TARA SMITH
TARA SMITH is named as a lobbyist in 7 lobbying reports we hold, filed by 1 registrant for 7 clients.
Earlier government jobs, as reported
A lobbying report lists each lobbyist's covered positions: jobs in Congress or the executive branch that the law asks a lobbyist to disclose. Each line is copied as a report states it.
- Senior Professional Staff Member to Senate Agriculture Committee
Registrants and clients
Clients: AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (AFIA); ANIMAL HEALTH INSTITUTE; CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS; CROP INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE BUREAU; NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS; RESPONSIBLE INDUSTRY FOR A SOUND ENVIRONMENT; WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS.
Bills named where this lobbyist is listed, and how the House and the Senate voted
7 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.R. 597PURR Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 1995Securing American Agriculture Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 2072To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects. | Reported by committee | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 2073Defending our Dams Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 2074POWER Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| H.R. 5044Safe Embassies Act | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
| S. 2662504 Modernization and Small Manufacturer Enhancement Act of 2025 | Introduced | No recorded vote in our record |
Issues named: Agriculture (6), Budget/Appropriations (5), Trade (domestic/foreign) (3), Animals (2), Energy/Nuclear (2), Beverage Industry (1), Environment/Superfund (1), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities (1), Transportation (1).
Every report
| Client | Registrant | Kind, as filed | Posted | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERSBudget/Appropriations, Trade (domestic/foreign), Agriculture, Beverage Industry | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| RESPONSIBLE INDUSTRY FOR A SOUND ENVIRONMENTBudget/Appropriations | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERSEnvironment/Superfund, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy/Nuclear | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (AFIA)Trade (domestic/foreign), Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Animals | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| ANIMAL HEALTH INSTITUTETrade (domestic/foreign), Agriculture, Animals, Budget/Appropriations | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERSAgriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Energy/Nuclear, Budget/Appropriations | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov | |
| CROP INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE BUREAUAgriculture | TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC) | 2nd Quarter - Report | The report on LDA.gov |
Campaign gifts this lobbyist 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.
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