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Launch Communications Act
Launch Communications Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate access to specified broadband spectrum frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries. Under current law, commercial missions launching from the United States to space must use government-owned spectrum to communicate with the r…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
⚠ chart still assembling — 7% of this bill's 104 reports are dated so far; bars grow as filing periods are extracted
hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in
WHO SHOWED UP
Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Christine Kurth
then: Special Counsel, FCC Enforcement Bureau 2013-2015
now for: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Adam Peterman
then: DEP. COS, US REP. RAMSTEAD 2000-2008
now for: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Maribeth Collins
then: Rep. Patrick Meehan, Legislative Director '11 Rep. Bill Shuster, LA, LC, Staff Asst. '05-'11
now for: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
John Howes
then: Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Counsel, Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
now for: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
Natalie Armijo
then: COS Rep Michelle Lujan Grisham
now for: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Emerald Litke-Smith
then: Intern, Office of Senator Roger F. Wicker (January 2016 - May 2016)
now for: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
William Chapman
then: Staff Director, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight
now for: AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
Henry Johnson
then: Legislative Aide, Representative Dina Titus
now for: AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
Sources: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov), FEC campaign finance records, Congress.gov. A lobbying report naming a bill discloses activity on it — filings do not state a position for or against. Share this page: https://www.capitol-trail.com/war-room/launch-communications-act-s1648-118