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Using our intelligently designed and intuitive dataset, you can quickly understand how Vista Outdoor Inc. (VSTO) is lobbying the U.S. government, how much they’re spending on it, and most importantly – the bills and specific issues on which they lobby.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vista Outdoor Inc. (VSTO) lobbying for?
Summary of Lobbying Data:
– Lobbying Firms: Inc, Vista Outdoor, Sorini, Signal Group Consulting, Llc, Brumidi Group, Samet & Associates
– General Issues: Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Computer Industry, Defense, Government Issues, Natural Resources, Environment/Superfund, Trade (domestic/foreign)
– Specific Issues:
1. Issues related to active transportation connectivity grants and e-bike access
2. Issues generally relating to government use of electric bicycles (no specific legislation introduced or pending in 2022 Q4)
3. Issues related to public lands and conservation including implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-152), and Equity Act
4. General issues related to hydration infrastructure on public lands
5. Issues related to tax incentives for bicycles
6. Issues related to outdoor recreation
7. H.R.1019 – E-BIKE Act; S.1260 – United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021; H.R.4521 – America COMPETES Act of 2022
8. Issues related to federal procurement
9. H.R.3252 – Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act; S.2449 – Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2021; General issues related to the importation of small arms ammunition into the United States; General issues related to the expansion of public target shooting ranges on public lands; H.R. 8167 -RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act of 2022, S.3266 America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022, Issues related to tariffs on products from China. Policies related to the importation of ammunition.
10. Issues related to federal procurement and supply chain resiliency., Sec. 301 China Product Exclusions
11. S.2372 – Recovering Americas Wildlife Act of 2021; Issues related to the phasing out of single-use plastic water bottles, Sec. 321 de minimis for U.S FTZs, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), S.1260 – United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021; H.R.4521 – America COMPETES Act of 2022; General issues related to Customs and Border Protection policy toward stainless steel drink vessel policy; General issues related to de minims trade policy related to Foreign Trade Zones
12. S. 3266 – Outdoor Recreation Act; H.R.1678 – Parks, Jobs, H.R.4996 – Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021; H.R.3113 – Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act;H.R.1019 – E-BIKE Act; Issues related to use of e-bikes by federal law enforcement and land management agencies
– Government Agencies Lobbied: Department of Interior (DOI), House of Representatives, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Senate, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
One could infer that the reason Vista Outdoor Inc. is lobbying on issues related to transportation, public lands and conservation, tax incentives for bicycles, and outdoor recreation is that these issues are relevant and important to their business operations, as they are a major player in the outdoor sporting goods industry. The company’s focus on issues related to firearms/guns/ammunition is likely due to their production and sale of firearms and ammunition. Their interest in issues related to computer industry and trade (domestic/foreign) could be linked to the production and distribution of their products, and their desire to operate in a competitive and fair business environment.
