2nd Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,960,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report (this page) Jul 22, 2019 $2,960,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment Jul 25, 2019 $2,960,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Issues relating to unmanned aircraft systems. Issues relating to tower marking.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHAWN DONILON —
JOHN SMEDILE —
GORDON H. SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 2682, Agricultural News and Rural Content Act of 2019

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHAWN DONILON —
NICOLE GUSTAFSON —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT —
GRISELLA M MARTINEZ —
MIKE MULLEN —
JOSH POLLACK —
JOHN SMEDILE —
GORDON H. SMITH —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2682 (116th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues relating to the need for creation of a database containing music licensing information. H. Con. Res. 20Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. S. Con. Res. 5Supporting The Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. Issues relating to radio streaming. Issues relating to ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. Issues relating to expiration of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Renewal. Issues relating to Copyright Office modernization.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 20 (116th), S.Con.Res. 5 (116th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Issues relating to white spaces. Issues relating to broadcast spectrum auctions. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's rules governing broadcast ownership. H.R. 1367 Children and Media Research Advancement Act, all provisions. H.R. 1282, Data Accountability and Trust Act, all provisions. S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act, provisions relating to use of consumer data. Issues relating to emergency communications. Issues relating to FCC oversight. Issues relating to changes to Daylight Saving Time. H.R. 264, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019, provisions relating to FCC Appropriations. S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019, provisions relating to use of consumer data. H.R. 1789, To eliminate the discount for UHF television stations for purposes of the limitation on the aggregate national audience reach of television broadcast stations in which a party may have a cognizable interest, all provisions. Issues relating to broadcast use within the c-band. Issues relating to children's television programming. S. 670, A bill to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 1556, Sunshine Protection Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 1601, To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the duration of the year, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 1848, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to carry out a grant program to make grants for the establishment or expansion of job training programs for communications tower service, construction, and maintenance, all provisions. H.R. 1555, Transparency for Cable Consumers Act, all provisions. H.R. 583, PIRATE Act, all provisions. Pirate Radio, Issues relating to pirate radio stations. S. 1655, A bill to provide for the carriage of certain television broadcast stations, and for other purposes. S. 1228, Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act. H.R. 3255, Telecommunications Opportunities for Workers Engaging in Real Infrastructure Deployment Act of 2019. H.R. 3022, To provide for the carriage of certain broadcast stations, and for other purposes. H.R. 1220, Truth-in-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees Act of 2019. S. 510, Truth-in-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees Act of 2019. Issues relating to carriage of television broadcast signals. Issues relating to broadcast spectrum auctions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHAWN DONILON —
NICOLE GUSTAFSON —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT —
GRISELLA M MARTINEZ —
MIKE MULLEN —
JOSH POLLACK —
JOHN SMEDILE —
GORDON H. SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1220 (116th), S. 1228 (116th), S. 189 (116th), H.R. 583 (116th), H.R. 264 (116th), H.R. 1601 (116th), H.R. 3022 (116th), S. 670 (116th), H.R. 1789 (116th), H.R. 1367 (116th), H.R. 1555 (116th), H.R. 1282 (116th), S. 583 (116th), H.R. 1848 (116th), S. 1655 (116th), H.R. 3255 (116th), S. 510 (116th), H.R. 1556 (116th)

Advertising ADV

Direct to Consumer Advertising (DTC). H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, provisions relating to direct to consumer advertising & FCC Appropriations. H.R. 21, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, provisions relating to direct to consumer advertising & FCC Appropriations. H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, provisions relating to direct to consumer advertising & FCC Appropriations. S. 73, End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act, all provisions. H.R. 896, Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019, Provisions relating to radio and television advertising. H.R. 679, Political Accountability and Transparency Act, provisions relating to radio and television advertising. Issues relating to the deductibility of advertising as an ordinary business expense.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHAWN DONILON —
NICOLE GUSTAFSON —
CURTIS JOHN LEGEYT —
GRISELLA M MARTINEZ —
MIKE MULLEN —
JOSH POLLACK —
JOHN SMEDILE —
GORDON H. SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 73 (116th), H.R. 1 (116th), H.R. 679 (116th), H.R. 648 (116th), H.J.Res. 31 (116th), H.R. 896 (116th), H.R. 21 (116th)

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.