Lobbying Relationship

Client

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association

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Lobbying firm

Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok LLP FKA Ryan Phillips Utrecht and MacKinnon

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  • Issues related to tax reform, specifically manufacturing credit.
  • Issues pertaining to full funding for the NNMI initiative. Potential open access legislation.
  • HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act- all provisions relating to cable. HR 756 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act 2013. HR 1468, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology (SECURE IT) Act of 2013.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Telecommunications, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Science/Technology

Spending: about $115,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), White House Office, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP),

Bills mentioned

H.R.624: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

H.R.756: Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

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