OrganizationsFiled LD-2 reports; rounded expenses incurred, not donor receipts
Control AI US reports quarterly lobbying expense estimates
Period or event: July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026; four non-overlapping quarters. · Reviewed September 12, 2026 · Record sanders-controlai-us-lobbying-expenses-2025-2026
Four reports by Control AI US, Inc. list $30,000 for each of Q3 and Q4 2025, then $120,000 for Q1 2026 and $80,000 for Q2 2026. All select Method A. Each describes artificial-superintelligence and loss-of-control issues and identifies a generalized interest of Secure Future Research Ltd.
What the source records
2025 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)
$30,000Method A; filed 2025-10-16. Official type Q3 (quarterly report, not amendment).
2025 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
$30,000Method A; filed 2026-01-20. Official type Q4 (quarterly report, not amendment).
2026 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
$120,000Method A; filed 2026-04-17. Official type Q1 (quarterly report, not amendment).
2026 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30)
$80,000Method A; filed 2026-07-17. Official type Q2 (quarterly report, not amendment).
Registrant and client
Control AI US, Inc.; Self checkedSame registrant 401109718 and client 67891 across all four reports.
Reporting method
Method A, Lobbying Disclosure Act definitionsThe joint guidance requires good-faith estimates rounded to the nearest $10,000, based on expenses incurred, including retained-firm payments. It is not a cash-transfer ledger.
UK entity interest
Generalized interest in the issues lobbiedLD-2 foreign-interest text expressly refers to Secure Future Research Ltd on the LD-1. Empty new-foreign-entity arrays in the API are addenda, not proof that the relationship ended.
Scope & limitations
These are reported lobbying expenses, not incoming grants, campaign contributions, precise cash spending or a full organization-wide budget.
Organization expenses already include retained lobbying firms under the guidance. Adding consultant-reported income would double-count overlapping spending.
The first-half 2026 reported amounts sum to $200,000 and the two reviewed 2025 quarters sum to $60,000; these are sums of rounded figures. Neither is a complete 2026 annual total.
The issue descriptions and government-body reporting do not identify particular Sanders contacts, establish a payment to him, or prove a causal link to the September 2026 announcement.
U.S. federal Lobbying Disclosure Act public filing system · official-lobbying-quarterly-report · Document date 2025-10-16 · Checked 2026-09-12
LD-2 reporting year/quarter, line 13 expenses, Method A, line 16 issue description and line 19 foreign interest.
Original static HTML form and matching official API record were acquired; receipt hashes bind both. Only selected organizational/reporting facts retained. Reported amount is a lobbying disclosure, not a campaign donation or proof of a bank-transfer date. API type: Q3.
U.S. federal Lobbying Disclosure Act public filing system · official-lobbying-quarterly-report · Document date 2026-01-20 · Checked 2026-09-12
LD-2 reporting year/quarter, line 13 expenses, Method A, line 16 issue description and line 19 foreign interest.
Original static HTML form and matching official API record were acquired; receipt hashes bind both. Only selected organizational/reporting facts retained. Reported amount is a lobbying disclosure, not a campaign donation or proof of a bank-transfer date. API type: Q4.
U.S. federal Lobbying Disclosure Act public filing system · official-lobbying-quarterly-report · Document date 2026-04-17 · Checked 2026-09-12
LD-2 reporting year/quarter, line 13 expenses, Method A, line 16 issue description and line 19 foreign interest.
Original static HTML form and matching official API record were acquired; receipt hashes bind both. Only selected organizational/reporting facts retained. Reported amount is a lobbying disclosure, not a campaign donation or proof of a bank-transfer date. API type: Q1.
U.S. federal Lobbying Disclosure Act public filing system · official-lobbying-quarterly-report · Document date 2026-07-17 · Checked 2026-09-12
LD-2 reporting year/quarter, line 13 expenses, Method A, line 16 issue description and line 19 foreign interest.
Original static HTML form and matching official API record were acquired; receipt hashes bind both. Only selected organizational/reporting facts retained. Reported amount is a lobbying disclosure, not a campaign donation or proof of a bank-transfer date. API type: Q2.
Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate · official-reporting-guidance · Document date 2025-02-28 · Checked 2026-09-12
Printed pp. 3–4, 8–9, 15–16: affiliated/foreign entities, reporting periods, Method A and non-additivity.
Current guidance linked by the House disclosure homepage at acquisition. Foreign-entity listing has alternative triggers; LD-2 Method A values are rounded good-faith expense estimates, with retained-firm costs included.