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Telecommunications TEC

Anti-Deficiency Act Exemption legislation E-Rate Program, school Internet access

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Vietnam's Request for Entry into the Generalized System of Preferences Program as a Beneficiary Developing Company Trade Adjustment Assistance US-Korea FTA US-Colombia FTA Columbia Advertising Issues India A La Carte Issues India Tax Issues/Piracy Issues India Optical Disc Issues India Customs Issues US-India Economic Dialogue/State Department Brazil's proposed new law PL29 (proposed content quotas, foreign ownership restrictions, limits on ad time) US-Russia Economic Dialogue (market access issues) State Dept. Advisory Committee on International Communications Information Policy WTO Service Negotiations US-ASEAN Business Council - audiovisual policy recommendations provided to ASEAN and USG officials China Services Trade Agenda - made recommendations re agenda for the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and Strategic Economic Dialogue.

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax Simplification legislation - S 1726, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007; HR 5267, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007. Section 181 of IRS Code -- HR 3389, To amend the IRS Code of 1986 to make permanent the elction to treat the cost of qualified film and television products as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account; S 2375, To amend the IRS Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the costs of qualified film and television products as expenses which is not chargeable to capital account; HR1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Sec. 502, provisions related to film and television production; support of extension of this tax incentive generally throughout legislative process. Nonresident Withholding Tax legislation -- HR 3359, "The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007." Streamlined Sales Tax, HR 3396, The Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3396 (110th), H.R. 3359 (110th), H.R. 3389 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 5267 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY09 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations, Enhancing Education through Technology Program.

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

Education EDU

FY09 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations, Enhancing Education through Technology Program.

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

S 602, Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007; content proposals. HR 2738, Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007, content restrictions/concerns; a la carte; tiering/programming requirements. HR 6320, A bill to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st Century; closed captioning/video description. HR 6209, To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. Various Media Issues - content and advertising restrictions, distribution/carriage issues, restrictions/obligations re programming distribution practices, retail/wholesale a la carte, tiering issues, network management issues, must carry obligations, leased access issues; closed captioning/video description. FCC MB Docket No. 04-261, Violent Television Programming and its Impact on Children, et al.; content restrictions, a la carte, tiering/programming restrictions. FCC CS Docket No. 98-120, Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendments to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules; carriage obligations. FCC MB Docket Nos. 07-29, 07-198, Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution: Section 628(c)(5) of the Communications Act, Sunset of Exclusive Contract Provision and Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements, discovery obligations and programming distribution restrictions. FCC MB Docket No. 04-207, A La Carte and Themed Tier Programming Distribution on Cable Television and Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems. FCC MB Docket No. 07-18, Consolidated Application of News Corporation and The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Transferors, and Liberty Media Corporation, Transferee, for Authority to Transfer Control; program access/merger conditions. FCC MB Docket No. 06-189, Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming; competition issues. FCC MB Docket No. 07-294, et al., Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, low-power must carry. FCC MB Docket No. 07-42, Leased Commercial Access, Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution and Carriage, procedural requirements, carriage obligations, competitive commercial decisions. FCC CG Docket No. 05-231, Closed Captioning of Video Programming, Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking; closed captioning. FCC WT Docket No. 07-195, WT Docket No. 04-356, Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155-2175 MHz Band, Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz and 2175-2180 MHz Bands, content restrictions. FCC MB Docket No. 08-90, Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising, product placement/integration. FTC Action #228, Project No. P859900, Online Behavioral Advertising: Moving the Discussion Forward to Possible Self-Regulatory Principles, self-regulatory principles.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2738 (110th), H.R. 6320 (110th), H.R. 6209 (110th)