Lobbying Relationship

Client

NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION FKA NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION

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Lobbying firm

Ryan MacKinnon Vasapoli and Berzok, LLP

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  • Universal Service- issues relating to reform to the Universal Service Fund, including the contribution and distribution mechanisms associated with USF. Privacy and Behavioral Advertising- issues relating to the gathering, retention, and use of online information. Program access, Net neutrality, spectrum reform and reallocation, broadband deployment issues including use of stimulus finds for broadband deployment and adoption and broadband conduit legislation. H.R. 1804, the State Video Tax Fairness Act, FCC Reform, HR 1084, The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. PEG programming- issues relating to analog and digital carriage of Public, Educational, Government Channels. National Broadband Plan- issues relating to competition and innovation in navigation devices. P.L. 112-96 - HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act- all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1639 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1947 Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2556 Excellence in Cybersecurity Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 4 Rebuild America Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 774 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commissions universal service reforms - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1244 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 316 Stela Reauthorization Farm Bill P.L. Provisions related to cable
  • Government programs all provisions relating to cable. HR 316 public law
  • HR 177 Death Tax Repeal Act - all provisions relating to cable.
  • H.R. 3309, the 'Innovation Act.'

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General Issues: Telecommunications, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $2,880,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1804: Crude-By-Rail Safety Act

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

H.R.1084: 21st Century SCASDP Act

Sponsor: Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas)

H.R.624: Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

H.R.1639: Charter School Transparency, Accountability, and Quality Act

Sponsor: Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

H.R.1947: STRONGER Act of 2015

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.2556: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to repeal the...

Sponsor: Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)

S.4: Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2016

Sponsor: Daniel Coats (R-Ind.)

S.774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.1244: Community Access Preservation Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.316: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at...

Sponsor: Rick Nolan (D-Minn.)

H.R.177: Firefighter Equipment Protection Act

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

H.R.3309: Flex-IT 2 Act

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

H.R.3630: PUGET SOS Act

Sponsor: Denny Heck (D-Wash.)

H.R.86: Safe Students Act

Sponsor: Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

H.R.1468: Global Brain Health Act of 2015

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

S.10: Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

S.418: Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act

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

S.607: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.1235: Alaska Native Energy Assistance Program Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.1565: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2015

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

H.R.1605: Export-Import Bank Termination Act

Sponsor: Justin Amash (I-Mich.)

H.R.2342: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Shimkus (R-Ill.)

H.R.2649: Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements...

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

H.R.2309: Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015

Sponsor: Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

S.31: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.213: Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

H.R.3086: Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.1616: Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

S.761: Veterans Access to Care Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.1804: Veterans Accountability Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)

H.R.1084: To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress...

Sponsor: André Carson (D-Ind.)

H.R.3630: Cure for AIDS Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jim Himes (D-Conn.)

H.R.86: Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)

H.R.1639: To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.)

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

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

H.R.2556: Excellence in Cybersecurity Act

Sponsor: Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

S.4: Rebuild America Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.10: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.418: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013

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

S.607: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013

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

S.774: A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit...

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

S.1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.1235: Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.316: Collinsville Renewable Energy Production Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)

H.R.1565: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)

H.R.1605: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.2342: CARE Act of 2013

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

H.R.2649: FCC `ABCs' Act of 2013

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

H.R.177: Death Tax Repeal Act

Sponsor: Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)

H.R.434: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

Sponsor: Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

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

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

S.31: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

S.213: Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2013

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.3086: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act

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

H.R.1616: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

S.761: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

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

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

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.147: Death Tax Repeal Act

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.491: Global Online Freedom Act of 2013

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

H.R.756: Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.889: Global Free Internet Act of 2013

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.983: Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Bill Flores (R-Texas)

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

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

H.RES.57: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to...

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

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

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

S.387: American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act

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

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.)

S.596: Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013

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

S.639: GPS Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.658: Cyber Warrior Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

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

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

H.R.923: Say No to Drug Ads Act

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.917: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve King (R-Iowa)

S.2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.245: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

H.R.1804: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011

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

H.R.1084: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2011

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.6209: Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010

Sponsor: Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

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

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

H.R.1019: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009

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

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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?
Jeffrey MacKinnon LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joseph Vasapoli Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE
Matthew Berzok LD, Chief Counsel, LA Rep. Stupak & Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak, LA Rep.Deutsch LD,Chief Counsel,LA Rep.Stupak,LA Rep.Deutsch
Nikolaos Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeffery Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield
Jeff MacKinnon LD & LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Joe Vasapoli Min. Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Asst. DOE Min.Counsel, Energy&Comm, Special Assist. DOE
Nick Kolovos LA Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Jeff Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Jeffrey Mortier Prof Staff on E&C Cmte and LA Rep Whitfield Staff on Energy & Commerce Committee
Doug Nappi Chief Counsel, Senate Banking Committee
Rodney Hoppe Deputy Press Assistant, Energy and Commerce Deputy Press Secretary, Energy and Commerce
Jeff MacKinnnon LD and LA Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
Thomas Ryan n/a
Tom Ryan n/a
George O'Connor n/a
William Phillips 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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