• H.R. 2055 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012; Division I - Dept. of State, Foreign Operations; Title III - Development Assistance, Collaborative Research Support Programs and US-Africa Higher Education Partnerships program. H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012; Division A - Agriculture Appropriations, International Science Education Grants program ( under NIFA - Integrated Activities).

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $160,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), State - Dept of (DOS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Y Y Office of Management and Budget Department of Agriculture Agency for International Development