• Federal grants to client from Aviation Trust Fund; Federal aviation policies; environmental mitigation matters; Annual DOT Appropriation Act; Amendment to Federal Aviation Statutes; Aviation Capacity and Congestion; FAA Reauthorization Act

Duration: April 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)