NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Advertising ADV

Issues relating to tax deductibility of certain advertising expenditures. H.R.1, Tax Reform Act of 2014, provisions relating to advertising. H.R.148, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2013, provisions related to advertising.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: H.R. 148 (113th), H.R. 1 (113th)

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. Issues relating to the carriage of television broadcast signals by online video programming distributors/over-the-top video services. H.R.3309, Innovation Act, all provisions. H.R.4079, Songwriter Equity Act of 2014, all provisions. H.R.4588, Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act, all provisions. H.R.4772, Respecting Senior Performers as Essential Cultural Treasures Act, all provisions. S.1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013, all provisions. S.2321, Songwriter Equity Act of 2014, all provisions. H.Con.Res.16, Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. S.Con.Res.6, Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions.

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 6 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), H.R. 3309 (113th), H.R. 4772 (113th), H.R. 4079 (113th), H.Con.Res. 16 (113th), S. 2321 (113th), H.R. 4588 (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 emergency communications. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's rules governing broadcast ownership. Issues relating to oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Issues relating to updating the Communications Act. Issues relating to availability of terrestrial radio in mobile phones. Issues relating to enforcement of broadcasters' exclusive programming contracts. Issues relating to broadcast localism and broadcast industry developments. H.R.1962, Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R.2868, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R.2911, Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R.3283, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013, provisions relating to emergency communications. H.R.3300, FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013, provisions relating to emergency communications. H.R.3452, Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act, all provisions. H.R.3674, Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R.3719, Video Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment Act, all provisions. H.R.3720, Next Generation Television Marketplace Act, all provisions. H.R.4572, STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, all provisions. H.R.4635, Orphan County Telecommunications Rights Act of 2014, all provisions. H.R.5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015, provisions relating to spectrum. H.R.5036, To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010, all provisions. H.R.5585, Granting Our People Access to Channel Choice Act of 2014, all provisions. S.134, Violent Content Research Act of 2013, all provisions. S.912, Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013, all provisions. S.987, Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, all provisions. S.1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013, all provisions. S.1680, Consumer Choice in Online Video Act, all provisions. S.1721, Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act, all provisions. S.2454, Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014, all provisions. S.2664, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2014, provisions relating to emergency communications. S.2799, Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act, all provisions.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1639 (113th), H.R. 4572 (113th), H.R. 3720 (113th), H.R. 2868 (113th), S. 912 (113th), H.R. 3719 (113th), H.R. 3452 (113th), H.R. 5585 (113th), H.R. 1962 (113th), S. 2664 (113th), H.R. 3283 (113th), H.R. 3300 (113th), H.R. 5036 (113th), S. 2454 (113th), S. 134 (113th), S. 987 (113th), H.R. 4635 (113th), S. 2799 (113th), S. 1721 (113th), S. 1680 (113th), H.R. 2911 (113th), H.R. 5016 (113th), H.R. 3674 (113th)