Lobbying Update: $4,380,000 of AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC lobbying was just disclosed

$4,380,000 of AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"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 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 broadband access and affordability, satellite communications, space safety, device accessibility, Section 230 reform, content moderation, and online video, including implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Issues related to intellectual property, including copyright reform and artificial intelligence; counterfeits, music licensing, and issues related to patent reform, International Trade Commission Section patent investigations, intermediary liability, and patent reform, including the RESTORE Patents Act (H.R. 1574 / S. 708). Issues related to taxes, digital goods and services, renewable energy tax credits, and international and corporate taxation, including the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act, (H.R. 1990), the Growing and Preserving Innovation in America Act of 2025 (H.R. 1062), the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double Tax Relief Act (H.R. 33 / S. 199), and implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97). Issues related to veterans hiring and training, employee compensation and benefits, workplace safety, competition, and contracting. and minimum wage. Issues related to data protection, encryption, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, law enforcement access, fraud prevention, product safety related to the sale of counterfeit and/or stolen products, including the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (draft bill - no numbers), cloud computing, 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 CREATE AI Act (H.R. 2385). 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), 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 cybersecurity, cloud security, IT modernization, and government procurement, including the Department of State Authorization Act 2025 (draft bill - no numbers), 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), 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 (S.294), and the ENFORCE Act (draft bill - no numbers). Issues related to technology, procurement, and space policy, including the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense Act (draft bill - no numbers), 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 Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the CFPB larger participant rule (S.J. Res. 18 / H.J. Res. 64), the CFPB open banking rule, the Credit Card Competition Act (H.R. 3881 / S. 1838), 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, 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) and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (P.L. 118-159.) 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 (draft bill - no numbers), 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. 1650 / S. 763), the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (draft bill - no numbers), the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261), the Telehealth Modernization Act (draft bill - no numbers), and the Primary Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1026); issues relating to Medicare payment and accountable care before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); issues related to the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4). Issues related to Amazons Climate Pledge, including alternative fuel vehicles, renewable electricity data, data center energy, and 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 (draft bill - no numbers)."

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AMZN Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $AMZN stock 36 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 31 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 MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 9 times. They made 9 purchases worth up to $135,000 on 04/08, 04/04, 01/21, 01/08, 12/24, 11/20 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN sold up to $15,000 on 04/03.
• REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT EVANS purchased up to $15,000 on 04/03.
• REPRESENTATIVE GREG LANDSMAN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 02/20 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 03/27, 02/26.
• REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR purchased up to $15,000 on 03/27.
• REPRESENTATIVE BYRON DONALDS has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 03/20 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 03/20.
• REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT FRANKLIN has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $130,000 on 02/26 and 0 sales.
• SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 02/26, 02/04 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 02/26, 01/16 and 0 sales.
• SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $50,000 on 02/13.
• REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM R. KEATING purchased up to $15,000 on 01/07.
• REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/02 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.

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 99 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 99 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 25 sales selling 15,286,168 shares for an estimated $3,163,182,987.
• DOUGLAS J HERRINGTON (CEO Worldwide Amazon Stores) has made 0 purchases and 18 sales selling 56,711 shares for an estimated $12,569,275.
• ANDREW R JASSY (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 41,568 shares for an estimated $8,746,378.
• DAVID ZAPOLSKY (Senior Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 14 sales selling 36,740 shares for an estimated $7,808,025.
• MATTHEW S GARMAN (CEO Amazon Web Services) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 30,500 shares for an estimated $6,418,120.
• BRIAN T OLSAVSKY (Senior Vice President and CFO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 29,220 shares for an estimated $6,224,354.
• JONATHAN RUBINSTEIN has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 13,666 shares for an estimated $3,000,320.
• SHELLEY REYNOLDS (Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 12,624 shares for an estimated $2,724,197.
• 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 2,682 institutional investors add shares of AMZN stock to their portfolio, and 2,131 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

• BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 25,110,499 shares (+47.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $5,508,992,375
• CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 17,681,004 shares (+36.8%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $3,879,035,467
• VANGUARD GROUP INC added 17,635,391 shares (+2.2%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $3,869,028,431
• BLACKROCK, INC. added 14,821,685 shares (+2.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $2,819,973,788
• LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC removed 13,903,160 shares (-20.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $3,050,214,272
• PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC added 12,018,120 shares (+17054.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,636,655,346
• CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 12,000,745 shares (+26.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $2,632,843,445

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

AMZN Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $AMZN in the last several months. We have seen 17 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

• Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 05/02/2025
• Oppenheimer issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/28/2025
• Telsey Advisory issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/23/2025
• Bank of America Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 04/22/2025
• Raymond James issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/22/2025
• Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 04/03/2025
• Benchmark issued a "Buy" rating on 03/03/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for AMZN, check out Quiver Quantitative's $AMZN forecast page.

AMZN Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $AMZN recently. We have seen 4 analysts offer price targets for $AMZN in the last 6 months, with a median target of $250.0.

Here are some recent targets:

• Joseph Feldman from Telsey Advisory set a target price of $235.0 on 04/23/2025
• Deepak Mathivanan from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $270.0 on 01/07/2025
• Mark Shmulik from Bernstein set a target price of $265.0 on 12/18/2024
• Tom Champion from Piper Sandler set a target price of $225.0 on 11/27/2024

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