• FY 2019 Interior Appropriation; FY 2019 Defense Appropriation
• Pursue academic affiliation agreements between VA and the University
• Pharmacy/health research for historical black colleges
• Pursuing digital opportunities for African American history for education purposes

Duration: November 1, 2016 to June 22, 2018

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Veterans, Health Issues, Education, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Agriculture, Defense

Spending: about $120,000 (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 2016: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Park Service (NPS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)