Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Association of Broadcasters

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Lobbying firm

Epplin Strategic Planning

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  • Tax issues related to Advertising and Performance tax. Legislation relating to local TV and radio stations. Spectrum and licensing issues.
  • Issues related to Budget and Appropriations.
  • Issues related to Communications.
  • Issues related to broadcasters.

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General Issues: Media (Information/Publishing), Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Arts/Entertainment, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

H.R.3719: Spending Safeguard Act

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

S.1680: Food Recovery Act of 2017

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.3719: STOP ABUSE Act of 2015

Sponsor: Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)

S.1680: National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.2799: Firefighter Cancer Registry Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.2799: Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program Oversight...

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

H.R.3719: CTPAT Reauthorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Clay Higgins (R-La.)

S.1680: OATH Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.2799: NEWS Act of 2019

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

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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?
Robert Epplin LD Sen. Collins LA Sen. Smith Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division Prof Staff, Senate Finance Committee; Sen. Packwood LD, Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff, Senate Finance Committee; LA Sen. Packwood LD Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff, Senate Finance Committee; LA Sen. Packwood LD, Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff, Senate Finance Committee; LA Sen. Packwood.

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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