• House Appropriations Committee proposal to be included in HR 4310's (FY 13 National Defense Authorization Act) General Provision allowing nonprofit research organization for research opportunities in the same manner as Universities.
• S. 2105 (Senate Cyber Security Act of 2012) to include nonprofit research and development organizations in provision to establish cyber test beds at universities, and information sharing and promotion of infrastructure security.

Duration: April 25, 2011 to December 31, 2012

General Issues: Defense, Homeland Security, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Energy/Nuclear, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Intelligence and Surveillance, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Science/Technology, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $570,000 (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, Army - Dept of (Other), House of Representatives, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of