Lobbying Relationship

Client

Comcast Corporation

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Lobbying firm

PutalaStrategies

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  • Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, PL 117-58 (provisions related to communications and FCC); Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, PL 117-169; and issues related to privacy.
  • Oversight of antitrust issues.

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

Spending: about $3,375,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

Bills mentioned

S.19: MOBILE NOW Act

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

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

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

S.424: Wi-Fi Innovation Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.2555: MOBILE NOW Act

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

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

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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.)

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.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.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

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

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

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

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

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.911: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

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

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.)

H.R.2682: Agricultural News and Rural Content Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.)

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.)

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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?
Christopher Putala Prof. Staff, Senate Judiciary Committee (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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