• Discussed the possibility of revision of the mining Law in the 118th Congressional Session; Discussed the Interagency Working Group on mine permitting; Discussed the potential for a "Good Sam" legislation in the 118th. Discussed types of funding for Critical Materials mining.

Duration: June 25, 2007 to January 1, 2023

General Issues: Natural Resources

Spending: about $590,000 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Forest Service, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Small Business Administration (SBA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Y Y Department of Interior