Lobbying Relationship

Client

AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION

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Lobbying firm

AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION

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  • Legislation or regulations affecting the tax treatment of advertising, including but not limited to opposing proposals to limit or eliminate the federal business tax deduction for advertising expenses. Oppose legislation or regulations which would prohibit or restrict the truthful advertising of legal products or services.
  • No position on comprehensive tax reform generally. Oppose proposals to tax or limit the federal tax deductibility of advertising as a normal and necessary business expense. Oppose proposals to tax online or digital advertising.
  • Support legislation that would create a national privacy law that would allow for the responsible use of data to provide consumers with online interest-based advertising. Oppose legislation that would overly restrict the responsible use of data for some purposes. Examples of bills supported in part and opposed in part include but are not limited to S. 395 the Clean Slate for Kids Online Act (Sen. Durbin), S. 564 Parental Data Rights Act (Sen. Hawley), S. 483 the Internet Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act (Sen. Schatz), H.R. 1165 the Data Privacy Act of 2023, H.R. 2701 the Online Privacy Act of 2023 (Eshoo) S.631 the Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data and Privacy Act (Sen. Klobuchar) S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (Sen. Lee). Any legislation similar to the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (2022, Rep. Pallone).
  • Oppose legislation to restrict the tax deductibility of the advertising of direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals.

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General Issues: Advertising, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Computer Industry, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Education, Pharmacy, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Beverage Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Automotive Industry

Spending: about $1,787,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), White House Office, President of the U.S.

Bills mentioned

H.R.4565: Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2016

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.2623: Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

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

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.555: Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.177: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

S.1027: Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.R.1: Tax Reform Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

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

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

S.39: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.2171: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

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

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

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

S.174: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.6599: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Sponsor: Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio)

H.R.741: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the...

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.96: Internet Freedom Act

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.J.RES.37: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission...

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.642: Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mike Pence (R-Ind.)

S.799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.913: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011

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

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

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

S.1207: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.1223: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.166: Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

H.R.654: Do Not Track Me Online Act

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

H.R.1528: Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

H.R.1707: Data Accountability and Trust Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.1841: Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

H.R.2577: SAFE Data Act

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.116: Robo COP Act

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

H.R.400: To require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are...

Sponsor: Joe Baca (D-Calif.)

H.R.2434: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.7321: Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.4040: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.340: Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2007

Sponsor: John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.)

S.2998: Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5938: Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008

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

H.R.2917: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for...

Sponsor: Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)

H.R.2966: Say No to Drug Ads Act

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

S.2872: A bill to authorize appropriations for the National Historical...

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.4310: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health...

Sponsor: Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio)

H.R.818: To require advertising for any automobile model to display information...

Sponsor: John Hall (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.2175: Families for ED Advertising Decency Act

Sponsor: James P. Moran (D-Va.)

H.R.4053: Healthy Kids Act

Sponsor: James P. Moran (D-Va.)

H.R.3458: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009

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

H.R.848: Performance Rights Act

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

S.139: Data Breach Notification Act

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.2221: Data Accountability and Trust Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.1101: Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

S.328: DTV Delay Act

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

H.R.1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011

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

S.1763: Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

S.2842: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction...

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

H.R.4518: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image...

Sponsor: John Hall (D-N.Y.)

S.379: Performance Rights Act

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

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

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

S.982: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.3402: Calling Card Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1108: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.2663: CPSC Reform Act

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.5353: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

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

H.R.6209: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

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

S.2831: Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

S.2685: Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.3138: Do-Not-Text Act of 2008

Sponsor: Gordon Harold Smith (R-Ore.)

S.2311: Non-Prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.4083: Non-Prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.1101: To provide for the payment of certain annuities under section 376 of...

Sponsor: Vic Snyder (D-Ark.)

S.2478: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

S.142: ADD Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.583: DATA Privacy Act

Sponsor: Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)

H.R.2013: Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

S.1116: BROWSER Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.1214: Privacy Bill of Rights Act

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

S.395: Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.564: Parental Data Rights Act

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

S.483: Internet PACT Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.1165: Data Privacy Act of 2023

Sponsor: Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.)

S.631: UPHOLD Privacy Act of 2023

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2701: Online Privacy Act of 2023

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

S.1073: AMERICA Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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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?
Clark Rector Jr. Executive Vice President-Government Affairs Execuitve Vice President-Government Affairs Executive Vice President-Government Affars Executive Vice President-Government Affais
James Datri President and CEO
Clark Rector SVP Government Affairs
James E. Datri 2003-05: Exec Dir, Democratic Caucus, US House of Reps; 1999-2003 (shared employee): Leg Dir to Vice Chrmn, Democratic Caucus, US House; 1997-2003 (1999-2003, shared employee): Leg Dir, Rep. Robert Menendez; 1995-97: Sr. Leg Asst Rep. Carolyn Maloney; 1995: Leg Asst, Rep. Sander Levin; 1993-95: Leg. Corr. Rep. Levin Sander Leven: 1993-95: Leg Corr. Rep. Levin 2003-2005: Exec Dir, Dem Caucus, US House of Reps; 1999-2003 (shared employee): Leg Dir to Vice Chmn, Dem Caucus, US House of Reps; Dir, Rep. Robert Menendez; 1995-1997, Sr Leg Asst, Rep. Carolyn Maloney; 1995: Leg Asst. Rep. Sander Levin; 1993-1995: Leg Corr, Rep Reps: 1999-2003 (shared employee): Leg Dir to 1997-2003, (199-2003 shared employee); Leg
James Datric President and CEO
Clark Rector Jr Executive Vice President-Government Affairs
Jeffry Perlman Chief Operating Officer EVP Government Affairs EVP Government Affairs & General Counsel
Wallace Snyder President & CEO
Robert Kohlmeyer Manager Government Affairs
James Edumund Datri n/a
James Edmund Datri n/a
James E. Datri` n/a
Jeffry L. Perlman n/a
Robert J. Kohlmeyer n/a
Jefrry Perlman n/a
James E Datri 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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