4th Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,550,000
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 concerning a broadcaster treaty pending at the World Intellectual Property Organization. H.Con.Res.21, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, All provisions H.R.3261, Stop Online Piracy Act, All provisions S.Con.Res.7, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, All provisions S.968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, All provisions S.978, A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes, All provisions S.2029, Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act, All provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANN WEST BOBECK —
KELLY COLE —
MYRA DANDRIDGE —
MATT EVERSON September 2008
JAMIE GILLESPIE —
SCOTT GOODWIN —
SUZANNE HEAD —
MICHAEL S HERSHEY —
BENJAMIN F IVINS —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT Judiciary, March 2011-October 2011
JANE MAGO —
MIKE MULLEN —
HEIDI NEAL —
CHRISTOPHER D ORNELAS —
GORDON H. SMITH —
JERIANNE TIMMERMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 21 (112th), S. 968 (112th), S. 2029 (112th), S. 978 (112th), H.R. 3261 (112th), S.Con.Res. 7 (112th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Issues concerning the inclusion of radio receiver chips in mobile phones. Issues relating to allocation of spectrum for broadcasting and other communications services. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's sports blackout rule Issues relating to public warning, the Emergency Alert System and the Integrated Public Alert Warning System. Issues relating to proposals which would allow cable and satellite television companies to offer out-of-market broadcast programming. Issues relating to retransmission consent. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's rules governing broadcast ownership. Issues relating to a tax incentive program to foster new entrant/small business ownership of communications outlets. H.Con.Res.42, Creativity and Innovation Resolution, All provisions H.R.12, American Jobs Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions H.R.607, Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions H.R.911, Spectrum Inventory and Auction Act of 2011, All provisions H.R.1622, Spectrum Innovation Act, All provisions H.R.2482, The Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, All provisions H.R.2520, Spectrum for Innovation Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions H.R.2904, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2011, All provisions H.R.3309, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011, All provisions H.R.3563, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2011, All provisions H.R.3630, Temproary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions H.R.3675, Next Generation Television Marketplace Act, Provisions related to retransmission consent S.415, Spectrum Optimization Act, All provisions S.455, Reforming Airwaves by Developing Incentives and Opportunistic Sharing (RADIOS) Act, All provisions S.627, Budget Control Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions S.911, Strengthening Public-safety and Enhancing Communications Through Reform, Utilization, and Modernization (SPECTRUM) Act, All provisions S.1040, Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011, All provisions S.1549, American Jobs Act of 2011, Spectrum-related provisions S.1784, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011, All provisions S.2008, Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011, Provisions related to retransmission consent

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARCELLUS ALEXANDER —
ANN WEST BOBECK —
KELLY COLE —
MYRA DANDRIDGE —
MATT EVERSON of the Treasury, August 2006-September 2008
JAMIE GILLESPIE —
SCOTT GOODWIN —
SUZANNE HEAD —
MICHAEL S HERSHEY —
BENJAMIN F IVINS —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT Judiciary, March 2011-October 2011
JANE MAGO —
MIKE MULLEN —
HEIDI NEAL —
CHRISTOPHER D ORNELAS —
GORDON H. SMITH —
JERIANNE TIMMERMAN —

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3309 (112th), H.R. 607 (112th), S. 2008 (112th), H.R. 2482 (112th), H.R. 1622 (112th), S. 455 (112th), S. 415 (112th), H.R. 3563 (112th), S. 911 (112th), S. 1784 (112th), H.R. 12 (112th), H.R. 2520 (112th), S. 627 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 2904 (112th), H.R. 911 (112th), H.Con.Res. 42 (112th), H.R. 3675 (112th), S. 1040 (112th), S. 1549 (112th)

Advertising ADV

Issues relating to online privacy and expanded Federal Trade Commission oversight of advertising. H.R.2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, provisions relating to guidelines proposed by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketing to Children H.R.2434, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012, provisions relating to guidelines proposed by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children S.1573, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012, provisions relating to guidelines proposed by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANN WEST BOBECK —
KELLY COLE —
MYRA DANDRIDGE —
MATT EVERSON September 2008
JAMIE GILLESPIE —
MICHAEL S HERSHEY —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT Judiciary, March 2011-October 2011
JANE MAGO —
MIKE MULLEN —
HEIDI NEAL —
CHRISTOPHER D ORNELAS —
GORDON H. SMITH —
JERIANNE TIMMERMAN —

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 1573 (112th), H.R. 2434 (112th)

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.