• FY 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, testing and deployment of facial recognition technologies for access control and the development of mobile biometric technologies.
• Mobile biometric applications for aviation access control; mobile biometric applications for the US-VISIT Exit and International Registered Traveler programs; H.R. 5982, the Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008, entire bill; general education regarding biometric technologies, homeland security applications, and credentialing issues and standards
• H.R. 2419, the Food and Energy Security Act, Section 4302 regarding performance standards for biometric identification technologies.
• Legislative proposals related to the reauthorization of the BASIC PILOT (E-VERIFY) program; general education regarding use of biometric technologies in Federal immigration programs.

Duration: December 8, 2006 to June 30, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security, Government Issues, Immigration, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Transportation, Science/Technology, Travel/Tourism, Defense

Spending: about $310,000 (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 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Defense - Dept of (DOD), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), State - Dept of (DOS),, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Natl Institute of Justice

Related Foreign Entities: Smiths Group Holdings Netherlands BV (London NW11 8DS, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 37%; Smiths Group Holdings Netherlands BV (London NW11 8DS, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 37%