Lobbying Relationship

Client

TwinLogic Strategies (on behalf of the Comp Carriers Assn fka Rural Cell Assn)

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Lobbying firm

Moore Consulting

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  • Issues related to spectrum allocation, spectrum auctions, Universal Service Fund, device exclusivity, E-911, special access, broadband deployment, FCC process reform, truth in billing, data roaming, cybersecurity, cell phone unlocking, consumer privacy, IP transition, data collection, #CommActUpdate House Energy and Commerce Committee initiatives, Discussion Draft, "Protecting the Internet and Consumers Through Congressional Action" Discussion Draft, FCC Reauthorization Bill, WiFi Innovation Act, vehicle to vehicle communications, Internet of Things, Lifeline, E-Rate
  • Issues related to intellectual property including: patent litigation reform (including: the Innovation Act H.R. 9 and related patent litigation reform in the Senate including S. 632, the STRONG Patents Act of 2015), cell phone unlocking/DMCA copyright office triennial review, copyright office reform and modernization
  • Issues related to data protection and privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection issues

Duration: to

General Issues: Telecommunications, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Intelligence and Surveillance, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Small Business

Spending: about $282,500 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: Rural Cellular Association

Bills mentioned

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.632: STRONG Patents Act of 2015

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.CON.RES.11: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1770: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1428: Judicial Redress Act of 2015

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.1123: Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.1892: Unlocking Technology Act of 2013

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

S.467: Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.481: Wireless Consumer Choice Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.517: Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act

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

H.R.176: Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)

H.R.210: To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking...

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.539: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013

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

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

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

H.R.989: To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other...

Sponsor: Bill Flores (R-Texas)

S.21: Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013

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

S.245: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.1580: To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance.

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.2014: Telephone Records Protection Act

Sponsor: Justin Amash (I-Mich.)

H.R.1947: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.2624: Child Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

H.R.2739: Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act of 2013

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.2309: Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

S.1144: Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013

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

S.1989: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

S.1379: Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

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

S.866: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1612: Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.845: Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2024: End Anonymous Patents Act

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.3349: Innovation Protection Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.3540: Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.3219: Free Market Royalty Act

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

S.911: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

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

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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?
Tiffany Moore Legislative Director, Rep. Fred Upton Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Leg Director (Rep. Upton)/Assistant U.S. Trade Rep Legislative Director (Congressman Fred Upton), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Legislative Director, Congressman Fred Upton Leg. Director/Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Assistant US Trade Rep Assistant US Trade Rep, Leg. Director (Upton) Leg. Director (Upton), Assistant USTR

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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