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Government Issues GOV

Executive branch nominations

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Immigration IMM

O- and B-visa programs

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); NAFTA negotiations; China MOU; CFIUS US-UK FTA

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 540, H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; Tax extenders markup - Sec. 181, Federal Film and Television Incentive; Corporate and international tax reform; H.R. 2450, FILM Act of 2017 (Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act of 2017); S. 1469, LIFTT Act (Lift Investment in Film, Television, and Theater Act) Tax Reform Framework H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 1393 (115th), S. 1469 (115th), H.R. 2450 (115th), S. 540 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 1695, Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Higher Education Act reauthorization - content protection; Copyright Office appropriations and modernization; Copyright policy; Copyright review; Librarian of Congress nomination; EU digital single market proposals regarding copyrights; Voluntary initiatives regarding content protection; Compulsory copyrights; Set-top boxes; Preloaded streaming piracy devices; Illicit streaming devices; Streaming piracy devices and applications; Family Home Movie Act H.R. 2304, Securing Participation, Engagement, and Knowledge Freedom by Reducing Egregious Efforts Act of 2015 (SPEAK FREE Act of 2015)- anti-SLAPP measures S.1693- Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Bill (Portman), H.R.1865- FOSTA/SESTA combined that became law. S. 1010 American Law Institute Restatement, Copyright

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 1693 (115th), H.R. 2304 (115th), H.R. 1865 (115th), H.R. 1695 (115th), S. 1010 (115th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic impact of film industry production

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations for DOC, DOJ, OMB, Legislative Branch, EOP, State, DHS, FCC, FTC

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), including issues related to privacy, transparency and accountability; FAA proposed rule on flights over people; FAA reauthorization H.R. 1229, Drone Aircraft Privacy & Transparency Act of 2015 S.__ Consumer Drone Safety Act DOT Emergency order of Prohibition Pertaining to doors-off flight operations

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1229 (115th)

Computer Industry CPI

Domain name voluntary initiatives; Cybersecurity; Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administrator transition; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accountability; Streaming piracy; Role of content and copyright in digital trade WHOIS database

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Streaming piracy devices and application S.1693- Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Bill (Portman), H.R.1865- FOSTA/SESTA combined that became law; Movie ratings system

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 1693 (115th), H.R. 1865 (115th)