Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice.
- Civilian staff, August 2026
- 35,283
- −3.9% in a year
- Organizations that lobbied it
- 100
- 2019 to 2026
Where its power comes from
An agency can act only where a law lets it. These are the laws its rules cite, where its rules live, and the bills that would change it.
Bills that would change it
Bills this Congress that name it, the most recently moved first. A bill that names an agency is not a law.
- S 4326: The FBI Hiring Review ActIn committee
- SRES 268: A resolution condemning James B. Comey, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for inciting violence against President Donald J.…In committee
- HRES 433: A resolution condemning former FBI Director James Comey's incitement of violence against President Donald J. Trump.In committee
- HRES 118: Calling on Federal law enforcement, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation…In committee
Who runs it
Its leaders
- Kashyap PatelDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years
Who pays to be heard
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$99M on reports naming it
- Real Estate Roundtable$35.5M on reports naming it
- AARP$19.6M on reports naming it
- Kashyap PatelDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years
- Department of JusticeThe department it sits in
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.Lobbied it, $99M
- Real Estate RoundtableLobbied it, $35.5M
- AARPLobbied it, $19.6M
- Transportation Trades Department Afl-CioLobbied it, $10.2M
Its leaders
The people the Senate last confirmed to its offices, one record per office. A confirmation date is not proof someone still serves.
Who tries to sway it
Who names it on federal lobbying reports, 2019 to 2026, and who used to work there. Naming an agency is the filer’s account of where work was aimed, not a record of a meeting.
Who pays to be heard
The biggest spenders on reports that name it. A report names several issues, so each figure is the whole report.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$99M
- Real Estate Roundtable$35.5M
- AARP$19.6M
- Transportation Trades Department Afl-Cio$10.2M
- Business Roundtable Inc.$9.18M
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association$8.51M
- Oracle Corporation$6.34M
- Greater New York Hospital Association$5.25M
- Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association$5.1M
- American Medical Association$3.95M
- Paramount Skydance Corporation$3.7M
- International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)$3.27M
- Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.$2.79M
- Intl. Assn. of Amusement PKS. & Attrs.$2.63M
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers$2.11M
- Rail Security Alliance$1.81M
- Fbi Agents Association$1.76M
- United Negro College Fund, Inc.$1.58M
- National Association of Manufacturers$1.13M
- General Atomics$1.11M
Who files the lobbying
The firms on reports that name it, by how many clients they filed for.
- Miller Strategies, LLC4 clients
- The Consilio Group3 clients
- Ballard Partners3 clients
- Holland & Knight LLP2 clients
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP2 clients
- Cumberland Gap Consulting, LLC2 clients
- Lycos Magnussaunders Global Diplomacy2 clients
- The Ingram Group LLC2 clients
- Venn Strategies2 clients
- Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.2 clients
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association Fka Property Casualty Insurers Assoc. of America1 client
- BBT Strategies LLC1 client
- Bce Corporation PMC1 client
- Beatrice Rivera1 client
- Barclays US GPF Inc.1 client
- American Medical Association1 client
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.1 client
- Baker Commodities1 client
- American Civil Liberties Union1 client
- Brennan Center for Justice at Nyu School of Law1 client
Former staff now lobbying
Lobbyists whose filings list a past job here.
In the news
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