Amazon Lobbying Spend, Through First Half Of 2023: ~$9 Million (But Far More Than Just Health Care)...

This closes out the series. And the list runs much longer with Amazon, since its far flung businesses touch so many additional areas of government regulation and policies, including foreign export controls on certain portions of its technology/telecom products.

Here's a pretty complete listing, in detail. Note that it has outspent Pfizer (usually a heavy spender) by almost 50 per cent over the first half:

. . .Issues related to broadband access and affordability, satellite communications, drones, space safety, spectrum, device accessibility, Section 230 reform, content moderation, and online video, including the ORBITS Act of 2023 (S. 447), the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (H.R. 1338) and implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). . . .

Issues related to intellectual property, including copyright reform and online infringement, counterfeits, including the SHOP Safe Act (draft bill - no numbers), music licensing, patent reform, Copyright Office modernization, issues related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and issues related to intermediary liability. . . .

Issues related to taxes, including renewable energy tax credits, digital goods and services, international and corporate taxation, the American Innovation and Jobs Act (S. 866), the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act (H.R. 2673), Tax Cuts for Working Families Act (H.R. 3936), the Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 3937), the Build it in America Act (H.R. 3938), and implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97). . . .

Issues related to data protection, encryption, data retention, data breach notification, data security, facial recognition technology, cross border data flows, privacy, law enforcement access, fraud prevention, price gouging, false claims, product safety related to the sale of counterfeit and/or stolen products, and cloud computing, including the SHOP Safe Act (draft bill - no numbers) and the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152). . . .

Issues related to cybersecurity, including critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security, authentication, government procurement, cybersecurity incident reporting, and artificial intelligence, including the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670). . . .

Issues related to postal rates, service performance, FY 2024 appropriations, implementation of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-108), and the transportation of hazardous materials. . . .

Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, IT modernization, and government procurement, including in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) and the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act (H.R. 1695 / S. 931). . . .

Issues related to immigration, high-skilled immigration, and non-immigrant visas, including issues related to employment-based visas, green card recapture, the STEM visa exemption provision, the DREAM Act (S. 365), the EAGLE Act (draft bill - no numbers), the Afghan Adjustment Act (draft bill - no numbers), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). . . .

Issues related to US trade policy, including USMCA, the World Trade Organization, the World Customs Organization, China, country of origin labeling, US customs policy and procedures, US tariffs, foreign direct investment, issues related to domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research, export controls, sanctions, and supply chain, and other trade practices, including in the EU, Asia, and Latin America, and the COOL Online Act (H.R. 217). . . .

Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing, including issues related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670), the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (S. 2103), and implementation of the FY 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 117-328). . . .

Issues related to drones and air cargo, including FY 2024 transportation appropriations and FAA reauthorization legislation, including the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), and the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2023 (draft bill - no numbers). . . .

Issues related to USDA SNAP online purchasing, including reauthorization of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334), Electronic Benefit Transfer, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), food safety, and infant formula shortage. . . .

Issues related to HIPAA, health information technology, healthcare and telehealth, including the Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 1843 / S. 1001), the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (H.R. 824), and the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 2016 / H.R. 4189); and issues related to pharmacy, including the Prescription Information Modernization Act (H.R. 1503). . . .

Issues related to the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393), the Justice in Policing Act (draft bill - no number), and cannabis reform, including the States Reform Act (H.R. 5977) and the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act (S. 4591). . . .

Issues related to Amazon's Climate Pledge, including alternative fuel vehicles, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable electricity data, federal fleet electrification, maritime and shipping decarbonization, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and low-carbon R&D. Issues related to energy and environmental provisions in the Infrastructure and Jobs Investment Act (P.L. 117-58). . . .

Now you know. Onward. . . .

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