• Legislation to reauthorize EB-5 program: S. 2751, State Foreign Investment Improvement Act; S. 3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008; H.R. 5569, To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes.

Duration: July 31, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Immigration, Automotive Industry

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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: Charlie Wang (10%) (Pasadena, USA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Benjamin Yeung (9%) (Pasadena, USA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%