Issues related to the handset manufacturing industry, including FM broadcast chips, customs, spectrum and mobile privacy initiatives; issues related to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and cellphone unlocking including S.517, S.481, S.467 H.R.1892 and H.R.1127; accessibility issues related to internet browsers on mobile telephones.
Issues related to patents including H.R.845, Saving High Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 (SHIELD Act).
It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.
Agencies lobbied since 2012: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Related Foreign Entities:
HTC Corporation (Taoyuan County 330, TRE); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%
Bills mentioned
S.517: Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act
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.
Deputy Asst. to the President & House Liaison
Special Asst. to the President for Legis. Affairs
Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB
Special Asst. to Undersecretary, Dept. of Energy
Policy Adv. to Chmn. Energy & Commerce Committee
Policy Adv. to Chmn.,Energy&Commerce Comm.
PolicyAdv. to Chmn., Energy & Commerce Comm
Policy Adv. to Chmn. Energy & Commerce Comm.
Policy Adv. to Chmn.Energy&Commerce Comm.
CoS - Senator John Barrasso
CoS, LD, LA, LC & Press Asst. - Sen. Craig Thomas
Staff Assistant - Senator Alan Simpson
CoS,LD,LA,LC&Press Asst - Sen. Craig Thomas
CoS,LD,LA,LC&Press Asst- Sen. Craig Thomas
CoS,LD,LA,LD&Press Asst-Sen. Craig Thomas
CoS,LD,LA,LC&Press Asst-Sen.Craig Thomas
CoS,LD,LA,LC&Press Asst-Sen. Craig Thomas
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.
Termination
Q1 Report
Amendment
Q4 Report
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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