SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2006–2013

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2013	—	4	1
2012	—	4	1
2011	—	4	1
2010	—	4	1
2009	—	6	1
2008	—	7	1
2007	—	4	1
2006	—	3	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
MICHAEL BROWER	—	36

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	32
SENATE	32
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	23
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)	18
Energy, Dept of	16
Army, Dept of (Other)	13
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	12
U.S. Forest Service	12
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	10
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	8
Defense Logistics Agency	2
Navy, Dept of	2
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	2
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	1
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)	1
Education, Dept of	1
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)	1
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	1
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Defense	Defense	32
Agriculture	Agriculture	29
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	18
Economics/Economic Development	Economics/Economic Development	15
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	11
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	8
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	7
Transportation	Transportation	1
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	1
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	1
Health Issues	Health Issues	1
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	1

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 2454110th Congress

To include B20 biodiesel blends as an alternative fuel for corporate average fuel economy purposes.

2009 · second_quarter · Firm: MICHAEL BROWER

Cited source text and reported amounts

HR 2454-Woody Biomass Definition

Client expense: — · Firm income: $17,119

Matched citations: HR 2454

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