• H.R. 3936, Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act of 2009, Section 204 to strengthn participants' benefit protections and allow a plan sponsor of an eligible multi-employer plan to make a qualified partition election.
• multi-employer pension plan funding relief

Duration: May 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011

General Issues: Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $732,425 (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

Affiliated organizations: Kroger; Sara Lee; Supervalu; Kellogg's; United Parcel Service; YRC Worldwide, Inc.; Central States, SE & SW Areas; Standard Forwarding Co., Inc.; ConAgra Foods Enterprise Services; Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters; ABF Freight System, Inc.