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Direct lobbying in the United States are direct methods used by lobbyists to influence United States legislative bodies. Interest groups from many sectors spend billions of dollars on lobbying. There are three lobbying laws in the U.S. They require that a lobbying entity must be registered, allow nonprofit organizations to lobby without losing their nonprofit status, require lobbying organizations to present quarterly reports about it, places restrictions on gifts U.S. Congress members can receive, and makes it mandatory for earmarks to be disclosed in expenditure bills. Revolving door also occurs in direct lobbying in the U.S. It occurs when former federal employees become lobbyists and former lobbyists become federal employees.