WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND for WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Agriculture AGR
Lobbying in support of reauthorizing the RUS ReConnect Program in the Farm Bill (H.R. 3119; and S. 3084); and H.R. 7567 -- Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Lobbied in support of permitting reforms to expedite the permitting process associated with ReConnect, BEAD and other broadband deployments programs
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC KEBER | — |
| DERRICK B OWENS | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 1873 and S. 674: Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC KEBER | — |
| DERRICK B OWENS | — |
Telecommunications TEC
Lobbied in support of the federal Universal Service Fund S. 1651 and H.R. 4032 --Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act and other efforts to modernize the USF contribution methodology to reflect today's broadband world Lobbied on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; H.R. 1870, SPEED for BEAD Act S. 3258, Recapture Act H.R. 6920/S.3565, Success for BEAD Act S. 323, Plan for Broadband Act H.R. 1766, NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act H.R. 1717, Communications Security Act S. 98, Rural Broadband Protection Act The Network Equipment Transparency (NET) Act H.R. 2298, Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act S. 244 -- Routers Act S. 323, Plan for Broadband Act -- Create a National Strategy to Synchronize Federal Broadband Programs Lobbied on numerous permitting bills relating to broadband and telecommunications: H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act H.R. 1588, Facilitating Digital Applications Act H.R. 1665 DIGITAL Applications Act H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Act H.R. 278, BROADBAND Leadership Act S. 3268 and H.R. 6046, Broadband Telecommunications RAIL Act H.R. 1655, Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act H.R. 5264, Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure of the SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act H.R. 6505, Next Gen911 Act S. 4561, Close the Gap Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC KEBER | — |
| DERRICK B OWENS | — |
Small Business SMB
Lobbied on behalf of small rural telecom/broadband providers as small businesses
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC KEBER | — |
| DERRICK B OWENS | — |
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.