3rd Quarter - Report — DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC for DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (2009)

Firm

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Client

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Income

—

Expenses

$100,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

US Colombia FTA; US Korea FTA; Argentina Media Law.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL	—
ALEXANDRA VERVEER	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S 850, The Shark Conservation Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL	—
ALEXANDRA VERVEER	—

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Education EDU

Ed Tech; E-Rate

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL	—
ALEXANDRA VERVEER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009; HR 2720, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account. HR 2110, The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act; S 803, Healthy Workforce Act of 2009; HR 1897, Health Workforce Act of 2009; Streamlined Sales Tax; Proposed changes to international revenues tax provisions; Proposals to restrict tax deduction for certain advertising.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL	—
ALEXANDRA VERVEER	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2720 (111th), H.R. 1897 (111th), H.R. 2110 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

HR 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, closed captioning/video description; HR 2994, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act, HR 937, Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act, HR 3570 Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act, S 1670, Satellite Television Modernization Act; capacity issues; HR 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, advertising restrictions; HR 3126 Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, advertising; Various Media Issues - children's programming and advertising requirements/content restrictions, increased availability of educational programming, online behavioral advertising/privacy, distribution issues;

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CARROLL	—
ALEXANDRA VERVEER	—

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3126 (111th), H.R. 1084 (111th), H.R. 937 (111th), H.R. 2994 (111th), H.R. 3570 (111th), H.R. 3101 (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.