Why It Matters
HP Inc. is lobbying on supply chain resilience for information and communications technology (ICT) and semiconductors. The House passed H.R. 2480 by voice vote on April 28, 2025, after the Energy and Commerce Committee reported it on April 24. HP's filing names no companion bill. HP, a maker of personal computers and printers that depends on ICT and semiconductor supply chains, is now formally on record lobbying the issue, according to the supplied legislative record, as the Senate has yet to act.
By the Numbers
HP Inc.'s third-quarter in-house filing reported $950,000 in lobbying expenditures, bringing the combined total across all four registrants to $1,070,000, up $160,000 from the $910,000 combined total in both the second quarter and the third quarter of 2025.
The three outside firms also filed for the third quarter: Forward Global US Inc. filed $10,000, Mercury Public Affairs LLC filed $50,000, and Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid LLC filed $60,000.
The in-house filing lists six HP employee lobbyists:
- Brittany Masalosalo, global head of government relations
- Tom McElwee, director of international government affairs
- Kelsey Kober, director of federal procurement policy
- Quentin Scholtz, head of U.S. federal government affairs, with prior government experience
- Tom Geier, vice president and head of Americas government affairs and public policy, with prior government experience, including service associated with former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
- Jorge Rueda, director of trade and supply chains, with prior committee staff service on the House Ways and Means Committee during the 117th, 118th and 119th Congresses and the Senate Finance Committee during the 113th Congress
Broader Context
The House passed H.R. 2480 by voice vote on April 28, 2025, after the Energy and Commerce Committee reported it on April 24, according to the supplied legislative record.
The filing also lists implementation of Public Law 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a taxation issue, and implementation of Public Law 119-60, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, as a defense issue. Both laws have been enacted; HP's lobbying on each focuses on implementing existing provisions. A U.S. Chamber of Commerce coalition letter urged passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's permanent tax extensions, arguing they would give businesses certainty for long-term investment. A Congressional Research Service report (R48611) summarizes the law's provisions.
The filing lists patents as a disclosed issue. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced S. 1546, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025, on May 1, 2025. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the supplied record shows no House action.
The Bottom Line
According to the supplied legislative record, the House passed H.R. 2480 by voice vote on April 28, 2025, and referred S. 1546 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Across complete quarters on record, HP's in-house lobbying expenditures have risen each quarter from the first through the third quarter, while its outside-firm roster has held steady at three firms.
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