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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| Address1 | 25 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., NW |
Address2 | SUITE 100 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Bruce Carnes, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration |
Date | 04/21/2014 |
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
- HR 22 Foreign Counterfeit Merchandise Prevention Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 96 Cameras in the Courtroom Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 128 Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 148 Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections (DISCLOSE) 2013 Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 539 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 778 No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 917 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013- to provide media coverage of federal court proceedings all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1565 Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1572 Stopping Taxpayer Outlays for Propaganda (STOP) Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1605 Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1734 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1954 Sunset Wasteful Executive Expenditures and Programs Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1962 The Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2236 Promoting Startup Innovation Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2342 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2356 We Are Watching You Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2466 Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2649 FCC ABCs Act of 2013, to reform the FCCs process during rulemaking all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2670 Openness in Political Expenditures Now ("OPEN") Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2786 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2787 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2844 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3196 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3219 Free Market Royalty Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3452 Furthering Access and Networks for Sports (FANS) Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3675 "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3719 Video CHOICE (Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment) Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3720 Next Generation Television Marketplace Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4325 "Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4341 "Truth in Advertising Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HCon, Res. 16 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act- all provisions relating to cable.
- HJRes 59 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2 Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 134 Violent Content Research Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 245 Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 649 Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 405 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013-to provide media coverage of federal court proceedings all provisions relating to cable.
- S 791 Follow the Money Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 807 Plain Writing Act for Regulations of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 824 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 912 Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 987 Free Flow of Information Act all provisions relating to cable- S 1173 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1207 Cameras in the Courtroom Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1379 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1524 PRO Sports Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1680 Consumer Choice in Online Video Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1721 Furthering Access and Networks for Sports (FANS) Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1789 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act" all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1989 "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S Res 110 Preventing Duplicative and Overlapping Government Programs Resolution all provisions relating to cable.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC),
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Rita |
Lewis |
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Lane |
Lofton |
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Daphna |
Peled |
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Clifford |
Riccio |
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Rzepka |
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Dianne |
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Townsend |
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Sonya |
Wendell |
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
- HR 86 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 210 To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect. all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 491 Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act- all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 756 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act 2013- all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 845 Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 889 Global Free Internet Act of 2013- all provisions related to cable.
- HR 983 Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act- all provisions related to cable.
- HR 989 To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1123 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1312, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act- all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1468, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology (SECURE IT) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1575 Kelsey Smith Act, to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1580 To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1639 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1685 Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1688 Never Contract With the Enemy Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1730 Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1847 Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1852 Email Privacy Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1860 Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1892 Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1913 Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1947 Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1960 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2014 Telephone Records Protection Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2024 End Anonymous Patents Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2084 Partnership to Build America Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2281 Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2454 Aarons Law Act of 2013, reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to clarify the meaning of access without authorization all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2466 "Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2553 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2556 Excellence in Cybersecurity Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2639 Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2684 Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2736 Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2739 Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2766 STOP (Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents) Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2818 Surveillance State Repeal Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2911 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2952 CIRDA (Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3032 Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3035 Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3070 NSA Accountability Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3103 Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3228 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court Reform Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3283 "Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3309 Innovation Act, to reform the U.S. patent system all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3349 Innovation Protection Act, creating reliable funding for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3361 Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3381 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3410 "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" ("CIPA") - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3481 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3540 Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3557 Reasonable Expectation of American Privacy (REAP) Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3670 "Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3674 Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3675 Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3696 National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3736 Protect Advanced Communications for Emergency Services (PACE) Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3750 Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3756 To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3779 To require the Director of National Intelligence to annually submit reports on violations of law or executive order by personnel of the intelligence community - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3875 "Telephone Metadata Reform Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3878 "Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3881 "Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3882 "National Security Agency Accountability Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3883 "Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3916 "Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3982 "Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3900 "Intelligence Community Oversight Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3920 "American Privacy Protection Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3990 "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4048 "Securing Our Nation's Application Privacy Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4070 "Internet Freedom Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4203 "Emergency Responder Radio Communications Protection Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4215 "Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4225 "SAVE ("Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014") Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4291 "FISA ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act") Transparency and Modernization Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 4342 "Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters ("DOTCOM") Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HRes 57 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nations telecommunications and technology industries, the United State Government should Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way all provisions relating to cable.
- HRes 340 Expressing the support of Congress for National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week all provisions relating to cable.
- S 4 Rebuild America Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 10 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 21 Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 387 American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act- all provisions relating to cable.
- S 418 Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013- all provisions related to cable.
- S 467 Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable.
- S 481 Wireless Consumer Choice Act- all provisions relating to cable.
- S 517 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act- all provisions relating to cable.- S 596 Fostering Independence through Technology Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable.
- S 607 Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 639 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 658 Cyber Warrior Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable.
- S 721 Kelsey Smith Act, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm all provisions relating to cable.
- S 774 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commissions universal service reforms all provisions relating to cable.
- S 866 Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 874 Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 884 Deter Cyber Theft Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1013 "Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1111 "Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1144 "Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1193 "Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1196 Aarons Law Act of 2013, reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to clarify the meaning of access without authorization all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1215 FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1244 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1245 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1353 Cybersecurity Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1452 Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1460 FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1467 FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1551 Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1553 To amend title 23, United States Code, to reauthorize the State infrastructure bank program - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1599 "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1612 "Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1613 "Credit Access and Inclusion Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1621 Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1631 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Improvements Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1638 Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1681 "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1700 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1701 Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1720 Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1756 USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1766 "USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1776 Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1830 "Tallying of the Actual Liabilities Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1858 Rural Broadband Investment (RBI) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1897 "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1927 "Data Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1957 "Partnership to Build America Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1959 "Quell Unnecessary, Intentional, and Encroaching Telephone Calls Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1976 "Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1981 "Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1984 "Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1995 "Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2025 "Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2049 "Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2093 "To Amend FISA ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act") oft 1978" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2125 "Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2146 "Patent Fee Integrity Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2155 "Maximizing Spectrum Efficiency and Value Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 2171 "Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable.
- SRes 343 "Relating to the Investigation of Unauthorized Disclosures Concerning the NSA" - all provisions relating to cable.
- SRes 337 Expressing support for the designation of January 28, 2014, as National Data Privacy Day - all provisions relating to cable.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Smith |
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Townsend |
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Wendell |
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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
- HR 147 Death Tax Repeal Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 177 Death Tax Repeal Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 434 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 483 Farmers Against Crippling Taxes Act - to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 684 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions related to cable.
- HR 923 Say No to Drug Ads Act- to deny deduction of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2309 Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2373 Jumpstarting Our Business Sector all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2731 Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2831 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2992 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3086 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3724 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 8 End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 31 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 213 Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 336 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions related to cable.
- S 743 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1235 The Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1270 SAFE (Secure Annuities for Employee) Retirement Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1326 Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1364 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1431 Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1476 Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1706 "Fair Playing Field Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1859 Tax Extenders Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
- HR 1815 Union Coercion Prevention Act all provisions relating to cable.
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
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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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
- HR 118 "National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 1089 "Stepping Up to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Act of 2013" - all provisions related to cable.
- HR 1090 Elementary Educator STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Content Coach Act all provisions related to cable.
- HR 1353 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education Opportunity Act all provisions related to cable.
- HR 1760 Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2334 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) 2 Act all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 2587 Planting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in the Classroom Act all provisions relating to cable.
-HR 2592 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Innovation Networks Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3142 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Readiness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- HR 3243 "Supporting Teachers and Enhancing Manufacturing (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics "STEM") Jobs Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable.
- HRes 51 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education for the Global Economy Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 854 To improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1129 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) 2 Act all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1777 "Innovate America Act" - all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1796 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Gateways Act" all provisions relating to cable.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
- HR 1616 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 761 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
- S 1392 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.
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
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Powell |
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Friedman |
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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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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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