Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov 		Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
7/17/2019
2. House Identification
 318270374
 Senate Identification
 11195-1006105

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Covington & Burling LLP
Address
850 10th Street, NW
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City
Washington
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DC
 Zip
20001
 Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Mr. Layth Elhassani
 Telephone
​2026625063
 E-mail
​LElhassani@cov.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Law firm

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​BYTEDANCE INC.
Address
​3000 El Camino Real
City
​Palo Alto
 State
​CA
 Zip
​94306
 Country
​USA
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9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Internet technology company

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
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​Layth ​Elhassani ​ ​White House Off. Leg. Aff., Sp. Assist. to the President; Off. of Sen. Bennet, Leg. Dir.; House Comm. on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Off. of Rep. Velazquez, Leg. Dir.; Off. of Sen. Cantwell, Leg. Counsel; Off. of Sen. Hollings, Legal Counsel
​Samantha ​Clark ​ ​Senate Armed Services Committee (Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel; Deputy General Counsel; Counsel)
​Lindsey ​Tonsager ​ ​Congressional intern, Senator Tom Daschle, June-August 2002
​Morgan ​Schreurs ​ ​Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Oversight & Investigations Law Clerk (May-July 2016, August-December 2017)
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LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Provide advice on technology policy issues

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities
​Flr 4 Willow House, Cricket Sq, P.O. Box 2804
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​Bytedance Ltd.
​Grand Cayman KY1-1112
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​Vistra Corp. Ser. Centre, Wickhams Cay II. Rd
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​ByteTeam Ltd. (owns approximately 22% of ByteDance Ltd.)
​Tortola, VG1110
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

15. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Layth Elhassani
 Date
1/17/2020 11:33:33 AM