• Monitoring proposals affecting the International Monetary Fund's gold sales
• Proposals affecting hardrock mining in the U.S., including H.R. 699: To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes (all provisions); S. 796: A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes (all provisions); S. 140: A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes (all provisions)
• H.R. 2454: The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Title III, Reducing Global Warming); S. 1733: Clean Energy, Jobs and American Power Act (Title VII, Global Warming, Pollution Reduction and Investment Programs, and Title VIII, Part F), and similar legislation relating to climate change.

Duration: June 26, 2006 to December 31, 2010

General Issues: Minting/Money/Gold Standard, Natural Resources, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $120,000 (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: Senate, N N

Related Foreign Entities: Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto, CA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%