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Entertainment Software Association

Entertainment Software Association filed a Q1 report for Entertainment Software Association on April 18, 2025.

Lobbying for Entertainment Software Association

As filed: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION.

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 18, 2025

Expenses

$1,550,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method 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

Lobbyists on this filing 1

JOSEPH MONTANO New on this filing

Previously held: Field Representative, Rep. John Delaney

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 4

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

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 and H.R. 633 - the Take It Down Act. Monitor S. 836 - Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act

Telecommunications

Monitor S. 69 -- the COLLUDE Act

Monitor S. 1367 and HR 2794 -- NO FAKES Act; Monitor HR 791 - Foreign Anti-digital Piracy Act

Bills named in this filing 9

S. 172
Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act
H.R. 407
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
S. 146
TAKE IT DOWN Act
H.R. 633
TAKE IT DOWN Act
S. 836
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
S. 69
COLLUDE Act
S. 1367
NO FAKES Act of 2025
H.R. 2794
NO FAKES Act of 2025
H.R. 791
Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act

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