.Amdt.6561 to S.4784; pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SIIA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$1,424,847
Spent on own lobbying
…Security Risks Act; H.R.2794 and S. 4591 - NO FAKES Act; S.2615 - VET AI Act; S.3957 / H.R. 5351 - NSF AI Education Act; S.3952 - Future of AI Innovation Act; S.5252 - BLADE Act, as well as proposals and frameworks for federal AI legislation Proposals on energy infrastructure permitting including S. 1894 / H.R. 4776 Congres…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SIIA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$1,424,847
Spent on own lobbying
…Security Risks Act; H.R.2794 and S. 4591 - NO FAKES Act; S.2615 - VET AI Act; S.3957 / H.R. 5351 - NSF AI Education Act; S.3952 - Future of AI Innovation Act; S.5252 - BLADE Act, as well as proposals and frameworks for federal AI legislation. Provisions of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2027, S. 4784…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SECURITY FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: ALLEGIANCE STRATEGIES, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ty Act; H.R. 3919 Advanced AI Security Readiness Act; S.2177 No Adversarial AI Act.; H.R.1736 Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act; H.R. 8170 MATCH Act; S. 5252, BLADE Act; H.R. 8283, Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026; H.R. 9619, People-First Chatbot Act; H.R. 8800/S. 4784, National Defense Authorization Ac…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Banking
$210,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ll provisions. S. 5025, Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, all provisions. S. 5083, Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026, all provisions. S. 5252, Blocking Large-scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts Act of 2026, all provisions. S. 5356, Lebanon Sanctions, Stabilization, and Support Act, all provisions.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$720,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Compliance Act; H.R. 4505 - Export Controls Enforcement Act; H.R. 6996 - Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act; H.R. 8283 - Deterring American AI Model Theft Act; S. 5252 - BLADE Act; H.R. 7037 - DOMINANCE Act; S. 3399 - Digital Trade Promotion Act of 2025; H.R. 5334/S.5025 - Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing