• Provisions relating to airline customer service issues in the following legislation: HR 1303/S 678, Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007; and HR 6355, Air Service Improvement Act of 2008. HR 6327, Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008 - provisions relating to extension of taxes funding the Airport Trust Fund and extension of trust fund expenditure authority.HR 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 - provisions relating to aviation whistleblower investigation. S 3150, Access to Air Travel Act - provisions relating to airline customer service issues and slot auctions. Provisions relating to funding structure, short term funding, R&D, and necessary funding for operations, equipment and facilities for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the following legislation: HR 1356/S 1076, Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007; HR 2881, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007; HR 3539, Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007; Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act; S 1300, Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007; HR 2698, Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies Appropriations Act, 2009; and HR 6984, Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008, Part II. ---------- HR 2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007. S 2302 - Food and Energy Security Act of 2007. --------- Regulatory and other matters relating to: airline consolidation issues; airline demand management; airlines customer service commitment issues: application for SkyTeam antitrust immunity; air cargo entry and export facilitation issues; airline service quality issues (domestic and international); airport and air traffic control infrastructure, cost and capacity issues; aviation industry financial issues; civil aviation security issues; Civil Reserve Air Fleet issues: commercial aircraft engineering, flight operations, and maintenance issues: international air service rights issues ( U.S. Government bilateral negotiations with Vietnam and Laos); and passenger processing and user fee issues (domestic and international).
• Provisions relating to fees and funding for the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Patrol in: Department of Homeland Security House Appropriations Act of 2009; and Department of Homeland Security Senate Appropriations Act of 2009. Provisions relating to the funding structure, short term funding, R&D, and necessary funding for operations, equipment and facilities for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the following legislation: HR 1356/S 1076, Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007; HR 6327, Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act; and HR 2698, Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007. Provisions relating to appropriations in the following legislation: HR 1424 - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 HR 2638 - Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009 S 3261 - Transportation and HUD Appropriations of 2009 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies House Appropriations Act, 2009
• Provisions relating to climate change and aircraft emissions issues in the following legislation: HR 2215, To provide a reduction in the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy consumed by vehicles and aircraft, and for other purposes; and S 2191, America's Climate Security Act. Regulatory matters relating to energy and environmental issues (domestic and international).
• HR 3236, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007; HR 6, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 - provisions relating to fuel tax and impact of aircraft emissions on climate. HR 3361, Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act - provisions relating to asset smoothing for defined benefit plans. Regulatory matters relating to federal income and excise tax matters.
• Provisions relating to fees and funding levels for Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Patrol in the following legislation: Department of Homeland Security House Appropriations Act of 2009; and Department of Homeland Security Senate Appropriations Act of 2009. HR 1, Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 - provisions relating to aviation security initiatives. S 4, Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 - provisions relating to aviation security initiatives. Regulatory matters relating to: air cargo security issues, passenger processing and user fee issues (domestic and international), and US visit exit.
• Regulatory matters relating to aviation insurance and war risk extension.
• HR 3236, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007; HR 6, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 - provisions relating to fuel tax and impact of aircraft emissions on climate. HR 6124, Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 - provisions relating to CFTC authorization and other energy programs. Provisions relating to energy/oil market speculation: S 3131 - Speculation Control Act of 2008; HR 6341 - Energy Markets Anti-Manipulation and Integrity Restoration Act; HR 6330 - Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008; S 3122 - Policing US Oil Commodities Market Act; S 2058 - Close the Enron Loophole Act; HR 6130 - To provide for a study of the effects of speculation in the futures markets for natural gas, crude oil, and gasoline on cash market and retail prices for the commodities and on the choice of trading venue, and to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding comparability of foreign regulation of futures and derivatives trading; S 3130 - Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008; HR 6264 - To prevent excessive speculation in over-the-counter derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation in those markets to persons who are capable of producing, manufacturing, or taking physical delivery of the commodities; HR 4066 - Close the Enron Loophole Act; S 3129 - Close the London Loophole Act; S 3183 - End Oil Speculation Act of 2008; HR 6238, To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation; HR 6604, Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008; and HR 6377, Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 - provisions relating to energy/oil market speculation. Provisions relating to energy price relief in the following legislation: HR 5768, CFTC Improvement Act; and S 3044, Consumer First Energy Act. S 2598, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008. Regulatory matters relating to energy issues.
• S 3536 - Air Carriage of International Mail Act - provisions relating to DOT contract authority for international mail carriage. Regulatory matters involving U.S. Postal Service mail carriage issues.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Insurance, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Postal, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Advertising, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Immigration, Retirement, Travel/Tourism, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)

Spending: about $4,925,213 (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, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)