• H.R.267, S.2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and unnumbered Senate Maritime Administration authorization bill - issues related to securing additional funding for capital improvements at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
• H.R.4820 and S.2437, Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 - Securing additional funding for capital improvements at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Duration: January 3, 2023 to December 31, 2023

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $320,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Government Accountability Office (GAO)