• Funding for channel maintenance and channel deepening for the Port of Morgan City Specific Lobbying Issues: HR 7323, S. 3258 - Energy and Water Development and related agencies appropriations act, 2009; and P.L. 110-252, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; and P.L. 110-329, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009: FY 08 and FY 09 funding to maintain navigation channel depths

Duration: January 1, 2009 to January 1, 2009

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations

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 2009: