• Issues related to Biofuel Industry Renewable Fuel Standard regulations; American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8). National Defense Authorization Act
• Issues related to biofuel industry; H.R. 4310 FY13 National Defense Authorization Act and S. 3254 National Defense Authorization Act.

Duration: November 8, 2011 to December 31, 2013

General Issues: Fuel/Gas/Oil, Defense, Homeland Security, Environmental/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $220,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Defense - Dept of (DOD), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)