Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

FORM
A-R

NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A LOBBYIST

Dec 3, 2025

(This report is required to be filed on or before December 31 of each calendar year.)
49-1480.01(3)

Clerk of the Legislature
Room 2014, State Capitol
PO Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509-4604
Phone: (402) 471-2608

For Calendar Year of:

Amended Registration

Lobbyist Registration Fee:
{49-1480.01}

Compensated

$300.00

(If you are a salaried employee of your principal, you are a compensated lobbyist.)

Not Compensated

$15.00

(File a Form E for quarterly report exemption. You are not exempt from the Form D Activity Report.)

PLEASE FILL IN ALL BLANKS

LOBBYIST {49-1480(1)}

Name

Rouse, Zeke

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1111 N 13th St

Permanent Residence (Street, Box, or Route)

2418 Rouse Lane

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68102

City

Murray

State

Zip

68409

Office Phone

(402) 819-4885

Home Phone

(402) 600-3212

Email Address

zeke@sparkcdi.org

PRINCIPAL {49-1480(2)}

Name

Spark

Office Phone

(402) 819-4885

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1111 N 13th St

Official to Whom Lobbyist is Accountable

Buey Ray Tut

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68102

Nature of Business {49-1480(3)}

Nonprofit

AMOUNTS GIVEN or to be given to lobbyist as compensation or reimbursement of lobbying: {49-1480(3)}. Please state the basis for your compensation.
26.44 Per Hour

IDENTIFICATION of MATTERS on which principal or lobbyist expects to lobby: {49-1480(5)} Spark promotes Holistic Community Development. This applies rigorous real estate development methods while considering all the foundational assets: social, political, economic, and physical, that are necessary for communities to thrive and prosper.

I am lobbying on behalf of a Chinese military company and thereby acting as an agent of a foreign adversary of the United States. {49-1480 (1)(a)(vi)}

Description of industry, trade, profession, or interests and groups represented by the principal:
Spark's mission is to help profoundly transform disi

Names and addresses of principal's officers:

Buey Ray Tut - Chief Executive Officer
Angela Smith - Senior Director
Tiffany Sessions - Senior Operations Manager
Ryan ZimmerMas - Senior Project Manager
Jessica Gerken - Finance Director

GIVE NAME and ADDRESS of any OFFICIAL in the Legislative or Executive Branch and of any members of any such official's staff or immediate family who is employed by you or by anyone acting on your behalf: {49-1480(8)}

N/A

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Zeke Rouse

Lobbyist Name

Dec 3, 2025

Date