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The Fritts Group

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  • Issues related to Retransmission Consent Reauthorization of STELAR - Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Pharmacy

Spending: about $3,600,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills mentioned

S.134: Violent Content Research Act of 2013

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

H.R.3219: Free Market Royalty Act

Sponsor: Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

H.R.3675: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.2008: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.611: BEST PRACTICES Act

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

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

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.28: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

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

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3309: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.449: Free Speech Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.448: Free Flow of Information Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.985: Free Flow of Information Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.1084: CALM Act

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

S.2847: CALM Act

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.3570: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

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

S.2764: Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009

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

H.R.2994: Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

S.3186: Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010

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

H.R.3125: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

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

H.R.3019: Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.649: Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.3101: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

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

S.3304: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.848: Performance Rights Act

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

S.379: Performance Rights Act

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

H.CON.RES.49: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

H.R.5777: BEST PRACTICES Act

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

H.R.3326: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: John P. Murtha (D-Pa.)

H.R.1561: Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007

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

S.1742: Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007

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

H.R.2905: Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mike Pence (R-Ind.)

S.1780: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

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

S.234: Wireless Innovation Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.602: Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.J.RES.28: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal...

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

H.J.RES.79: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission...

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

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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?
Melinda Lewis Assistant - Sen. Alan Dixon
Ken Inouye Did not lobby Senate
Edward O. Fritts n/a
Susan Buck n/a
Edward O Fritts n/a
Bruce Cox n/a
Kathleen M Ramsey n/a
Eddie Fritts n/a
John Lively n/a
Kathy Ramsey n/a

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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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