2nd Quarter - Report

BYTEDANCE INC. for BYTEDANCE INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,340,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled content platforms. Issues related to privacy, data security, data localization, protecting children, intermediary liability, and platform/content moderation, including federal privacy and protection legislation, including Protecting Kids on Social Media Act (S.1291).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDGAR MCCONNELL ABRAMS —
FREDERIC BARNES —
MICHAEL BECKERMAN —
MICHAEL BLOOM —
ALBERT CALAMUG —
DERRICK DOCKERY —
ERIC EBENSTEIN —
MICHAEL E HACKER —
ALEX HARMAN —
DAVID LIEBER —
KIM LIPSKY —
STEPHEN ANTHONY MARTINKO —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide - Sen. Rob Portman
JESSE J PRICE —
JASON SAMUELS —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1291 (118th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade issues affecting internet companies, including legislation related to cross-border data transfers and legal frameworks for foreign-based applications and services, including RESTRICT Act (S. 686); ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act (H.R. 1081 and S. 347); No TikTok on United States Devices Act (H.R. 503 and S. 85); DATA Act (H.R. 1153); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R.2670); H.R. 815 (Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes); and H.R. 7521 (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDGAR MCCONNELL ABRAMS —
FREDERIC BARNES —
MICHAEL BECKERMAN —
MICHAEL BLOOM —
ALBERT CALAMUG —
DERRICK DOCKERY —
ERIC EBENSTEIN —
MICHAEL E HACKER —
ALEX HARMAN —
DAVID LIEBER —
KIM LIPSKY —
STEPHEN ANTHONY MARTINKO —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide - Sen. Rob Portman
JESSE J PRICE —
JASON SAMUELS —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 815 (118th), H.R. 1081 (118th), H.R. 7521 (118th), H.R. 1153 (118th), H.R. 503 (118th), S. 686 (118th), S. 347 (118th), S. 85 (118th), H.R. 2670 (118th)

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.