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BYTEDANCE INC.

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BYTEDANCE INC.

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  • - Issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled content platforms - Issues related to privacy, data security, data localization, protecting children, intermediary liability, and platform/content moderation, including federal privacy and protection legislation, including Protecting Kids on Social Media Act (S. 1291)
  • - Trade issues affecting internet companies including legislation related to cross-border data transfers and legal frameworks for foreign-based applications and services, including RESTRICT Act (S. 686); ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act (H.R. 1081 and S. 347); No TikTok on United States Devices Act (H.R. 503 and S. 85); DATA Act (H.R. 1153); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R.2670); and Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521).

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General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Computer Industry

Spending: about $23,950,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Defense - Dept of (DOD), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office, Energy - Dept of, Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Affiliated organizations: TikTok Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: ByteDance Ltd (Grand Cayman KY1-1112, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; ByteTeam Ltd (owns approximately 22% of ByteDance Ltd) (Tortola, VG1110, IVB); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 22%; Bytedance LTD Cayman (Grand Cayman KY1-1112, CAY); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1140: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

S.4049: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.6896: No TikTok on Government Devices Act

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

S.3455: No TikTok on Government Devices Act

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

S.4066: PACT Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

S.971: CAMRA Act

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

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3524: Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act

Sponsor: Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2566: No TikTok on Government Devices Act

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

S.1143: No TikTok on Government Devices Act

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

H.R.3057: ACES Act of 2021

Sponsor: Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)

H.R.4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.2792: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

S.2918: KIDS Act

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

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.6837: No TikTok on Department of Homeland Security Devices Act

Sponsor: Michael Guest (R-Miss.)

S.1628: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

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

S.3663: Kids Online Safety Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

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

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

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.7776: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.686: RESTRICT Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.1081: ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act

Sponsor: Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)

S.347: ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.503: No TikTok on United States Devices Act

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

S.85: No TikTok on United States Devices Act

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

H.R.1153: DATA Act

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

S.1291: Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2670: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

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

H.R.7521: Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

Sponsor: Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)

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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.

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Stephen Martinko Staff Asst, Rep Gibbons; LA, Rep Porter; Floor Debate Coord/Dir of Floor Debate, House Rep Conf; LD/Dep CoS/CoS, Rep Shuster; Dep Staff Dir, House T&I Committee
Michael Beckerman LC/LA - Rep. Fred Upton; LD - Northeast-Midwest Cong. Coalition; LD-Rep. Conaway; Policy Director - Rep. Fred Upton; Comm. Deputy Staff Director Energy & Commerce Committee
Freddy Barnes Spec. Assistant to the Deputy Whip - Rep. Eric Cantor; Floor Assistant, Majority Whip - Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Derrick Dockery Business & Intergovernmental Coalition Director - Speaker Paul Ryan; Press Asst. & Coalitions Coordinator - House Oversight Committee; Press Asst. - House Budget Committee
Kim Lipsky Staff Director, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; Staff Director, Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Staff Director, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Michael Bloom Staff Asst., Dir. of Intergovernmental Affairs, Dep. Policy Dir. and Sr. Advisor - House Democratic Leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Policy Associate, Dep. Policy Dir. and Dir. of Intergovernmental Affairs - Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Edgar McConnell Abrams Chief of Staff to US Senator Dean Heller; Chief of Staff to US Congressman Dean Heller; Communications Director to US Senator David Vitter; Communications Director to US Congressman Jim McCrery
David Urban Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter
Michael Hacker Communications Director, Office of Rep. John Dingell; Floor Director, Office of the House Majority Whip; Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Democratic Leader; Senior Advisor, Office of the House Majority Whip
Jesse Price Legislative Assistant, Congressman Melvin Watt
Jason Samuels (TikTok Inc.) Comm. Director - Rep. Mike Johnson; Comm. Director - Republican Study Cmte.; Director of Strategic Comm. - Senate Republican Conf. Vice Chair Sen. Joni Ernst; Comm. Director/Press Sec./Leg. Asst./Leg. Correspondent/Staff Asst. - Sen./Rep Jeff Flake.
Alex Harman (TikTok Inc.) LC/Leg Aide, Sen. Bayh; Leg Counsel/Gen Counsel, Sen. Mark Udall; Senior Counsel/Chief Counsel, Sen. Hirono; Staff Dir/Chief of Staff, Rep. Horsford; White House Liaison, Dept. of Homeland Security
Elizabeth Oblinger (TikTok Inc.) Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide - Sen. Rob Portman
Eric Ebenstein n/a
Carolyn Lowry n/a
Albert Calamug n/a
Michel Beckerman n/a
Frederic Barnes n/a
Michael Beckerman (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Edgar McConnell Abrams (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Frederic Barnes (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Michael Bloom (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Albert Calamug (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Derrick Dockery (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Eric Ebenstein (ByteDance Inc.) n/a
Michael Hacker (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Kim Lipsky (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Carolyn Lowry (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Stephen Martinko (TikTok Inc.) n/a
Jesse Price (TikTok Inc.) n/a
David Urban (ByteDance Inc.) n/a
Eric Ebenstein (ByteDance/TikTok) n/a
Eric Ebenstein (TikTok Inc.) n/a
David Lieber (TikTok Inc.) 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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