Why It Matters
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) filed an amended second-quarter lobbying disclosure covering eight issue areas spanning law enforcement, retirement, taxation, firearms, labor, budget, health, and telecommunications.
Two bills carry "top priority" designations: H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would exempt qualified active and retired officers from state and local prohibitions on carrying concealed firearms; and H.R. 1505, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, which would guarantee public safety officers the right to form and join unions and bargain collectively over wages, hours, and working conditions.
By the Numbers
The second-quarter amendment reports $100,000 in lobbying expenditures. Spending has held flat at $100,000 per quarter since the first quarter of 2025, up from $75,000 per quarter across all four quarters of 2024.
The FOP lobbies entirely in-house, with no outside firm appearing in its filings. Prior filings through the first quarter listed five individual lobbyists: Jim Pasco Jr., Tim Richardson, David Taboh, Laura Gormally, and Ben Stokes. The second-quarter amendment names only the organization itself, with no individuals listed.
The FOP also has amendments on file covering the first quarter and all four quarters of 2025, each reporting $100,000. Those amendments contain no issue text. The second-quarter amendment is the only filing in this batch with a detailed issues section.
The Agenda
The disclosure lists H.R. 7386, the First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act, which was added in the second quarter, while H.R. 378, the Thin Blue Line Act, returned that quarter. H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, was carried through the first quarter and is absent from the second-quarter filing.
On H.R. 1410, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, a May 2025 letter to congressional leaders warned of an "impending and devastating budget shortfall" for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), while 9/11 Health Watch said service reductions for responders and survivors could have begun in 2027 without congressional action. Congress subsequently changed the program's funding formula through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, averting the threatened service cuts and securing funding through 2040.
On H.R. 7386, a House Energy and Commerce Committee report states the committee ordered the bill favorably reported March 25 by a 51-0 vote. The bill would extend FirstNet Authority's statutory authorization through Sept. 30, 2037.
On H.R. 405, the Keep Every Extra Penny (KEEP) Act, which would exclude certain overtime compensation from gross income, a North Carolina state government source notes that a separate "No Tax on Overtime" provision was enacted as part of Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. That provision created a federal income tax deduction for qualified overtime compensation, subject to statutory limits.
The Bottom Line
The National Fraternal Order of Police's amended second-quarter filing lists in-house lobbying on issues including officer retirement benefits, overtime taxation, concealed carry and public safety union rights. The two bills flagged as top priorities, LEOSA reform and public safety collective bargaining, have carried that designation in filings with issue text since 2025, but the latest amendment does not list named individual lobbyists.
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