• Outreach related to the report submitted to Congress by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 241 of the Combatting Americas Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) and its consequences on SPI Group and its principal owner.

Duration: February 28, 2018 to September 30, 2019

General Issues: Government Issues

Spending: about $380,000 (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 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: Yuri Shefler (Luxembourg City, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 99%