MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. for MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2405, Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act (FILM Act) H.R. 2315, S. 386, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 Boustany/Neal Innovation Box discussion draft Tax extenders markup - Sec. 181, Federal Film and Television Incentive Corporate and international tax reform

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 386 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th), H.R. 2405 (114th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic impact of film industry production

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Immigration IMM

O- and B-visa programs

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Animals ANI

H.R. 3546, Big Cat Public Safety Act

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 3546 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), including issues related to privacy, transparency and accountability H.R.1229, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2015; S.___, Consumer Drone Safety Act

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1229 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 644 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 2304, Securing Participation, Engagement, and Knowledge Freedom by Reducing Egregious Efforts Act of 2015 (SPEAK FREE Act of 2015)- anti-SLAPP measures; H.R. 4241, Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act; 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

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 4241 (114th), H.R. 2304 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 805, S. 1551, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 (DOTCOM Act of 2015); domain name voluntary initiatives; cybersecurity; Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administrator transition; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accountability

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 1551 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th)