• Renewable Fuel Standard

Duration: September 14, 2012 to present

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $5,810,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Vice President of the U.S., Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office,, U.S. Senate,

Related Foreign Entities: Novozymes A/S (2880 Bagsvaerd, DEN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Abengoa Bioenergia S.A (28046 Madrid, ESP); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Abengoa S.A (41014 Seville, ESP); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 97%