• To extend the duty suspensions on three products: C12-18 alkenes, polymers (TPX) with 4-methyl-1-pentene (HR 5174 / S 2435 ), magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) and magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate (synthetic hydrotalcite) coated with stearic acid.(HR 5167 / S 2433 ) and magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate coated with stearic . acid (HR 5168 / S.2434 )

Duration: April 11, 2012 to October 20, 2016

General Issues: Miscellaneous Tariff Bills

Spending: about $20,000 (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 2012: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Related Foreign Entities: Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%