• Seek Congressional authorization for the Secretary of the Army to construct improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to the American and Sacramento Rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, California, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled, "American River Watershed (Common Features) Project, Natomas Basin, Sacramento and Sutter Counties, California)," dated December 30, 2010.

Duration: April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014

General Issues: Government Issues, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $330,000 (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 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives