• Appropriation and funding issues in support of P.L. 480, "Food for Peace" program. Secure support for funding and continued dredging of the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) and other regions of the Mississippi River. Support for Jones Act.
• Proposed amendments to Subchapter R of the Internal Revenue Code

Duration: November 1, 2008 to August 31, 2012

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $1,655,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Maritime Administration (MARAD), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Defense - Dept of (DOD), State - Dept of (DOS), Senate, House of Representatives, Defense, Dept of (DOD), State, Dept of (DOS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)