ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support efforts to encourage development of Free Trade Agreements (TPP) and to remedy CBP information sharing impediments (Customs Reauthorization).

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Telecommunications TEC

Monitor issues related to online privacy and advertising, broadband issues, date security and cyber security.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Discussion of video game industry ratings system, online advertising and marketing, and online privacy.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Discussions of E-Tech Caucus education outreach programs.

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office

Immigration IMM

Support efforts to increase H1-B visas and high skilled workforce. Encourage STEM education efforts.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Education EDU

Discussions of STEM in relation to video game design.

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Constitution CON

Advocate on behalf of First Amendment rights in relation to media regulation. Promote entertainment industry ratings and parental control technology. Protect against video game sale content regulation, specifically by promoting enforcement rating-related age appropriate guidelines for the retail industry, H.R. 4204 - The Violence in Video Games Labeling Act of 2012, and the bill proposed by Senator Rockefeller, S. 134 - Violent Content Research Act of 2013. Monitoring S. 150 - Assualt Weapons Ban of 2013,S. 372 - Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013, S. 640 Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 150 (113th), S. 134 (113th), H.R. 4204 (113th), S. 372 (113th), S. 640 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitor discussions involoving the reform of corporate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Advocate efforts to stop domestic and international piracy of entertainment software. Advocate intellectual property policy in the interest of protecting entertainment software intellectual property.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Analyze legislative and regulatory proposals related to the energy efficiency of consumer electronics, including video game consoles.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)