# US Federal Lobbying Disclosure Tracker (LDA.gov) (`intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker`) Actor

Track US federal lobbying filings (registrations and quarterly LD-2 reports) from the official LDA.gov API. Filter by client, lobbying firm, issue code, income and date. Get clients, firms, lobbyists, issues and agencies lobbied. No API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Jaydan Eaton](https://apify.com/intenal_builds) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 76.9% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 filing results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Federal Lobbying Disclosure Tracker (LDA.gov)

Get structured data on **US federal lobbying filings** (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, amendments and terminations), pulled live from the official, keyless **Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) API** at `lda.gov/api/v1`.

You get one clean, flattened row per filing, ready for a CRM, spreadsheet or alerting workflow.

**Use cases**

- **Government-affairs sales triggers:** spot companies that just hired a lobbying firm (new `RR` registrations) or increased spend. That's a good signal for gov-affairs consultants, PR firms, law firms and policy-data vendors.
- **Compliance and due diligence:** monitor which clients a firm represents, which issues they lobby on and which agencies they contact.
- **Journalism and research:** track lobbying on an issue (e.g. `TAX`, `HCR`, `DEF`, `CPI`) or by a company, quarter by quarter.
- **Competitive intel:** see who your competitors pay to lobby and on what.

### Input

- **Filing year** (default 2026).
- **Client name contains**, such as "Microsoft".
- **Registrant (lobbying firm) name contains**, such as "Akin".
- **Filing type codes**, such as `RR` (new registration), `Q1`–`Q4` (quarterly), `Q3A` (amendment) or `1T`–`4T` (termination).
- **General issue codes**, such as `TAX`, `HCR`, `DEF`, `CPI`, `ENG` or `BUD`.
- **Minimum income/expenses (USD).**
- **Posted after / before** dates (YYYY-MM-DD).
- **Max results** (1–5,000, newest first).
- **User-Agent contact.**

### Output (one item per filing)

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `filingUuid`, `filingType`, `filingTypeDisplay`, `filingYear`, `filingPeriod`, `dtPosted` | Filing identity and timing |
| `incomeUsd` / `expensesUsd` | Income reported by an outside firm or expenses reported by an in-house registrant |
| `registrantName`, `registrantCity`, `registrantState` | The lobbying firm or in-house organization |
| `clientName`, `clientState`, `clientCountry` | Who the lobbying is for |
| `issueCodes`, `issueLabels` | LDA general issue areas |
| `lobbyistNames` | Unique lobbyists listed on the filing |
| `governmentEntities` | Agencies and chambers contacted |
| `activityCount` | Number of lobbying activities reported |
| `filingDocumentUrl`, `sourceUrl`, `apiUrl` | The printable filing on LDA.gov and the raw API record |

Example (from a real run): client `FIFA WORLD CUP KANSAS CITY 2026`, registrant `HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP`, issues `BUD`, `SPO`.

### Compliance

- Uses only the official public LDA REST API (`https://lda.gov/api/v1/`), with anonymous access, no login and no API key.
- The data is public disclosures filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
- Requests are politely throttled to about 1 per second, back off on 429 and 5xx responses, and send a declared User-Agent.
- No anti-bot measures are bypassed and nothing is scraped from behind a login.

### Pricing (pay per event)

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| `apify-actor-start` (synthetic) | default $0.00005 |
| `filing-result` (one filing pushed) | **$0.002** ($2 per 1,000 filings) |

The code calls `Actor.charge(event_name="filing-result")` after each pushed filing.

### Local run

```
pip install -r requirements.txt
## put input in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
python -m src
```

# Actor input Schema

## `filingYear` (type: `integer`):

LDA filing year (reports since 1999).

## `clientName` (type: `string`):

Optional. The company or organization that hired the lobbyists, e.g. "Microsoft" or "FIFA".

## `registrantName` (type: `string`):

Optional. The lobbying firm or in-house registrant, e.g. "Akin" or "Hogan Lovells".

## `filingTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional. E.g. RR (new registration), Q1-Q4 (quarterly reports), Q1A (amendment), 1T (termination). Empty = all types.

## `issueCodes` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep filings with at least one matching LDA issue code, e.g. TAX, HCR (health), DEF (defense), CPI (tech/telecom), ENG (energy), BUD (budget).

## `minIncomeUsd` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Keep filings whose reported income (firms) or expenses (in-house) is at least this amount.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional. Only filings posted on or after this date.

## `postedBefore` (type: `string`):

Optional. Only filings posted before this date (LDA API date filter).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of filings to return, newest first.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Declared User-Agent sent to LDA.gov.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "filingYear": 2026,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "userAgent": "Federal Lobbying Disclosure Tracker jeaton1019@gmail.com"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

LDA lobbying filings, one item per filing.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,intenal_builds/federal-lobbying-disclosure-tracker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eJ6omFijUV1lw7oLH/builds/J8ucl8w4GTK4aDJ72/openapi.json