Lobbying Relationship

Client

International Franchise Association (IFA)

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Lobbying firm

Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)

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  • Issues affecting franchised small businesses including intellectual property, labor, Joint Employer, data privacy, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issues, Franchise Rule, Trademark Licensing Protection Act legislative proposals, the Save Local Business Act (S.1261/H.R.2826), and FY24 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.5894 (H.R.2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, P.L.118-47).

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General Issues: Small Business, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $820,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

S.2439: Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2019

Sponsor: Angus King (ID-Maine)

H.R.4164: Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2019

Sponsor: Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3814: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.842: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.8152: American Data Privacy and Protection Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.4976: Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2022

Sponsor: Angus King (ID-Maine)

S.1261: Save Local Business Act

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

H.R.2826: Save Local Business Act

Sponsor: James Comer (R-Ky.)

H.R.5894: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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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?
Robert Hobart Dep COS, Cong. Zach Wamp; LD, Cong. Rick Hill; LA, Cong. B. Vucanovich
Benjamin Quayle Former U.S. Congressman
Rashid Hallaway Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Evan Bayh
Kevin Yoder Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Intern, Rep. Jerry Moran; Special Asst, Office of Counternarcotics, U.S. Dept of Defense
Hamilton Bloom Minority Staff Director/Clerk, Majority Staff Director/Clerk, Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Richard Shelby
David Natonski Chief of Staff: Rep. Greg Murphy, Rep. Denver Riggleman, Rep. Kevin Yoder, Rep. Trey Radel; Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications Director: Rep. Aaron Schock; Press Secretary, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent: Rep. Christopher Shays

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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