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$4,670,000 of AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q4 of 2024, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Issues related to drones and air cargo, including implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63).
Issues related to implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159), and e-commerce opportunities for small businesses.
Issues related to veterans hiring and training, employee compensation and benefits, workplace safety, competition, contracting, and minimum wage, including the AMERICA Act (S. 1073), and the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (H.R. 8639 / S. 4260).
Issues related to broadband access and affordability, satellite communications, space safety, spectrum, including the Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024 (S. 4207), device accessibility, Section 230 reform, content moderation, and online video, including the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (S. 4010), the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467), and implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58).
Issues related to intellectual property, including copyright reform and artificial intelligence; counterfeits, including the SHOP Safe Act (S. 3934 / H.R. 8684), music licensing, and issues related to patent reform, intermediary liability, and rights of publicity. Issues related to patent reform, including the PREVAIL Act (S. 2220) and the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140).
Issues related to taxes, including renewable energy tax credits, digital goods and services, international and corporate taxation, and implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97).
Issues related to data protection, encryption, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, including the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (H.R. 8818), law enforcement access, fraud prevention, product safety related to the sale of counterfeit and/or stolen products, including the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 895 / S. 140), cloud computing, including the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), Esther's Law (S. 4298), and implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-314). Issues related to artificial intelligence safety and research and development, including the Future of AI Innovation Act (S. 4178), the AI Research Innovation, and Accountability Act (S. 3312), the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act (H.R. 7766), the National AI Commission Act (H.R. 4223), and the Create AI Act (S. 2714).
Issues related to cybersecurity, including critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security, authentication, government procurement, cybersecurity incident reporting, and artificial intelligence, including implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31), the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act (S. 4066), and implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159).
Issues related to postal rates, service performance, implementation of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-108), and the transportation of hazardous materials.
Issues related to IT systems improvements and cloud computing technology, the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (H.R. 8512 / S. 4443), and implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159).
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, IT modernization, and government procurement, including implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31), the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act (H.R. 1695 / S. 931), and the Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023 (S. 2871), and implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159).
Issues related to immigration, high-skilled immigration, and non-immigrant visas, including issues related to employment-based visas, green card backlog, and the STEM visa exemption provision.
Issues related to US trade policy, including USMCA, the World Trade Organization, the World Customs Organization, China, country of origin labeling, US customs policy and procedures, US tariffs, foreign direct investment, issues related to domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research, export controls, sanctions, and supply chain, and other trade practices, including in the EU, Asia, and Latin America, the COOL Online Act (H.R. 6299 / S. 1421), and the ENFORCE Act (H.R. 8315).
Issues related to technology, procurement, and space policy, implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159), and implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31).
Issues related to payment processing, corporate governance, debit reforms, financial innovation and technology, lending, gift cards, money transmission licensing, fraud prevention, payment authentication, data security, the CFPB larger participant rule, the CFPB open banking rule, the Credit Card Competition Act (H.R. 3881 / S. 1838), the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4664 / S. 2309), the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8773), and financial inclusion.
Issues related to surface transportation, including autonomous vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, community infrastructure investments, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, e-bikes, hazardous materials, port congestion, U.S. internal supply chain and goods movement, and maritime transportation; issues related to infrastructure, including implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58).
Issues related to USDA SNAP online purchasing, including reauthorization of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334), the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467), Electronic Benefit Transfer, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and food safety.
Issues related to STEM education, computer science education, and job training in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167), and implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31).
Issues related to IT modernization, cybersecurity, FedRAMP, open data, and government procurement, including implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31), implementation of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159), implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-435), the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 2882), the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act (H.R. 1695 / S. 931), implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act (P.L. 107-347), the Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act of 2023 (H.R. 4891 / S. 2871), the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act (S. 4066 / H.R. 9595), the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2023 (S. 3205), the Promoting Responsible Evaluation and Procurement to Advance Readiness for Enterprise-wide Deployment (PREPARED) for AI Act (S. 4496), and implementation of the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2023 (P.L. 117-263)
Issues related to IT modernization, cloud computing, and IP in general appropriations and the federal budget.
Issues related to health information technology, Medicare, healthcare and telehealth, including the Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 1843 / S. 1001), the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (H.R. 824), the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 2016 / H.R. 4189), the Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 7623 / S. 3967), and the Primary Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 3029 / S. 628); issues related to pharmacy, including the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act (S. 3430); and issues related to Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bills and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 9029).
Issues related to Amazons Climate Pledge, including alternative fuel vehicles, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable electricity data, federal fleet electrification, maritime and shipping decarbonization, data center energy, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), low-carbon R&D, and plastics. Issues related to energy and environmental provisions in the Infrastructure and Jobs Investment Act (P.L. 117-58) and the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998)."

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AMZN Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $AMZN stock 18 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 13 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $AMZN stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

• REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM R. KEATING has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/07, 10/31 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/02 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 12/24, 11/20, 09/03, 08/21 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON purchased up to $50,000 on 11/27.
• REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN MCGARVEY sold up to $15,000 on 11/13.
• REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 11/08 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL GUEST purchased up to $15,000 on 11/08.
• REPRESENTATIVE GREG LANDSMAN has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $150,000 on 10/15, 08/21.
• REPRESENTATIVE JOHN JAMES sold up to $15,000 on 09/04.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

AMZN Insider Trading Activity

AMZN insiders have traded $AMZN stock on the open market 101 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 101 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $AMZN stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

• JEFFREY P BEZOS (Executive Chair) has made 0 purchases and 26 sales selling 16,354,620 shares for an estimated $3,376,943,584.
• ANDREW R JASSY (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 41,568 shares for an estimated $7,917,482.
• DOUGLAS J HERRINGTON (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) has made 0 purchases and 19 sales selling 40,712 shares for an estimated $7,787,926.
• MATTHEW S GARMAN (CEO Amazon Web Services) has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 30,520 shares for an estimated $5,813,237.
• BRIAN T OLSAVSKY (Senior Vice President and CFO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 29,200 shares for an estimated $5,590,048.
• DAVID ZAPOLSKY (Senior Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 23,360 shares for an estimated $4,482,274.
• JONATHAN RUBINSTEIN has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 18,670 shares for an estimated $4,000,369.
• SHELLEY REYNOLDS (Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 14 sales selling 7,582 shares for an estimated $1,445,420.
• DANIEL P HUTTENLOCHER sold 1,237 shares for an estimated $246,237
• KEITH BRIAN ALEXANDER sold 900 shares for an estimated $176,733

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

AMZN Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 2,580 institutional investors add shares of AMZN stock to their portfolio, and 1,895 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

• INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 38,925,468 shares (-99.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $8,539,858,424
• VANGUARD GROUP INC added 38,659,773 shares (+5.0%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $7,203,475,503
• BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 30,680,297 shares (-36.7%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $5,716,659,740
• BLACKROCK, INC. added 18,556,532 shares (+2.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $3,457,638,607
• PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC added 11,391,479 shares (+82457.3%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $2,122,574,282
• STATE STREET CORP added 11,370,309 shares (+3.3%) to their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $2,118,629,675
• APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. removed 9,284,520 shares (-96.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2024, for an estimated $1,729,984,611

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

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