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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 444 N. CAPITOL STREET, NW, #740 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 29276-101
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6. House ID# 321460002
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Patrick J. Lane, Sr. Vice President |
Date | 04/20/2010 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 34, "Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009" (DeMint)
S. 62, A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine (Inhofe)
S. 649, A bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission (Kerry)
S. 771, A bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice (Bennet)
S. 1670, A bill to reform and modernize the limitations on exclusive rights relating to secondary transmissions of certain signals (Leahy)
H.R. 226, "Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009" (Pence)
H.R. 245, "Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009"
H.R. 505, 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 (Boren)
H.R. 927, "Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act" (Stupak)
H.R. 1084, to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (Eshoo)
H.R. 1155, "Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009" (Eshoo)
H.R. 1860, To provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice (Salazar)
H.R. 2994, "Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009" (Boucher)
H.R. 3019, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to improve the process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal government uses to commercial uses (Inslee)
H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act of 2009 (Waxman)
H.R. 3101, "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009" (Markey)
H.R. 3570, to amend title 17, United States Code, to reauthorize the satellite statutory license, to conform the satellite and cable statutory licenses to all-digital transmissions, and for other purposes (Conyers)
Content Regulation Issues, eg, Broadcast Indecency and Television Violence
Broadcast Ownership Issues
Retransmission Consent Issues
Spectrum Issues
Communications Disability Access Issues
National Broadband Plan, and Related Issues
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Maureen |
O'Connell |
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Lane |
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Paul |
Jackson |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 848, "Performance Rights Act" (Conyers)
H.R. 1319, "Informed P2P User Act" (Bono Mack)
S. 610, Patent Reform Act
Pro IP Implementation/Copyright Protection
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Vice President of the U.S.
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Lane |
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Paul |
Jackson |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
World Trade Organization (WTO) Enforcement Matters
WTO Doha Development Negotiations
Bilateral and Plurilateral Trade Agreements (Trans Pacific Partnership, Colombia, Panama and Korea)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
H.R.2271 Global Online Freedom Act of 2009
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
David |
Fares |
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Lane |
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Janet |
O'Callaghan |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 1763, "Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act" (Franken)
H.R. 1019, To prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services (Conyers)
H.R. 22, To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (McHugh)
H.R. 1088 Business Activity Tax
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Lane |
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Jackson |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ADV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Online Behavioral Advertising
Direct to Consumer Drug Advertising
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Lane |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MIA
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 448, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" (Specter)
S. 449, "Free Speech Protection Act of 2009" (Specter)
S. 673, "Newspaper Revitalization Act" (Cardin)
S. 752, "Fair Elections Now Act" (Durbin)
H.R. 985, "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009" (Boucher)
H.R. 1826, "Fair Elections Now Act" (Larson)
Libel Tourism
Federal Shield Law
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Jackson |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 910, A bill to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Warner)
S. 928, To enhance disclosures regarding the use of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and for other purposes (Pryor)
H.R. 1242, "TARP Accountability and Disclosure Act" (Maloney)
Movies Future Exchanges
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Regan |
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Lane |
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Jackson |
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Pam |
Fisher |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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