Far from it. I've decided to focus on the areas we cover here -- less about software and cloud computing and cybersecurity, and more about labor, and bioscience and patents and IP (and to those our pharma concerns lobby about). This is, though, about 70 percent of what Bezos' companies lobbied on:
. . .Issues related to broadband access and affordability, satellite communications, space safety, spectrum, device accessibility, Section 230 reform, content moderation, and online video, including the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (S. 4010) 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 (S. 3934), 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), the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024), and implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (P.L. 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, product safety related to the sale of counterfeit and/or stolen products, including the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 895 / S. 140), and cloud computing, including the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152). . . .
Issues related to immigration, high-skilled immigration, and non-immigrant visas, including issues related to employment-based visas, green card backlog, the STEM visa exemption provision, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). . . .
Issues related to technology, procurement, and space policy. . . .
Issues related to USDA SNAP online purchasing, including reauthorization of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334), Electronic Benefit Transfer, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and food safety. . . .
Issues related to veterans hiring and training, employee compensation and benefits, workplace safety, competition, contracting, and minimum wage, including the AMERICA Act (S. 1073), and a bill to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms shall be unlawful, and for other purposes (AICOA) (S. 2033). . . .
Issues related to STEM education, computer science education, and job training in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167), and implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31). . . .
Issues related to 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), the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 2016 / H.R. 4189), the Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 7623 / S. 3967), and the Primary Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 3029 / S. 628); and issues related to pharmacy, including the Prescription Information Modernization Act (H.R. 1503) and the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act (S. 3430); and issues related to Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills. . . .
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 Amazons 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 -- we still have Amgen, and Pfizer to cover, next week. Now, onward, to Cinco! G'night one and all, of good will!
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