4th Quarter - Report

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,187,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
4th Quarter - Report (this page) Jan 19, 2024 $3,187,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment Jul 8, 2024 $3,480,000 Yes

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) -5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act (HR 5677) -General advocacy for reauthorizing spectrum auction authority and spectrum pipeline -Affordable Connectivity Program Funding Extension (no bill number) -Contraband Cell Phone (pre introduction) -The Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act (HR 1353) -Spectrum Relocation Fund (HR 3430) -FirstNet Reauthorization Act (HR 3366) -FirstNet Oversight -Broadband Permitting Reform (numerous bills) -Permitting -Advanced Aviation Act (H.R.220, S 1888) -FAA Reauthorization (Spectrum) -5G -Broadband deployment and affordability/Implementation of NTIA's BEAD program - Notice of Funding -NTIA Reauthorization & Oversight -Broadband Mapping -Supply Chain -Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021 (USF Reform) (S. 3236, S. 2427) -Universal Service Fund - Oversight and reform of the FCC's USF program -Rural Broadband -Data Privacy Protection -Cooper Davis Act (S. 1080) -Launch Communications Act - spectrum provisions related to rocket launches (S. 1648; H.R.682) -Pole Attachments and Replacement -Artificial Intelligence Governance -Broadband Infrastructure -Broadband Regulation -Online Privacy -Local 9-8-8 Response Act of 2023 (H.R. 4974)(geo-routing for the suicide Crisis hotline) -Digital Discrimination -Net Neutrality/Title II -Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) -Issues related to termination fees -Privacy -Federal Privacy Framework -Issues related to the provision of Wireless Emergency Alerts

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1353 (118th), S. 2427 (118th), H.R. 220 (118th), H.R. 3366 (118th), H.R. 3565 (118th), S. 3236 (118th), H.R. 682 (118th), H.R. 4974 (118th), H.R. 5677 (118th), S. 1080 (118th), H.R. 3430 (118th), S. 1648 (118th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

-National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Spectrum Issues) - amendments related to siting around military installations (HR2670, S2226, PL 118-31) -Patent Inter Party Review Process

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BROOKS BRUNSON-PITTS —
ROBERT FISHER —
ANNALEE KAIN —
JOSHUA LYNCH —
CHRISTOPHER MACKAY —
COURTNEY REINHARD —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2670 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-100% Expensing Tax Credit -State and Local Broadband Tax Litigation Legislation (Pre Introduction) -Taxes -100% Expensing [Bonus] Depreciation Tax Extenders (Expensing and R&D) -Corporate Income Tax Rates -Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Guidance -Dividend Taxation -Book Minimum Tax Treatment on Spectrum -Expensing of Research and Experimentation Costs -Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 3210 & S. 1559) -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 (House title); and American Innovation and Jobs Act (Senate Title) (H.R. 2673 & S.866) -Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (H.R.889 & S. 341) -Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act" (HR 2406 & S. 1117) -AIM Act: American Investment in Manufacturing Act (H.R. 2788 & S. 1232) -Build It In America Act (H.R. 3938) (full expensing/bonus depreciation and R&E tax credit) -Book Minimum Tax Treatment of Employee Benefits -Fair Access to Interstate Remedies (discriminatory taxation and undue burdens on interstate commerce)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2788 (118th), H.R. 3210 (118th), S. 1117 (118th), H.R. 2406 (118th), H.R. 2673 (118th), S. 1559 (118th), H.R. 889 (118th), S. 1232 (118th), S. 866 (118th), S. 341 (118th), H.R. 3938 (118th)

Telecommunications TEC

-Robocalls -Lead-Sheathed Cables

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BROOKS BRUNSON-PITTS —
THOMAS EDWARDS —
ROBERT FISHER —
ANNALEE KAIN —
HANK KILGORE —
JOSHUA LYNCH —
CHRISTOPHER MACKAY —
COURTNEY REINHARD —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.