• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). Monitor legislative and administrative action related to advanced biofuels and the Recovery Act.

Duration: September 30, 2008 to June 30, 2009

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $270,000 (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, Energy - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)