4th Quarter - Report

MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (FORMERLY CENTURYLINK, INC.)

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Telecommunications TEC

General lobbying on the following issues: broadband infrastructure; implementation of low-income broadband programs from Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020; refundable tax credits for operation and maintenance of broadband networks; IT modernization; broadband investment provisions of the American Rescue Plan (including implementation by federal agencies); and supply chain security and cybersecurity incident reporting provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act. Specific lobbying on the following bills: H.R. 3684 -- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 5376 -- Build Back Better Act, provisions addressing Next Generation 911 and refundable tax credits for operation and maintenance of broadband networks; and S. 1260 - U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.

Foreign entity interest: General lobbying on the following issues: broadband infrastructure; implementation of low-income broadband programs from Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020; refundable tax credits for operation and maintenance of broadband networks; IT modernization; broadband investment provisions of the American Rescue Plan (including implementation by federal agencies); and supply chain security and cybersecurity incident reporting provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act. Specific lobbying on the following bills: H.R. 3684 -- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 5376 -- Build Back Better Act, provisions addressing Next Generation 911 and refundable tax credits for operation and maintenance of broadband networks; and S. 1260 - U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW J FIELDS —
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), S. 1260 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General lobbying on the following issues: Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI); and depreciation of capital investments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW J FIELDS —
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.