• Transportation Worker Identification Credential Infrastructure Investment in Ports Harbor Maintenance Tax Maritime Administration NominationsPiracy Prevention Measures Cargo Preference Coast Guard Reauthorization Port Security The Jones Act Military Sealift Cabotage Laws Merchant Mariner Training and Documentation Short Sea Shipping Merchant Mariner Income Tax Exemption

Duration: May 1, 2009 to February 5, 2011

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Spending: about $151,400 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Federal Maritime Commission, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)