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Fact gov-004

newrecordconfirmed Federal lobbying re-read: one firm, $70,000, Congress only, the FY27 energy budget bill; no other filing names Valar

2025-12-08 · gov-004 · Valar Atomics, Atlas Crossing LLC, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate · lobbying income Q4 2025: $10,000; lobbying income Q1 2026: $30,000; lobbying income Q2 2026: $30,000

Re-reading the four Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through lda.gov's public API and print pages (29 Sept 2026) confirms ppl-011 and ppl-012: Atlas Crossing LLC is the only registrant for client 'VALAR ATOMICS INC.' (listed as a California company), registered effective 8 December 2025. Income: $10,000 (Q4 2025, 'Monitor issues related to advanced nuclear technology and innovation policy', no entity contacted), $30,000 (Q1 2026) and $30,000 (Q2 2026), when two issue areas were reported: Energy/Nuclear and Budget/Appropriations, the latter the FY27 Energy and Water appropriations bill, named in Q2 as H.R. 9022, which funds DOE. Q1 and Q2 list only the House of Representatives and the Senate as contacted; no agency, White House office or state is listed. Atlas Crossing filed 98 LDA reports for 2026 for dozens of clients, so Valar is one client of a general Washington firm. A full-text search of all LDA filings for 'Valar' in the specific-issue text returned no filing by any other registrant (29 Sept 2026). Filings list no foreign entity, affiliated organization or convictions. The lobbyists on the account disclose earlier jobs as congressional staff (chiefs of staff and advisers to House members, a House Judiciary subcommittee counsel) and as a governor's policy aide (see ppl-012). The Q3 2026 report is due 20 October 2026.

In plain termsValar pays one Washington firm to talk to members of Congress about nuclear policy and the yearly budget bill that funds the Energy Department, which runs Valar's reactor program. The fees reported so far total $70,000. That is legal, disclosed and modest for Washington. The filings say nothing about lobbying DOE, the NRC or the White House directly.

LDA filings API, client name 'valar' (4 filings) (Lobbying Disclosure (lda.gov), Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, 2026-07-20) primary filing “Issues related to H.R.9022 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027.”
LD-2 Q1 2026: Atlas Crossing LLC for Valar Atomics Inc. (lda.gov, 2026-04-20) primary filing
LD-2 Q2 2026: Atlas Crossing LLC for Valar Atomics Inc. (lda.gov, 2026-07-20) primary filing
LDA filings API, specific-issue text search 'Valar' (0 results) (lda.gov) primary filing
LDA filings API, registrant 'Atlas Crossing', 2026 (98 filings) (lda.gov) primary filing
LD-1 Registration: Atlas Crossing LLC for Valar Atomics Inc. (effective 12/8/2025) (lda.gov, 2026-01-07) primary filing

verified 2026-09-29: Re-read all four filings and the registration 2026-09-29: effective 12/8/2025; $10k/$30k/$30k; House and Senate only; H.R. 9022 quote exact; issue-text search for 'Valar' 0; Atlas Crossing 98 filings for 48 clients in 2026 (4 API pages). Holds; added the registration page and the lobbyists' disclosed past roles.

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