• H.R.5326/S.2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2013, Monitor Public safety issues. H.R.5325/S.2465, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2013, Monitor Army Corps of Engineers issues. S.3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2013, Monitor Education issues. H.R.5972/S.2322, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2013, Monitor Transportation issues.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 19, 2012

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation

Spending: about $260,000 (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, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Economic Development Administration, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Senate,, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Railroad Administration, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), House of Representatives,, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Education - Dept of, Y Y Department of Transportation Department of Education Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency Environmental Protection Agency, Y Y Department of Transportation