Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Association of Broadcasters

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Lobbying firm

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

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  • Local Radio Freedom Act, H.Con.Res.13 Legislative matters concerning broadcast rights Copyright Office issues Music Modernization Act, H.R. 4706
  • Copyright issues related to broadcasting.

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Media (Information/Publishing)

Spending: about $2,060,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), House of Representatives,, U.S. Senate,, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills mentioned

H.CON.RES.13: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

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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?
Richard Hertling Staff Dir. & Chief Counsel, House Judiciary Cmte.
Layth Elhassani White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Special Assistant to the President; Office of Senator Michael F. Bennet, Legislative Director House Committee on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Office of Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Legislative Director; ​White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Special Assistant to the President; Office of Senator Michael F. Bennet, Legislative Director House Committee on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Office of Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Legislative Director;
Aaron Cooper Chief Counsel IP/ Antitrust Law, Senate
" " ​Office of Senator Maria Cantwell, Legislative Counsel; Office of Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Legal Counsel. Constituent Liaison, Rep. Howard Coble (NC-6) Asst. Attorney General (Acting) for Legisl. Affairs, US DOJ Prin. Dep. Asst. Attorney General for Legal Policy, US DOJ Minority Staff Dir., Senate Gov. Affairs Cmte. Chief of Staff, Senator Fitzgerald Judiciary Cmte.; Counsel, Senator Sarbanes; Leg. Correspondent,Senator Lautenberg; Leg. Asst. Representative Andrews. Leg. Correspondent Senator Lautenberg;
Brendan Parets Legislative Assistant, Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (SC-3)
Ed McClellan Tax Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance
Martin Gold n/a
Jonathan D. Blake n/a
Muftiah McCartin n/a
Gerard Waldron n/a
Jennifer Johnson 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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