BKH: second_quarter 2026 lobbying report

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H.R. 9260, FY27 Labor-HHS Appropriations Legislation - Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $5.1 Billion and ensure the administrative process is in place to carry out the program. Supporting delay of implementation for Energy Independence and Security Act Section 433. 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Easing Gas/Electric Infrastructure Locating Costs Due to Federally Incentivized Broadband Build-Out - relating to infrastructure development cost allocation.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":61922,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JAFAR","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"KARIM","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"US House, US Senate, HHS, USDA","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOM","general_issue_code_display":"Homeland Security","description":"Legislation to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 through 2035- Basis for public-private cyberthreat information sharing and related legal, regulatory, and public disclosure protections that protect private sector engagement. - HR. 5079, the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act (WIMWIG Act), bipartisan bill to update and reauthorize CISA thru 2035. - S.1337, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act, provides a clean ten year CISA extension. - Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) draft CISA modification and 2- year reauthorization legislation Cyber incident reporting generally Cyber regulatory harmonization generally","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":61922,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JAFAR","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"KARIM","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"US House, HHS, USDA","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]}