• Pell Grant issues as part of Higher Education Act reauthorization; S.2557, Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019; H.R.4674, College Affordability Act; FY 2021 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R.6800, The Heroes Act; H.R.133, Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes (P.L.116-260); H.R.6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.

Duration: March 8, 2019 to January 1, 2021

General Issues: Education

Spending: about $360,000 (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 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Education - Dept of