• Healthcare reform implementation, provisions related to local government funding and activities. H.R. 1586 Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) legislation.
• D Block spectrum transfer for public safety purposes; S. 3625 / H.R. 4992 First Responders Protection Act of 2010 and S. 3756 Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. H.R. 3745, Community Access Preservation Act.
• Sustainable Communities, metropolitan collaborations, and urban revitalization policy. S. 1619 / H.R. 4690, Livable Communities Act. H.R. 1586, Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) legislation. H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 and proposed tax extender legislative provisions impacting local governments. Infrastructure financing legislative proposals. Job creation legislative and funding proposals.
• D Block spectrum transfer for public safety purposes; S. 3625 / H.R. 4992 First Responders Protection Act of 2010 and S. 3756 Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. S. 1611 / H.R. 413, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act; S. 3194 Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Personnel. Re-entry program funding.
• Legislative proposals impacting collection of local hotel occupancy taxes. Tax extender legislative provisions related to extension of Build America Bonds, Recovery Zone Bonds, and Empowerment Zones.
• S. 1619 / H.R. 4690, Livable Communities Act. Sustainable Communities Initiative planning grant implementation, and other urban area revitalization and metropolitan collaboration initiatives. Housing foreclosure response legislative proposals. Home Modernization Assistance and Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding and implementation. Publicly-assisted housing authorization proposals (e.g. H.R. 4868, H.R. 5814). S. 3642 / H.R. 5766 PACE Assessment Protection Act.
• S. 3642 / H.R. 5766 PACE Assessment Protection Act. H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act (and related climate change legislation): support for local government environmental, energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation, and economic development activities. S. 2899, the Renewable Energy Incentive Act. H.R. 3534 Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act. S. 3663 Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act.
• TIGER II grant implementation. Surface transportation reauthorization legislative and project proposals, including program, formula reforms, and infrastructure bank. Sustainable Communities Initiative planning grant implementation.
• FY2011 Appropriations - CJS: at-risk youth diversion program, and forensic toxicology equipment. Energy & Water: ecosystem restoration, beach erosion control, and beach renourishment reevaluation. LHHS: behavioral and primary healthcare integration. THUD: road improvement and bridge replacement. Technical corrections for prior appropriations.
• Legislative proposals impacting collection of local hotel occupancy taxes.
• S. 787, Clean Water Restoration Act: local impact of legislative definitions; H.R. 5088, America's Commitment to Clean Water Act. Clean Water Act enforcement.
• H.R. 413 / S. 1611 / S. 3194, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to October 1, 2010

General Issues: Health Issues, Telecommunications, Urban Development/Municipalities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Housing, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Travel/Tourism, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Homeland Security, Economics/Economic Development, Natural Resources, Environmental/Superfund, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $350,000 (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, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Energy - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Economic Development Administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Homeland Security Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Housing & Urban Development Dept of (HUD), Transportation Dept of (DOT)