ORGANIZATION
Association of American Publishers
trade association · DC
2LDA FILINGS
6LOBBYISTS
0FLY-INS
Federal Lobbying Spend
$514K
Total LDA-disclosed spend (in-house + retained) across all reported periods.
Most recent LDA filing posted April 2026.
Likely Asks (from LD-2 filings)
1supportaffordable access to course materials First Amendment issues Stop the Sexualization of Children Act×6
Topics in Filings
7Policy topics named in LD-2 filings. This org's filings are topical rather than positional — these are the issues it's actively lobbying on, even without a stated verb of position.
Stop the Sexualization of Children Act×12
Copyright issues×6
Copyright licensing issues×6
Copyright policy×6
Government regulation of publications Artificial intelligence issues×6
Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act×6
Public access to peer-reviewed journals Appropriations issues×6
Bills in Play
2Bills referenced in this org's LD-2 filing text. Frequency = how many activities reference each.
Lobbyists on Record
6ROBERT GOODLATTE · Goodlatte Group, LLC F.k.a. Robert Goodlatteformer Member of Congress 1993-2019
ERIC BAGWELL · Association of American Publishers
MATTHEW BARBLAN · Goodlatte Group, LLC F.k.a. Robert Goodlatte
SHELLEY HUSBAND · Association of American Publishers
JAMES MAXWELL · Association of American Publishers
MARIA LUISA SIMPSON · Association of American Publishers