VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
-The Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023 (HR 3565) -Affordable Connectivity Program -Contraband Cell Phone (pre introduction) -Spectrum Pipeline -The Launch Communications Act (HR 682) -The Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications Parity Act (HR 1353) -Spectrum Relocation Fund (HR 3430) -FirstNet Reauthorization Act (HR 3366) -Permitting Reform -Federal Data Privacy Framework -Advanced Aviation Act (H.R.220, S 1888) -FAA Reauthorization & Contracting (HR 3935) -5G -Broadband deployment and affordability/Implementation of NTIA's BEAD program - Notice of Funding Opportunity - BroadbandUSA (BEAD NOFO) -NTIA Reauthorization -Consumer Fees -Broadband Mapping -Supply Chain -Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021 (USF Reform) (S. 3236, S. 2427) -Rural Broadband -Spectrum -Lower 3GHz -TikTok legislation (in development) -Data Privacy Protection -Publishing Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Data -Cooper Davis Act (S. 1080) -LAUNCHES Act (HR 7021) -Launch Communications Act - spectrum provisions related to rocket launches (S. 1648; H.R.682) -Pole Attachments, streamlining infrastructure siting for broadband deployment -Artificial Intelligence -Broadband Infrastructure -Broadband Regulation -Online Privacy
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BROOKS BRUNSON-PITTS | — |
| THOMAS EDWARDS | — |
| ROBERT FISHER | — |
| MICHONE JOHNSON | — |
| ANNALEE KAIN | — |
| HANK KILGORE | — |
| JOSHUA LYNCH | — |
| CHRISTOPHER MACKAY | — |
| COURTNEY REINHARD | — |
| MARCELA URRUTIA ZAMORA | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
-National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Spectrum Issues) -Patent Inter Party Review Process
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BROOKS BRUNSON-PITTS | — |
| ROBERT FISHER | — |
| MICHONE JOHNSON | — |
| JOSHUA LYNCH | — |
| CHRISTOPHER MACKAY | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
-100% Expensing Tax Credit -State and Local Broadband Tax Litigation Legislation -Taxes -100% Expensing [Bonus] Depreciation -Corporate Income Tax Rates -Dividend Taxation -OECD Tax Proposals -Book Minimum Tax Treatment on Spectrum -Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Legislation -Expensing of Research and Experimentation Costs -Book Minimum Tax Treatment of Depreciation -Interest Tax Deduction Limitation under 163(j) of the I.R.C. -American Innovation and Jobs Act (Spectrum Issues and BEAD Program) (S. 866) -American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2023; and American Innovation and Jobs Act (H.R. 2673 & S.866) -Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (H.R.889 & S. 341) -Fair Access to Interstate Remedies (a measure to prevent the imposition of discriminatory taxation and undue burdens on interstate commerce by providing taxpayers access to judicial remedies in federal court: not yet introduced) -Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act" (S. 1117 & HR 2406) -Full expensing, R&E expensing/bonus depreciation -AIM Act: American Investment in Manufacturing Act (H.R. 2788 & S. 1232) -Build It In America Act (H.R. 3938)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BROOKS BRUNSON-PITTS | — |
| ROBERT FISHER | — |
| ANNALEE KAIN | — |
| HANK KILGORE | — |
| JOSHUA LYNCH | — |
| CHRISTOPHER MACKAY | — |
| MARK MULLET | — |
| STACEY L SPRINKLE | — |
Telecommunications TEC
-Robocalls -Robocalls- the FCC Legal Enforcement Act (HR 4224)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS EDWARDS | — |
| ROBERT FISHER | — |
| MARCELA URRUTIA ZAMORA | — |
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.