2nd Quarter - Report

MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. for MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$670,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Immigration IMM

O- and B-visa programs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Set-top box; Downloadable Security Technical Advisory Committee (DSTAC); AllVid - FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making, navigation device; In-flight entertainment; Video description; Streaming piracy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic impact of film industry production

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
JOANNA MCINTOSH —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Electronic lobbying devices

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —
JOANNA MCINTOSH —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Intelligence INT

Intelligence Agency Authorization legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK KILCUR —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Unmanned Aerial Systems, including issues related to privacy, transparency and accountability; In-flight entertainment; FAA proposed rule on flights over people; FAA reauthorization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —
JOANNA MCINTOSH —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 540, H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; Boustany/Neal Innovation Box discussion draft; Tax extenders markup - Sec. 181, Federal Film and Television Incentive; Corporate and international tax reform; Section 199 - Domestic Manufacturing Deduction; House Republican Blueprint; 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)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —
JOANNA MCINTOSH —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Bills named: S. 540 (115th), H.R. 2450 (115th), S. 1469 (115th), H.R. 1393 (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; Family Home Movie Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
ALICIA LEAHY JACKSON —
JOANNA MCINTOSH —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1695 (115th)

Government Issues GOV

Executive branch nominations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NEIL FRIED —
PATRICK KILCUR —
BENJAMIN STAUB —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE

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.