Federal Lobbying

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ExxonMobil employs in-house and contract lobbyists, who undertake a range of engagements to pursue policy issues of importance to the corporation. This includes face-to-face, virtual, and one-on-one meetings, as well as participation in a range of trade and other organizations, at the federal, state and local levels. Our federal internal lobbying is reported on a quarterly basis. These disclosures provide a summary of the issues lobbied and the associated costs. The quarterly reports are available on our corporate website, as well as on the U.S. Senate website. For clarity and ease of reference, we have consolidated and reformatted these reports into one easy-to-read table below.

Please note the dollar amounts reported below refer to ExxonMobil’s direct federal lobbying expenses. All indirect lobbying expenses are reported under the “Trade Associations, think tanks and coalitions” section of this document. The dollar amounts reported on the U.S. Senate website include direct and indirect federal lobbying expenses.

ExxonMobil’s advocacy efforts

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) introduced new climate-related policies in the U.S. that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by seeking to incentivize a lower-carbon economy.

Many technologies that lower emissions introduce higher costs and need significant advances.  As a result, today economic applications are limited.  To accelerate developments policy support is needed to incentivize investments at scale. Congress enacted measures that include technology-neutral tax incentives to promote carbon capture and storage and hydrogen production. ExxonMobil has been actively lobbying for these technology neutral initiatives. These incentives supported ExxonMobil's decision to pursue multiple projects and secure contracts with various industrial companies to transport and store their CO2 emissions. We are also working to develop the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen facility at our Baytown complex near Houston.

While the IRA was passed by Congress along party lines, many of its energy-related provisions have bipartisan support. We expect that some individual measures within the IRA will receive more attention and refinement from Congress in the future. ExxonMobil continues to advocate and engage in dialogue with lawmakers and regulators to represent our shareholders’ interests.

2023 U.S. Federal Lobbying: In-house and contract

To view ExxonMobil's 2020 - 2023 lobby reports filed with the U.S. Congress, click here.

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