• Fiscal Year 2008 authorizations and appropriations, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security - naval vessel. H.R. 7110, Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, et al.

Duration: March 14, 2008 to July 15, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Homeland Security, Transportation, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), House of Representatives, Senate