Lobbying Relationship

Client

DIRECTV, Inc.

Provision of satellite television service. More records

Lobbying firm

Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP (f/k/a Wiltshire & Grannis LLP)

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  • Market modification.

Duration: to

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

Spending: about $690,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.5728: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.4572: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.2454: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act

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

H.R.5036: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

H.R.3719: Video CHOICE Act of 2013

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.3720: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act

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

H.R.2821: American Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.2008: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.3309: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2577: SAFE Data Act

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.2821: To direct the Secretary of the Army to assist entities adversely...

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

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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?
Michael Nilsson Legislative Assistant and Counsel to Sen. Rockefeller (WV) Leg. Assist. and Counsel to Sen. Rockefeller (WV) Legis. Counsel, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV Legislative Counsel, Senator John D. Rockefeller Legislative Assist. & Counsel, Sen. Rockefeller
Michael Nilsson D. Legislative Assist. & Counsel, Sen. Rockefeller

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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