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Report sections have different reporting cutoffs; later amendments and underlying transactions are not independently established.","Campaign cycles have individual start and end dates; 2026 figures are partial periods. Original and amended reports can change historic totals.","No hidden funding channel, financial motive for AI policy, or undisclosed personal enrichment is established by this collection. Documented civil findings and settlements retain their exact parties, scope and outcomes.","Legislative announcements and introduced proposals are not enacted law. The September 2026 ASI proposal lacks a located filed identifier and full statutory text in this review.","The Voteview archive includes not-voting and present entries and excludes quorum calls and vacated votes; its latest captured vote is August 8, 2026.","Checked-on dates indicate review of a source or index reference, not necessarily acquisition of the full original. accessStatus and source notes identify unacquired documents and third-party mirrors."]},"record":{"id":"sanders-controlai-uk-us-lda-2025","category":"organizations","title":"US self-registration names the UK entity and a lobbying contribution","date":"2025-07-17","period":"Registration effective July 1, 2025; filed July 17, 2025; API associates the registration with Q3 2025.","status":"Filed LD-1; contribution reported, cash timing unspecified","summary":"Control AI US, Inc. registered on its own behalf and named Secure Future Research Ltd in its foreign-entity section, reporting $25,000 for lobbying activities and 0% ownership. 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They are different disclosures with potentially overlapping money.","The filing does not identify which alternative foreign-entity disclosure trigger applies. No inference of government funding, illegal conduct, or beneficial ownership follows.","No EIN appears in this LD-1. 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