ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 18, 2025

Expenses

$1,490,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using C: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 14

S 172
Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act
HR 407
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
S 146
TAKE IT DOWN Act
S 836
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
S 1748
Kids Online Safety Act
S 1586
App Store Accountability Act
HR 3149
App Store Accountability Act
S 1367
NO FAKES Act of 2025
HR 2794
NO FAKES Act of 2025
S 1829
STOP CSAM Act of 2025
S 69
COLLUDE Act
HR 791
Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 2423
Unfair Tax Prevention Act

Lobbying activity 5

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Advocate for free and fair trade and the following issues: extending the permanent moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions; opposing undue digital trade restrictions and opposing network usage fees; opposing digital services taxes; and protecting intellectual property rights. Monitor S. 172 - Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act and H.R. 407 -- Prevent Tariff Abuse Act.

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Advocate for S. 146 - the Take It Down Act. Monitor S. 836 - Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act; Advocate for improvements to S. 1748 -- the Kids' Online Safety Act; Advocate for improvements to S. 1586 and H.R. 3149 -- the App Store Accountability Act; Advocate for improvements to S. 1367 and H.R. 2794 -- the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act (NO FAKES Act); Monitor S. 1829 -- Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act (STOP CSAM Act).

Telecommunications

Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act).

Monitor and advocate for improvements to S. 1367 and HR 2794 -- Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act (NO FAKES Act); Monitor HR 791 - Foreign Anti-digital Piracy Act

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Monitored and advocated for H.R. 1 -- the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; Monitored H.R. 2423 -- the Unfair Tax Prevention Act.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.