|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 540 |
Address2 | |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | New York |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10019 |
Country | USA |
|
5. Senate ID# 305076-12
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 382250000
|
TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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 |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: John S. Orlando, Senior Vice President, Washington |
Date | 07/17/2009 |
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.25, Digital TV Transition Fairness, all provisions.
S.34, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions.
S.62, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions
S.300, TV Converter Box Coupon Program Relief Act, all provisions.
S.328, DTV Delay Act, all provisions.
S.352, DTV Delay Act, all provisions.
S.592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions.
S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, all provisions.
S.752, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters.
S.771, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions.
S.899, To establish an assistance program for the construction of digital TV translators to fill coverage gaps that are created from the transition from analog to digital signals, all provisions.
S.con.res.14, A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions.
H.R.226, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.245, Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R. 299, National Digital Television Consumer Education Act, all provisions related to bradcasters.
H.R.339, Digital Television Coupon Improvement Act, all provisions.
H.R.363, United States Broadcasting Reorganization Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
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 in that State, all provisions.
H.R.508, DTV Converter Box Rebate Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.661, To provide additional coupons for the digital-to-analog converter box program and to expedite delivery of coupons under such program, all provisions.
H.R. 681, Digital Television Transition Extension Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R. 927, Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R. 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, all provisions.
H.R.1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.1155, Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R. 1826, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R.1860, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.2056, Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R.2175, Families for ED Advertising Decency Act, all provisions.
H.R.2827, To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to provide for a coupon program for television antennas, all provisions.
H.R.2867, To ensure access to basic broadcast television after the Digital Television Transition, all provisions.
H.R.2903, DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.2994, To reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, all provisions.
H.R.3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, all provisions related to video programming over the Internet.
H.con.res.49, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions.
MM 00-167- State of Childrens Television Programming.
CG 05-231- Closed Captioning of Video Programming.
MB 07-294, MB 06-121, MB 02-277, MM 01-235, MM 01-317, MM 00-244 Ownership 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Promoting Diversificiation of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services.
MM 06-189 Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for Delivery of Video Programming
Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005
MM 93-177- An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification
MB 07-172- Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Translator Stations
MB 05-171- Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees
ET 04-186 and 02-380- Unlicensed operation in the TV Broadcast Bands; Additional Spectrum for Unlicensed Devices Below 900 MHz and in the 3 GHz band
MB 07-91- Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital TV
MB 04-233- Broadcast Localism
MB 07-198- Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements
MB 07-148- DTV Consumer Education Initiative
CS 98-82, Implementation of Section 11 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992; CS 96-85, Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; MM 92-264, The Commission's Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits and Attribution Rules; MM 94-150, Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; MM 92-51, Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry; MM 87-154, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy
MM 00-168- Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast License Pubic Interest Obligations
MB 08-90- Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertisting
MB 08-187- Emergency Petition for Section 403 Inquiry of the PPM Coalition
MM 99-325- Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service
MB 07-42- Leased Commercial Access; MB 07-198- Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Program Tying Arrangements.
DA 07-1946- Waiver Requests by Clarity Media Systems, LLC to Operate CARS Stations at Flying J Truck Plazas
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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 |
Martin D. |
Franks |
|
|
|
John S. |
Orlando |
|
|
|
Anne |
Lucey |
|
|
|
Bryce |
Harlow |
|
|
|
Josh |
Brown |
|
|
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
S.379, Performance Rights Act, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R.848, Performance Rights Act, all provisions related to broadcasters.
S.1145, Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.2344, Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009, all provisions.
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 |
John S. |
Orlando |
|
|
|
Anne |
Lucey |
|
|
|
Bryce |
Harlow |
|
|
|
Josh |
Brown |
|
|
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.446, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions.
S.448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions.
S.449, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions.
S.657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.429, To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, all provisions.
H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R. 1304, Free Speech Protection Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.2765, To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services, all provisions.
H.R.3054, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009, all provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
John S. |
Orlando |
|
|
|
Bryce |
Harlow |
|
|
|
Josh |
Brown |
|
|
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 SPO
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.38, "Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
H.R.523, "Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters.
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 |
John S. |
Orlando |
|
|
|
Bryce |
Harlow |
|
|
|
Josh |
Brown |
|
|
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
H.R.1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009, all provisions.
H.R.2720, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account, all provisions.
H.R.2917, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs, all provisions.
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 |
John S. |
Orlando |
|
|
|
Bryce |
Harlow |
|
|
|
Josh |
Brown |
|
|
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.
20. Client new address
Address | |
||||||
City | |
State | |
Zip Code | |
Country | |
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
City | |
State | |
Zip Code | |
Country | |
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
|
|
||||||||
1 |
|
3 |
|
||||||
2 |
|
4 |
|
ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
Name | Address |
Principal Place of Business (city and state or country) |
||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
1 | 2 | 3 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
% |
28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
1 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 4 | 6 |