• Abeyta Taos Pueblo Water Rights Settlement Legislation (Public Law No. 111-291); Protection of Sacred Sites (Taos Airport Expansion)

Duration: January 1, 2008 to June 28, 2013

General Issues: Indian/Native American Affairs

Spending: about $360,000 (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 2008: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Natl Park Service (NPS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Senate, White House Office, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service