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Telecommunications TEC

WT 03-187 In the Matter of Effects of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

ET 02-380 In the Matter of Additional Spectrum for Unlicensed Devices Below 900 MHz and in the 3 GHz Bands ET 04-186 In the Matter of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands ET 07-61, In the Matter of Petitions of Electric Mirror, LLC and Kohler Co. for Temporary ET 07-62 Waiver of Section 15.117 of the Commission’s Rules MB 02-277 In the Matter of the 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review S.1780 Title: A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. H.R.602 Title: To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State. S.602 Title: A bill to develop the next generation of parental control technology S.4 Title: A bill to make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other purposes. Proposed Amendment to Fiscal Year 2008 financial services and general government appropriations bill to regulate violent television programming. Proposed Amendment to Fiscal Year 2008 financial services and general government appropriations bill to regulate specific language on broadcast television Before the Federal Communications Commission: MB 05-181 In the Matter of Implementation of Section 210 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 to Amend Section 338 of the Communications Act MB 06-121 In the Matter of the 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review MB 07-18 Application of NewsCorporation and the DirecTV Group, Inc., Transferors, and Liberty Media Corporation, Transferee, for Authority to Transfer Control MB 07-57 In the matter of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Consolidated Application for Authority to Transfer Control of XM Radio Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. MM 00-244 In the Matter of Definition of Radio Markets MM 01-235 In the Matter of Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations and Newspapers MM 01-317 In the Matter of Rules and Policies Concerning Multiple Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets MM 04-233 In the Matter of Broadcast Localism RM-11338 In the Matter of AM Radio Stations’ Use of FM Translators SAT-STA-20061002-00114; SAT-STA-20061013-00119; SAT-STA-20061013-00121; SAT-STA-20061013-0122; SAT-STA-20061107-00131 In the Matter of XM and Sirius Terrestrial Repeater Applications EB 04-296 In the Matter of Review of the Emergency Alert System H.R.600 Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale of telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances or a tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of ownership in telecommunications businesses. H.R.983 Title: To preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. H.R.1320 Title: To protect important existing television band devices in the unassigned, non-licensed television channels from harmful interference from new devices. H.R.1597 Title: To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces. H.R.2331 Title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes. H.R.2566 Title: To provide American consumers information about the broadcast television transition from an analog to a digital format. H.R.2821 Title: To amend section 122 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers and cable operators to retransmit the signals of local television broadcast stations to their adjacent markets, and for other purposes. H.R.2802 Title: To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. S.1675 Title: A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. S.337 Title: A bill to require the FCC to issue a final order regarding white spaces, and for other purposes. S.1223 Title: A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes. S.124 Title: A bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. S.234 Title: A bill to require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces. S.760 Title: A bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. H.R.608: To further inform consumers about the transition to digital television.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 2566 (110th), S. 337 (110th), S. 124 (110th), H.R. 1320 (110th), S. 760 (110th), S. 234 (110th), H.R. 600 (110th), H.R. 602 (110th), S. 1780 (110th), H.R. 2802 (110th), H.R. 983 (110th), S. 1223 (110th), H.R. 2821 (110th), S. 602 (110th), H.R. 608 (110th), S. 1675 (110th), H.R. 1597 (110th), H.R. 2331 (110th), S. 4 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

XM-Sirius Merger Issues

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Constitution CON

S.1267 Title: A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. H.R.2102 Title: To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1267 (110th), H.R. 2102 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S.1353 Title: A bill to nullify the determinations of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other purposes. Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Proposed WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations H.R.2060 Title: To nullify the March 2, 2007, determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2060 (110th), S. 1353 (110th)

Media (information/publishing) MIA

S.1742 Title: A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. S.1748 Title: A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. H.R.1309 Title: To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. H.R.2905 Title: To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2905 (110th), S. 1748 (110th), S. 1742 (110th), H.R. 1309 (110th)

Advertising ADV

H.R.2900 Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes. S.1285 Title: A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. S.936 Title: A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. S.1082 Title: An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes. H.R.1561 Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve drug safety and oversight, and for other purposes.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 936 (110th), H.R. 1561 (110th), S. 1285 (110th), H.R. 2900 (110th), S. 1082 (110th)