PTThe Paper Trail Project

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Follow General Dynamics's Trail

Move across records that normally live in separate government databases and inspect each connection at its original source.

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Federal Money

USAspending categories

What Agencies Bought or Funded

Reviewed company records

Corporate Structure

LDA records

Lobbying Disclosures and Issues

Defense

Defense procurement issues in the H.R. 8800 / S. 4784, the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act.

Budget/Appropriations

Procurement of electronic medical records in the FY2027 Interior Appropriations Bills and funding for homeland security.

Aviation/Airlines/Airports

Aviation manufacturing policy.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Monitor implementation of H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21), One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it relates to corporate taxes.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to tariff treatment of aviation industry.

Budget/Appropriations

Federal funding for company priorities.

Defense

Authorization of company priorities.

Defense

Authorization of shipbuilding programs and other company priorities in the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Act.

Budget/Appropriations

Federal funding for shipbuilding programs and other company priorities in the House and Senate Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

Defense

Defense procurement issues in the FY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Budget/Appropriations

H.R. 8998 / S. 4802, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026, as it relates to procurement of electronic medical records.

Defense

P.L.119-60, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2026, H.R. 4016 / S. 2572, Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY2026, as it relates to defense procurement issues.

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH15 filings
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC13 filings
ICEBREAKER STRATEGIES, LLC13 filings
BRIAN POTTS

Reported covered position: Staff Director Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Prof Staff Member Senate Appropriations Committee, Prof Staff Member House Appropriations Committee

JAMES P. MORAN

Reported covered position: Member of Congress, 1991-2015

MATTHEW BOWER

Reported covered position: Dept. of Homeland Security - Branch Chief, August 2003 to February 2016; House Appropriations Committee - Professional Staff Member, February 2016 to April 2025 / Did not lobby House; Dept. of Homeland Security - Branch Chief; House Appropriations Committee - Professional Staff Member

MIKE CLEMENTI

Reported covered position: Professional Staff Member, Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (October 2017 to September 2024) - Did not lobby Senate; Professional Staff Member, Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (October 2017 to September 2024); Professional Staff Member, Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense

WILL TODD

Reported covered position: Prof Staff Member Senate Appropriations Committee, Legislative Aide, Legislative Asst, Dep Legislative Director Senate Member (Cochran)