2nd Quarter - Report

THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION for THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$690,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues related to privacy, data security, email privacy; Markey/Hasley children's online privacy bill (updates to Children's Online Privacy Protection Act); social media privacy bill; CAMRA Act (Children and Media Research Advancement Act); S. 583 DATA Privacy Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 583 (116th)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues related to IT modernization and federal government use of cloud, FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; FedRAMP Authorization Act of 2019

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
AMY MURPHY —
ALLA SEIFFERT New —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Promotion of digital trade/IL/fair use, cross-border data flows, USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
JORDAN HAAS —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Intelligence INT

Issues related to surveillance.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

CASE Act (HR 2426; S1273), Register of Copyrights (S. 1010); Patent eligibility and inter partes review; Section 512 Study of Copyright Law

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 1010 (116th), H.R. 2426 (116th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to Net Neutrality; Broadband Deployment & the Telecom Act of 1996; Net Neutrality: HR 1644.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1644 (116th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues related to the sharing economy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Government Issues GOV

Issues related to political ad disclosure requirements; Honest Ads Act S. 1989.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MICHAEL LEMON —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 1989 (116th)

Immigration IMM

Issues related to immigration, including deferred action for childhood arrivals and high-skilled visa reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues related to intermediary liability and platform/content moderation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

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.