• H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 (House & Conference bill), Titles I, II and III; H.R. 2219, Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2012, And For Other Purposes, House and Senate, Titles III and IV; H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2012, Division A, Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2012, Titles III and IV. (continues)Specific issue: Defense Ballistic Materials for Body Armor and Industrial Production.

Duration: October 17, 2011 to January 14, 2014

General Issues: Defense

Spending: about $0 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate