4th Quarter - Report — COGENT STRATEGIES LLC for INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION ALLIANCE (2018)

Firm

COGENT STRATEGIES LLC

Client

INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION ALLIANCE

Income

$60,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANDREW KAUDERS	—
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Access issues for independent producers of movies.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANDREW KAUDERS	—
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to net neutrality

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANDREW KAUDERS	—
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual property provisions in trade agreements. China film agreement. Issues related to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANDREW KAUDERS	—
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN	—

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate tax reform; issues related to Section 181

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANDREW KAUDERS	—
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.