1st Quarter - Report

MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for AT&T SERVICES INC AND ITS AFFILIATES

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

H.R.288/S.228 - Small Business Broadband Deployment Act (all provisions); H.R.290 - FCC Process Reform Act of 2017 (all provisions); H.R.387 - Email Privacy Act (provisions related to service provider obligations); H.R.423/S.134 - Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017 (issues related to caller ID spoofing); H.R.444/S.81 - Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (provisions related to service provider obligations); H.R.460/S.96 - Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017 (provisions related to service provider obligations); H.R.557 - FCC ABCs Act of 2017 (all provisions); H.R.582/S.123 - Karis Law Act of 2017 (issues concerning on premises notification requirements); H.R.584 - Cyber Preparedness Act of 2017 (issues concerning cybersecurity preparedness); H.R.588/S.102 - SANDY Act (provisions related to service provider obligations); H.R.599/S.174 - FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2017 (provisions related to agency reporting obligations); H.R.686/S.88 - DIGIT Act (provisions related to the regulation of the Internet of Things and spectrum availability); H.R.1139 - PSC Oversight Act of 2017 (issues concerning federal universal service programs); H.R.1224 - NIST Cybersecurity Framework Assessment and Auditing Act of 2017); S.19 - MOBILE NOW Act (issues related to spectrum availability for commercial providers); S.277 - Rural Telecommunications and Broadband Act of 2017 (rural deployment issues); S.742 - Community Broadband Act of 2017 (issues concerning government owned networks; SJRes54 - providing for Congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to protecting the Provacy of customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW J FIELDS —
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 557 (115th), S. 277 (115th), H.R. 588 (115th), H.R. 599 (115th), H.R. 686 (115th), S. 19 (115th), S. 88 (115th), S.J.Res. 54 (115th), S. 102 (115th), S. 742 (115th), S. 134 (115th), S. 174 (115th), H.R. 423 (115th), S. 96 (115th), H.R. 582 (115th), H.R. 460 (115th), S. 228 (115th), H.R. 1139 (115th), H.R. 1224 (115th), H.R. 387 (115th), H.R. 290 (115th), H.R. 584 (115th), H.R. 288 (115th), S. 123 (115th), H.R. 444 (115th), S. 81 (115th)

Intelligence INT

Issues related to modifications and extensions of FISA provisions concerning the production of business records for investigations to obtain foreign intelligence on non-U.S. persons.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Torts TOR

H.R.585 - Investor Choice Act of 2017 (provisions related to limiting the use of pre-dispute arbitration in consumer contracts); H.R.985 - Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017 (issues related to class action reform); H.R.1374/S.537 - Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 (provisions related to limiting the use of pre-dispute arbitration in consumer contracts); H.R.1396/S.550 - Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act of 2017 (provisions related to limiting the use of pre-dispute arbitration in consumer contracts). Legislative and regulatory initiatives related to limiting the use of pre-dispute arbitration in consumer contracts. Issues related to the reform of the litigation process, including class action lawsuit reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1374 (115th), S. 550 (115th), H.R. 1396 (115th), S. 537 (115th), H.R. 985 (115th), H.R. 585 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R.1695 - Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 (issues concerning reorganization of the Office of the Register of Copyrights).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1695 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.184 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017; H.R.1393/S.540 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 (as it relates to changes to non-resident personal income tax returns); and general lobbying on issues impacting corporate taxation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDREW J FIELDS —
JAMES F GREEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1393 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th), S. 540 (115th)

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.