MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
General lobbying on the following issues: corporate income tax rates; dividend taxation; expensing (bonus) depreciation; like-kind spectrum exchanges; book minimum tax treatment of pensions, depreciation, and spectrum; digital economy directives proposed by the OECD; state and local taxation of digital goods and services; state and local taxation of the Internet; mobile workforce state income taxation; remote worker state payroll withholding taxation; foreign taxation of digital services; international tax changes to GILTI; OECD tax proposals; interest tax deduction limitation under sec.163 of the I.R.C.; extending expiring tax benefits; and expensing and research, development and experimentation costs. Lobbying on the following specific legislation: Fair Access to Interstate Remedies (Draft)-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); H.R. 1304/S. 749 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2021; H.R. 2558/S. 1166 - Accelerate Long-term Investment Now Act (Align Act); H.R. 4346 - Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022, AKA CHIPS Act of 2022; H.R. 5371/S.1077 - Permanently Preserving Americas Investment in Manufacturing Act, making permanent the allowance for depreciation, amortization or depletion for purposes of determining the income limitation on the tax deduction for business interest; H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act; H.R. 8913 - TCIA Permanency Act, making permanent the provisions affecting individual and business taxpayers enacted in 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025; H.R. 9449/S. 5021 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act, to exclude certain broadband grants from gross income; and S. 1274 - Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2021.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
General lobbying on the following issues: broadband regulation and Net Neutrality; 5G deployment; spectrum pipeline; C-Band 5G deployment altimeter interference issues; broadband deployment and affordability/implementation of NTIAs BEAD program; and broadband affordability. Lobbying on the following Bills: S. 1472 - Improving Spectrum Innovation Act; S. 1541 - Prison Phone Act; S. 3236/H.R. 2427 - Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021(USF reform provisions); S. 4117/H.R. 7624 - Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022; S. 4763 - GRID Broadband Act; S. 5001 - Tribal Connect Act of 2022; S. 5137 - Rural Internet Improvement Act; H.R. 678 - PHONE Act; H.R. 2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023; H.R. 4521/S. 1260 - America COMPETES Act/USICA (CHIPS funding and supply chain programs); H.R. 5738 - Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022; H.R. 5926 - RESILIENT Networks Act; H.R. 6833 - The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023 (spectrum auction authority extension; H.R. 7783 - Extending Americas Spectrum Auction Leadership Act of 2022; H.R. 8512 - American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA); and H.R. 8858/S. 4865 - Digital Equity Foundation Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
General lobbying on patent eligibility requirements and site blocking for online copyright/IP violations. Lobbying on the following Bills: H.R. 4350/S. 2791 & S. 1605 - National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022 (Cybersecurity, spectrum, software bill of materials, and drones); H.R. 7776 - Jim Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023, amendment related to semiconductors; H.R. 7900 - FY 2023 NDAA, semiconductor chips amendment (Sec. 889), Systematic Important Entities amendment (SIE) and Software Bill of Materials amendment (S-Bom); and S. 3880 - SMART Copyright Act of 2022 (Standard Technical Measures).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
General lobbying on telecom access issues on public lands and national parks, as well as specific lobbying on the following bills: S. 120/H.R. 7132 - SAFE Connections Act of 2021; S. 1423 - Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2021; S. 3014 - Next Generation Telecommunications Act (6th Generation of Wireless / 6G); S. 3335 - Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act; S. 4409/H.R. 8160 - Political Bias Email Act; H.R. 4045 - FUTURE Networks Act (6th Generation of Wireless / 6G); and H.R. 8152 - American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
General lobbying on antitrust reform and enforcement, as well as specific lobbying on the following bill: S. 2992 - American Innovation and Choice Online Act (Competition/Antitrust).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
General lobbying on cybersecurity and specifically on the following bill: H.R. 4045 - Future Networks Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
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.