• American-sponsored energy projects in foreign countries; value of negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with Cameroon; nominations to African trade advisory committees at USTR and Commerce.

Duration: November 13, 2017 to March 31, 2018

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Foreign Relations

Spending: about $100,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Treasury - Dept of, Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Natl Security Council (NSC)