Why It Matters
The National Agricultural Aviation Association filed an LDA termination of its in-house lobbying registration on April 30, 2026, closing out a self-directed advocacy operation that had spent roughly $62,880 over the past year. The agricultural aviation lobbying disclosure, signed May 5, 2026, lists CEO Andrew Moore as the terminating lobbyist and reports $0 in activity for the second quarter.
NAAA has maintained a parallel contract with D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Services Inc. throughout the past year, paying that firm a steady $10,000 per quarter, totaling $40,000 over four quarters, to work on pesticide registration issues.
A Small Operation, But NAAA's Own Voice
Because NAAA ran its lobbying in-house, Moore was the sole lobbyist carrying the association's agenda directly to Congress and federal agencies. Over the past year, that in-house operation cost roughly $62,880, spread across four quarters of filings. The LDA filing cessation means that direct, self-directed presence is now gone.
NAAA's total lobbying spend over the past year, including outside firms, came to approximately $132,880. Beyond D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Services, NAAA also retained LeMunyon Group LLC for three quarters, paying $10,000 per quarter, or $30,000 total, for work on FAA safety issues, aerial application research, pesticide matters, appropriations, and the Farm Bill.
The in-house registration termination does not eliminate NAAA's lobbying footprint. Both outside firms remain active, at least through the most recent filings.
The Client Is the Firm
Because NAAA was its own registrant, this is not a case of a trade association dropping an outside firm. It is the association choosing to end the formal registration that made Moore's advocacy activities reportable under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Whether Moore continues to engage with Congress and agencies below the LDA threshold is not reflected in the filings.
Broader Context
The National Agricultural Aviation Association NAAA lobbying agenda covered four areas in the quarters leading up to the termination.
On aviation, NAAA pushed for the FAA to require the logging and marking of unmarked meteorological towers and to ensure that drones yield right-of-way to manned aircraft and carry detect-and-avoid technology. That fight produced a concrete win: the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 included provisions directing the FAA to propose rules on tower marking and ordering a study on drone detect-and-avoid technology for low-altitude operations. The FAA subsequently issued a proposed rule covering meteorological towers between 50 and 200 feet, meaning the rulemaking process is still underway. NAAA has continued pushing for enforcement of the statutory mandate.
On pesticides, NAAA has lobbied EPA for regulation grounded in sound science that does not impose unnecessary burdens on aerial applicators. The association has submitted more than 300 comments to the EPA since 2017 to preserve aerial application on pesticide labels. The current political environment has created new openings here: NAAA has engaged directly with the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again commission through White House meetings, field demonstrations, and formal comments. EPA's ongoing reconsideration of certain pesticide registrations and the finalization of herbicide and insecticide strategies through USDA and EPA keep this issue active.
On research funding, NAAA has lobbied annually for federal dollars for aerial application research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, including droplet size modeling for pesticide label compliance. This is a recurring appropriations fight with no permanent resolution.
On user fees, NAAA has opposed fees and taxes on aerial applicators for federal services they either do not use or already pay for through airport authorities. No major legislative change has addressed this concern.
No Recent Congressional Hearing Mentions
The most recent hearing appearances on record date to 2011 and 2015, when the association's then-president testified before the House Small Business Committee on fuel costs and a letter was submitted for the Senate Appropriations record on transportation funding.
Legislation Mostly Stalled
Most of the bills relevant to NAAA's agenda have not advanced. Pesticide regulation bills from the 114th and 115th Congresses remain in committee. Drone-related legislation from the 118th Congress has not moved beyond subcommittee referral. The one clear legislative success tied to NAAA's issues is the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, which addressed the tower marking and drone right-of-way concerns the association had been raising for years.
The Bottom Line
With the in-house registration now terminated, NAAA's outside counsel carries the load.
D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Services Inc., represented by lobbyist Jay Vroom, has focused specifically on pesticide registration issues. Vroom does not appear in congressional staff records, suggesting his value to NAAA is rooted in regulatory expertise, particularly on EPA pesticide registration processes under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, rather than Capitol Hill relationships.
LeMunyon Group LLC, represented by Glenn LeMunyon, covered a broader portfolio for NAAA through the fourth quarter of 2025, including FAA safety issues, aerial application research, pesticide matters, and both appropriations and Farm Bill work. LeMunyon's filings do not appear in the most recent quarter, meaning it is unclear whether that relationship continues into 2026.
The agricultural aviation lobbying disclosure record shows an association that has been methodical and consistent in its advocacy, spending at a steady pace across multiple firms and issue areas. The LDA termination of the in-house registration narrows that footprint on paper, but the substantive issues NAAA cares about, from pesticide labels to drone airspace rules to research appropriations, remain unresolved and active.
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