American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers

Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.

1. Qga Public Affairs (Formerly Quinn Gillespie & Associates)

   5 filings · 2008–2009

   $500K

   fees reported

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Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.

1. Copyright/Patent/Trademark

   CPT

   5 filings

   $500K on those filings

2. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

   TAX

   5 filings

   $500K on those filings

Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.

• H.R. 1524 110th CongressArtist-Museum Partnership Act4 filingsthrough 2008
• H.R. 4279 110th CongressPrioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 20083 filingsthrough 2008
• H.R. 4789