4th Quarter - Report

NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION for NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$4,370,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Cable and consumer electronics voluntary agreement to improve the energy efficiency of internet modems, routers and other equipment that deliver broadband.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Telecommunications TEC

-HR 196 "Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 266 End Taxpayer Funder Cell Phones Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 279 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the authority of the Federal Communications Commission over providers of broadband Internet access service - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 283 Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 355 Global Internet Freedom Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 413 Partnership to Build America Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 491 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 580 Data Accountability and Trust Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 625 Infrastructure 2.0 Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 656 Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 699 Email Privacy Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 726 Secure Data Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 805 Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 821 Wi-Fi Innovation Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 910 Vehicle-to Infrastructure Safety Technology Investment Flexibility Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1053 To establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1106 States Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1174 Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1212 Internet Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1229 Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1385 Preserving American Privacy Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1409 Open Internet Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1641 Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1704 Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1770 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1918 Aarons Law of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2029 "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2205 Data Security Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2578 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2638 Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2666 No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2734 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2977 "Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2995 "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3049 "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3805 "Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4187 "Secure and Protect American's Data Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4190 "Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -HJRes 42 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to the matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet - all provisions relating to cable. -HJRes 78 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 40 Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 56 Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 135 Secure Data Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 177 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 237 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 240 Community Broadband Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 268 Rebuild America Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 356 Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 424 Wi-Fi Innovation Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 512 Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 547 To establish a regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals under the aegis of the Federal Trade Commission, to amend the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to improve provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children - all provisions relating to cable. -S 597 States Rights Municipal Broadband Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 635 Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 668 Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 887 Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 961 Data Security Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1027 Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1030 Aarons Law of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1158 Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1244 Community Access Preservation Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1314 Commercial UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Modernization Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1472 Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1499 Vehicle-to Infrastructure Safety Technology Investment Flexibility Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1551 Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1558 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1563 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1595 "Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1606 "Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1608 "Consumer Drone Safety Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1618 "Wireless Innovation Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1621 "Ending Mobile and Broadband Welfare Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1788 "Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure ("SAFE KIDS") Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1910 "Financial Services and General Appropriations Act, 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2116 "Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Enhancement Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2163 "Streamlining and Investing in Broadband Infrastructure Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2211 "Spectrum Relocation Fund Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2270 "Location Privacy Protection Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2278 "Promoting Unlicensed Spectrum Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2356 "Private Sector Call Record Retention Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2372 "Requiring Reporting of Online Terrorist Activity Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2404 "Do Not Track Online Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -SConRes 11 Setting for the congressional budget for the U.S. Government for fiscal year 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -SJRes 14 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission regulating broadband Internet access - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 821 (114th), H.R. 656 (114th), H.J.Res. 42 (114th), H.R. 1409 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 580 (114th), H.R. 266 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th), H.R. 2977 (114th), H.R. 1053 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), H.R. 910 (114th), H.J.Res. 78 (114th), H.R. 1385 (114th), H.R. 279 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 3805 (114th), H.R. 491 (114th), H.R. 2666 (114th), H.R. 1174 (114th), H.R. 4190 (114th), H.R. 2995 (114th), H.R. 355 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), H.R. 4187 (114th), H.R. 1641 (114th), H.R. 196 (114th), H.R. 2734 (114th), H.R. 413 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th), H.R. 3049 (114th), H.R. 1918 (114th), H.R. 2638 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1106 (114th), S.J.Res. 14 (114th), H.R. 1229 (114th), H.R. 1212 (114th), H.R. 726 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 283 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

-HR 1314 Trade Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1890 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2146 Title I Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 of the "Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 995 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2146 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-HR 235 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 880 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1643 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1712 Freedom from Internet Tax Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2315 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2405 Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2510 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2584 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2775 Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4287 "Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 386 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 431 Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 537 Competitiveness and Opportunity by Modernizing and Permanently Extending the Tax Credit for Experimentation (COMPETE) Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 698 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 851 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1660 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1666 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the election to accelerate the Alternative Minimum Tax ("AMT") credit in lieu of bonus depreciation for 2015 and 2016 - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: H.R. 2584 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 2405 (114th), H.R. 235 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), H.R. 1643 (114th), H.R. 4287 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 1712 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

-HR 9 Innovation Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2045 Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4241 "Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1137 PATENT (Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship) Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 4241 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

-HR 85 Terrorism Prevention and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 104 Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 234 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 689 Surveillance Order Report Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1560 Protecting Cyber Networks Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1731 National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1735 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2233 End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2596 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2685 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3128 "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3664 "Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3998 "Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4270 "Liberty Through Strength Act II" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 159 A bill to improve the operation of the Department of Homeland Security's Unmanned Aircraft System Program - all provisions relating to cable. -S 456 Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1023 To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable credit for costs associated with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1356 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1619 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2295 "Liberty Through Strength Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2410 "Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015" - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 85 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th), H.R. 2233 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 2596 (114th), H.R. 4270 (114th), H.R. 3998 (114th), H.R. 3128 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th), H.R. 3664 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 689 (114th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

-HR 285 Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation SAVE Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 655 FCC ABCs Act of 2015, requiring an analysis of benefits and costs during the rulemaking process - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 734 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 1396 Federal Communications Collaboration Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2125 Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 2583 Federal Communications Process Reform Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 3148 To exempt application of JSA ("Joint Sales Agreement") attribution rule in case of existing agreements - all provisions relating to cable. -HR 4179 "Fair and Clean Campaign Transparency Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 253 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 421 Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 572 To amend Title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts - all provisions relating to cable. -S 760 Federal Communications Collaboration Act of 2015 - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1182 To exempt application of the FCCs Joint Sales Agreement (JSA) attribution rule in case of existing agreements - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1244 "Community Access Preservation Act" - all provisions relating to cable. -S 1260 Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act - all provisions relating to cable. -S 2414 "FANS ("Furthering Access and Networks for Sports") Act" - all provisions relating to cable.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 1396 (114th), H.R. 3148 (114th), H.R. 734 (114th), H.R. 2125 (114th), H.R. 655 (114th), H.R. 285 (114th), H.R. 4179 (114th), H.R. 2583 (114th)

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.