MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

General discussions and lobbying related to the 119th Congress Budget Reconciliation. Specific Lobbying on the following items: H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21): One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to spectrum, spectrum auction authority, corporate taxes, AI moratorium, and full expensing).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General lobbying on the following issues: 100% expensing of bonus depreciation, research and experimentation costs and dividend taxation; corporate income tax rates and credits, and the taxation of spectrum licenses. Lobbying on the following specific legislation: H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21): One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to tax depreciation, research and experimentation tax deductibility, corporate interest tax deductions, and international tax provisions); H.R. 574/S. 187 - Accelerate Long-Term Investment Growth Now Act (ALIGN Act); H.R. 1873 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (all provisions); H.R. 1990 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025 (all provisions); and S. 1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act; all provisions.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th), S. 187 (119th), H.R. 1873 (119th), H.R. 574 (119th), S. 1639 (119th), H.R. 1990 (119th)

Telecommunications TEC

General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: Universal Service Funding program reform and oversight; (program contribution issues); pole attachments; FirstNet oversight public safety communications, rural broadband, particularly NTIA oversight and implementation of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; broadband regulation; network resiliency; device unlocking; data privacy and protection; comprehensive federal privacy policy; cybersecurity; intellectual property and site blocking, as well as restrictions upon certain types of patent enforcement; Frontier transaction and FCC approval; AI Moratorium and general AI policy; illegal calls and texts; and permitting reform. Lobbying on the following Bills and Draft Bills: H.R. 46 - Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act (all provisions); H.R. 278 - BROADBAND Leadership Act (all provisions); H.R. 633/S. 146 - Take it Down Act (all provisions); H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act (all provisions); HR. 791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.R. 1665 - DIGITAL Applications Act (all provisions); H.R. 1870 - SPEED for BEAD Act (all provisions); H.R. 2399/S. 98 - Rural Broadband Protection Act (all provisions); H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act (all provisions); H.R. 2482 - NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.R. 2794/S. 1367: NO FAKES Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); H.R. 2975 - Broadband Incentives for Communities Act (all provisions); H.R. 3562 -- DEFIANCE Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); H.R. 3838 - Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity, privacy and spectrum); H.R. 5061 - Counter UAS Authority Security, Safety and Reauthorization Act (all provisions); H.R. 5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act (provisions and amendments related to telecommunications); S. 792 - Government Spectrum Valuation Act (all provisions); S.836 - The Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), (all provisions); S. 1748 -- Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) (not yet re-introduced--all provisions); S. 1829 -- STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (all provisions); S. 1837 -- DEFIANCE Act of 2025 ((provisions related to Internet Service Providers); S. 1875 -- Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act of 2025 (all provisions); S. 2296 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity, privacy and spectrum); S. 2342 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity and spectrum); (Senate Discussion Draft) Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.J.Res. 33/S.J.Res. 7 - joint resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under United States Code chapter 8, title 5 of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program. (all provisions); Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions); FCC Merger Act (draft-all provisions); and Railroad Permit legislation (draft--all provisions).

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

Bills named: H.R. 3838 (119th), H.R. 5079 (119th), H.R. 791 (119th), H.R. 5061 (119th), S.J.Res. 7 (119th), H.R. 278 (119th), H.R. 1665 (119th), H.R. 2399 (119th), S. 1748 (119th), S. 792 (119th), S. 2296 (119th), H.R. 2449 (119th), S. 1875 (119th), H.J.Res. 33 (119th), S. 146 (119th), H.R. 651 (119th), H.R. 2482 (119th), H.R. 1870 (119th), H.R. 46 (119th), S. 1837 (119th), H.R. 633 (119th), S. 836 (119th), H.R. 2975 (119th), S. 98 (119th), S. 1367 (119th), H.R. 2794 (119th), S. 2342 (119th), S. 1829 (119th), H.R. 3562 (119th)