• Explored whether Bank of the FSM could retain FDIC insurance after a possible sale of the institution.
• Explored whether the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) could be made eligible for qualified dividend status.
• Explored possible federal support for tourism project on Pohnpei.
• Explored possibility of federal support for tourism project on Pohnpei.

Duration: September 15, 2014 to January 1, 2015

General Issues: Banking, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Travel/Tourism, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $30,000 (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 2014: Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)