• The NYSSCPA drafted and sent letters to the New York House delegation members encouraging our representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 5813, the Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act (OREA) - introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR) - which addresses the new Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rule.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2016

General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Accounting, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Retirement, Economics/Economic Development, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Small Business, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

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, Treasury - Dept of, Y Y Treasury Department, Y Y