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Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for DOC, DOJ, OMB, Legislative Branch, EOP, State, DHS, FCC

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic impact of film industry production

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Immigration IMM

O- and B-visa programs

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Intelligence INT

Intelligence Agency Authorization legislation; H.R. 5077, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; S. 3017, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3017 (114th), H.R. 5077 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Unmanned aerial systems, including issues related to privacy, transparency and accountability; FAA final commercial rule on small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS); H.R.1229, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015; H.R. 4441, Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2016; S. 1698, Consumer Drone Safety Act; S. 2658, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016; In-flight entertainment; FAA proposed rule on flights over people

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th), S. 1698 (114th), H.R. 1229 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 644 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2405, Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act (FILM Act); H.R. 2315, S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; Boustany/Neal Innovation Box discussion draft; Tax extenders markup - Sec. 181, Federal Film and Television Incentive; Corporate and international tax reform; Section 199 - Domestic Manufacturing Deduction; House Republican Blueprint

Contacted: SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2315 (114th), H.R. 2405 (114th), S. 386 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 2304, Securing Participation, Engagement, and Knowledge Freedom by Reducing Egregious Efforts Act of 2015 (SPEAK FREE Act of 2015)- anti-SLAPP measures; H.R. 4241, Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act; Higher Education Act reauthorization - content protection; Copyright Office appropriations and modernization; Copyright policy; Copyright review; Librarian of Congress nomination; EU digital single market proposals regarding copyrights; Voluntary initiatives regarding content protection; Compulsory copyrights; Content protection; Set-top boxes

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 4241 (114th), H.R. 2304 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 805, S. 1551, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 (DOTCOM Act of 2015); Domain name voluntary initiatives; Cybersecurity; Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administrator transition; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accountability

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 1551 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Set-top box; Downloadable Security Technical Advisory Committee (DSTAC); AllVid - FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making, navigation device; In-flight entertainment; Video description

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES