Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Internet & Television Association

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Lobbying firm

PutalaStrategies

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  • Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, PL 117-58 (provisions relating to communications and the FCC). Preserving open Internet/broadband industry practices. Issues related to the deployment of broadband and spectrum management. Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, PL 117-2. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, PL 117-169. Issues related to privacy.
  • Issues and proposals relating to competition of interest to the Internet/broadband industry.

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General Issues: Telecommunications, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spending: about $3,150,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Senate,, Justice - Dept of (DOJ),, White House Office,, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Bills mentioned

S.1405: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017

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

S.19: MOBILE NOW Act

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

S.1671: International Communications Privacy Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1674: School Building Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

S.1657: ECPA Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.1297: A bill to make title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of...

Sponsor: Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

S.356: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.754: To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing...

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

S.166: Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.285: SAVE Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)

S.178: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.424: Wi-Fi Innovation Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.431: Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act

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

S.609: San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

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

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

H.R.2454: Aaron's Law Act of 2013

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

S.517: Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act

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

S.987: Free Flow of Information Act of 2013

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

S.1353: Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014

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

S.1215: FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013

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

S.2454: Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

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

S.2977: MEDTECH Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

S.2505: Wi-Fi Innovation Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

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

S.1431: Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1011: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011

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

S.1151: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011

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

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

S.1308: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1047: SAFE Internet Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.1490: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009

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

S.3742: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act

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

S.1670: Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009

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

S.1692: USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009

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

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.J.RES.52: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter...

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3744: Data Care Act of 2018

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.1644: Save the Internet Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)

S.682: Save the Internet Act of 2019

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3695: CONNECT at Home Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

S.4066: PACT Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.225: Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.3197: Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.3267: Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Christopher Putala Professionial Staff, Senate Judiciary Comm. (1989-98)

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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