UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP is named as the registrant in 2 lobbying reports we hold for 2026-Q2, for 1 client. 0 reports of 1 compared with the due date were posted after it.
Clients and amounts
A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together. A report of less than $5,000, or of no lobbying activity, states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.
| Client | Amount the report states, by quarter | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUPThe registrant lobbying for itself | 2026-Q2: $660,000 in its own lobbying expenses | 2 |
Lobbyists named in these reports
- AMY ISBELL · 2 reports
- CHARLES WELDON WADELINGTON JR · 2 reports
Bills named, and how the House and the Senate voted
15 bills named in these reports. None of them became law in our record, so no recorded vote is shown. A lobbying report names the houses of Congress and the agencies the lobbyists contacted. It does not say which members or staff they met.
| Bill | Status | How the House and the Senate voted |
|---|---|---|
| H.Con.Res. 12Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.Con.Res. 13Providing that George Washington's "Farewell Address" shall be read at the beginning of each Congress. | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 791Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 861American Music Fairness Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 2794NO FAKES Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 8094AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 8915NO FAKES Act of 2026 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 253Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 326 | Not checked yet | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 1367NO FAKES Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 3813CLEAR Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 4591NO FAKES Act of 2026 | Reported by committee | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 5379BIS STRENGTH Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S.Con.Res. 5A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the proposed "joint interpretation" of Annex 14-C of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement prepared by United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai is of no legal effect with respect to the United States or any United States perso | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S.Con.Res. 8A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
Issues named: Arts/Entertainment (2), Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV (2), Copyright/Patent/Trademark (2), Trade (domestic/foreign) (2).
Every report
| Client | Kind, as filed | Posted | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUPArts/Entertainment, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (domestic/foreign) | 2nd Quarter - Amendment | The report on LDA.gov | |
| UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUPArts/Entertainment, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (domestic/foreign) | 2nd Quarter - ReportA later report for this client and quarter replaces it | The report on LDA.gov |
Campaign gifts this registrant reported
Lobbyists and registrants report their political contributions twice a year (form LD-203). We hold these reports only for contributions to the campaign committees of members who sponsored or cosponsored a bill named in a lobbying report. Any other contribution: Not checked yet.
No contribution report we hold lists a gift from this filer.
Where this comes from
Lobbying Disclosure Act reports (LD-2), LDA.gov. We save our own copy of each page of LDA.gov's list of reports before we read it. These pages were built from our copies on .
2026-Q2: every page of LDA.gov's list saved and read.
A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together. A report of less than $5,000, or of no lobbying activity, states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.
Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.