• Participation of thoracic surgeons in peer review process. Funding for thoracic surgery research.

Duration: April 30, 2007 to December 31, 2019

General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $970,000 (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: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, House of Representatives;U.S. Senate,, Health and Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Health and Human Services - Dept of (HHS),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Natl Science Foundation (NSF),, House of Representatives and Senate,, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),National Institute of Health,National Science Foundation (NSF),