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National Association of Broadcasters

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Columbia Strategies

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  • Issues related to spectrum incentive auctions. Issues related to television market areas. Issues related to television carriage laws. S.1182 - a bill to exempt JSA attribution rules in case of existing agreements. HR 1999 - Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act. S.1260 - Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act. HR 2125 - Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015. HR 3496 - GO PACK Act of 2015. HR 4179 - Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act. S. 2319 - a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934. S.2555 - Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act S.2644 - the FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016
  • H.Con.Res.17 - the Local Radio Freedom Act. S.Con.Res.4 - the Local Radio Freedom Act. HR 1283 - the Songwriter Equity Act of 2015. Issues related to music licensing and antitrust consent decree review. Issues related to satellite television carriage. Issues related to broadcast television copyright.
  • Issues related to advertising tax deductibility.
  • HR 2995 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2016 Issues related to FCC rules

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Telecommunications

Spending: about $620,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.1182: A bill to exempt application of JSA attribution rule in case of existing...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.1999: Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.1260: Sunshine in Sponsorship Identification Act

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2125: Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3496: GO PACK Act of 2015

Sponsor: Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

H.R.4179: Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Sponsor: Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

S.2319: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934.

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.2555: MOBILE NOW Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.2644: FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.CON.RES.17: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.4: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1283: Songwriter Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

H.R.2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

H.R.3719: Video CHOICE Act of 2013

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

H.R.4572: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.4588: Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.4635: Orphan County Telecommunications Rights Act of 2014

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.5728: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act

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

S.2643: A bill to require a report by the Federal Communications Commission on...

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

S.2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act

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

H.R.3219: Free Market Royalty Act

Sponsor: Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

H.R.4079: Songwriter Equity Act of 2014

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

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

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

H.CON.RES.16: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.6: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.1721: FANS Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.2454: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

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

H.R.3300: FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.2903: NCAA Act

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

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