1st Quarter - Report — CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION for CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (2009)

Firm

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

Client

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$410,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Electronics Recycling; Electronics Waste; Energy Star; Energy Efficiency; US Environmental Trade Policy; Materials Restrictions; Green Government Procurement; HR1580, Electronic Waste Research and Development Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKER BRUGGE	—
DOUGLAS K JOHNSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1580 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Star; Energy Efficiency; Trade Policies Affecting Standards; Energy Use Disclosures; S. 598, Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009; Discussion Draft Legislation, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKER BRUGGE	—
DOUGLAS K JOHNSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S. 598 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Employee Free Choice Act, HR 1409 and S. 560

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
J DAVID GROSSMAN	—
VERONICA O'CONNELL	—
MICHAEL PETRICONE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1409 (111th), S. 560 (111th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Intellectual Property/Trade Agreements, Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Trade Agreement (ACTA)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SAGE CHANDLER	—
VERONICA O'CONNELL	—
MICHAEL PETRICONE	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

General Trade Legislation; Free Trade Agreements of Peru, Colombia, Panama and Korea; Small Business and Ability to Export; NAFTA Rules of Origin re: Television, Customs/Border Facilitation; Trade Promotion Authority; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; APEC

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SAGE CHANDLER	—
VERONICA O'CONNELL	—
MICHAEL PETRICONE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

DTV Transition; S.352, DTV Delay Act; S. 649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act; Accessible Technologies; HR6320, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
J DAVID GROSSMAN	—
JAMIE HEDLUND	—
VERONICA O'CONNELL	—
MICHAEL PETRICONE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 649 (111th), S. 352 (111th), H.R. 6320 (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.