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Client

Association of Local Television Broadcasters

The operation of low power television stations. More records

Lobbying firm

Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok LLP

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  • Implementation of incentive auction legislation.

Duration: to

General Issues: Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spending: about $300,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Affiliated organizations: Entravision Communications Corp.; DTV America Corporation; Venture Technologies Group, LLC; HSN; Una Ves Mas LP; ZGS Communications; Mako Communications; Daystar Television Network; Liberman Broadcasting, Inc.; Una Vez Mas, LP; L4 Media Group

Bills mentioned

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.911: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.28: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.607: Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011

Sponsor: Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)

S.415: Spectrum Optimization Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

S.522: Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.911: Spectrum Inventory and Auction Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Barrow (D-Ga.)

S.455: Reforming Airwaves by Developing Incentives and Opportunistic Sharing Act

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jeff MacKinnon LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joe Vasapoli Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min.Counsel,Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Matthew Berzok LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak, LA Rep. Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel, LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep. Deutsch LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch LD,ChiefCounsel,LA Rep. Stupak, LA Rep.Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep.Deutsch
Nick Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeff Mortier Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Thomas Ryan n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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