2nd Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,190,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues relating to a broadcaster treaty pending at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Issues relating to copyright reform. Issues relating to radio streaming.H.Con.Res.16, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. S.Con.Res.6, A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 6 (113th), H.Con.Res. 16 (113th)

Advertising ADV

Issues relating to tax deductibility of certain advertising expenditures. H.R.128, Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2013, all provisions. S.39, Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, provisions related to tax deductibility of certain advertising expenditures.H.R.1572, STOP Act, all provisions.

Contacted: SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 39 (113th), H.R. 128 (113th), H.R. 1572 (113th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Issues relating to a tax incentive program to foster new entrant / small business ownership of communications outlets. Issues relating to broadcast spectrum and incentive auctions. Issues relating to carriage of television broadcast signals.Issues relating to emergency communications. Issues relating to news gathering restrictions. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's rules governing broadcast ownership. Issues relating to violence in the media. Issues relating to a Government Accountability Office study on disclosure requirements for broadcasters who air advertisements or other content intended to influence legislation. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission sports blackout rule. Issues relating to Department of Justice guidelines governing investigations that involve the news media. H.R.1962, Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, all provisions. S.54, Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013, provisions relating to violence in the media. S.134,Violent Content Research Act of 2013, all provisions. S.150,Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, provisions relating to a study of possible contributors to violent behavior. S.987, Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, all provisions.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 134 (113th), S. 54 (113th), H.R. 1962 (113th), S. 987 (113th), S. 150 (113th)

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.