MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 2309 / S. 1235 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013; H.R. 3979 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014; H.R. 4718 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation; H.R. 5021 - Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014; H.R. 5771 - Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (including an extension of 50% bonus depreciation); S. 31/H.R. 434 & H.R. 3086 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013; S. 213 - To repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communications services; S. 336 & S. 743/H.R. 684 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013; S. 1364/H.R. 3724 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013; S. 1431 - Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act; S. 1645/H.R. 1129 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013; S. 1859 - Tax Extenders Act of 2013; and S. 2609 - Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 3696 - National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014; H.R. 3720 - Next Generation Television Marketplace Act; S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 607 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013; S. 912 - Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013; S. 1193 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 S. 1353 - Cybersecurity Act of 2013 (to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, as well as public awareness); S. 1379 - Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013; S. 1788 - Digital Trade Act of 2013 (to promote Internet-enabled commerce and digital trade); S. 1925 - Driver Privacy Act (to ensure the bill does not create unintentional consequences on legitimate data uses); S. 2354 - Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014; S. 2473 - Wireless Innovations Act of 2014 (concerning the commercial use of government held spectrum); S.2505 - The Wi-Fi Innovation Act (concerning unlicensed spectrum use to maximize use of the 5GHz band); S.2588 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014; S.2799 -- Satellite Televisions Access and Vierwer Rights Act (concerning the authority of satellite carriers to retransmit certain television broadcast station signals); and S.2781 - Law enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act. General Lobbying on the following issues: Video competition, program access, retransmission consent; Telecommunications Policy Framework; competition; Net Neutrality/Internet Governance [including the responsibilities of the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) concerning Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) functions]; privacy; data security/breach/ retention; potential legislation to streamline siting permits broadband build out on federal land; issues associated with cloud services and potential regulation that could affect deployment; mobile payments applications and regulation; Telematics, including potential legislation that could affect deployment; and Spectrum policy/holdings/allocations/auctions/fees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
H.R. 3309 - Innovation Act (Patent Infringement S 1013 - Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013; S. 1612 - Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013; S. 1720 - Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013; and General lobbying on the following issues: Copyright reform and piracy of copyrighted works and trademarked goods.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
General lobbying on issues and potential reforms associated with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the National Security Agency.
| 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.