2nd Quarter - Amendment

T-MOBILE USA, INC. for T-MOBILE USA, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$3,291,672
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
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 17, 2008 $3,291,672 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Aug 22, 2008 $3,291,672 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

AWS spectrum clearing and relocation efforts for T-Mobile licenses across the country; lobbying for cosponsors to H.R. 5793 the "Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008" in the House; Network Neutrality issues in the House and Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees; Consumer Protection issues in the House and Senate Commerce Committees; H.R. 5450 the "Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008" (the MOBILE Cell Phone Act of 2008), which was ultimately included in HR 5719, Rep. Rangel's "Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008", and passed the House by a vote of 238-179 on April 15, 2008; general concerns relating to the issue of Phantom Traffic in the Senate Commerce Committee; general concerns relating to issues surrounding consumer protection in the House and Senate Commerce Committees; general lobbying on the issues of universal service and special access in the House Energy and Commerce Committee; AWS 3 Band Plan; general lobbying on the issue of local number portability; lobbying on the H.R. 3010, the Arbitration Fairness Act; lobbying on H.R. 3298, the 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act; general lobbying on H.R.535, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008; general lobbying on H.R. 5846, the Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act; general lobbying on H.R. 6320, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act; general lobbying on S. 1782, the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008.

Foreign entity interest: T-Mobile USA, Inc. is wholly-owned by Deutsche Telekom AG and its subsidiary, T-Mobile International.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN HUNTER —
LAURA LINDERMAN BARKER —
MICHELLE PERSAUD Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 2003-2007
ANTHONY MARTIN RUSSO Counsel, US Sen. Joe Biden 1997-2000
LAURA J ZUCKERMAN Dep. CoS, Rep. Steve Buyer 2001-2007

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 535 (110th), H.R. 5846 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), H.R. 5793 (110th), H.R. 3298 (110th), H.R. 6320 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), H.R. 5719 (110th), H.R. 5450 (110th)

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.