2nd Quarter - Report

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC for DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Period 2nd Quarter 2009 Filed Jul 20, 2009 Signed by Alexa Verveer, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations

Official filing
Firm
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Client
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Income
—
Expenses
$100,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

Ed Tech programs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL —
ALEXANDRA VERVEER —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

US Colombia FTA; US Korea FTA; Colombia advertising issues; India tax issues/piracy issues; US-India Economic Dialogue/State Department; WTO service negotiations; Bahamas compulsory license issues; China access issues; Proposed changes to international revenues tax provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL —
MARY PITTELLI —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009; HR 2720, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account; HR 2110, The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act; Streamlined Sales Tax; S 803, Healthy Workforce Act of 2009; HR 1897, Healthy Workforce Act of 2009; Proposed changes to international revenues tax provisions; Proposal to restrict advertising deduction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL —
MARY PITTELLI —
ALEXANDRA VERVEER —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 2720 (111th), H.R. 1897 (111th), H.R. 2110 (111th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

HR 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, closed captioning/video description. HR 2994, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act; HR 937, Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act, capacity issues. HR 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, advertising restrictions. Various Media Issues - children's programming requirements/restrictions, online behavioral advertising/privacy, elimination of tax deduction for direct-to-consumer advertising costs, distribution issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL —
ALEXANDRA VERVEER —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 937 (111th), H.R. 1084 (111th), H.R. 2994 (111th), H.R. 3101 (111th)

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.