Mars
VA · 18 filings, 2025
What the money shows
MARS reported $1.2M in federal lobbying for 2025 across 18 filings. The filings name 5 lobbying firms, led by MARS and Squire Patton BOGGS. The filing text lists 6 issue areas.
Sources: Senate LDA · FEC
Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services founded on June 23, 1911. Mars is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington metropolitan area, and is entirely owned by the Mars family. The company had US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States. via Wikipedia ↗
1Lobbies on
Its filings list: Trade (domestic/foreign) · Agriculture · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Environment/Superfund · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) · Health Issues
2Through these firms · 5
3Bills moving in its lanes
No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.
- S 5236A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services…
- S 5225A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include certain curriculum expenses a…
- S 5227A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified t…
- S 5232A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize rural residency planning and development grant p…
- S 5237A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to award a comp…