2nd Quarter - Report

VERIZON WIRELESS for VERIZON WIRELESS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,020,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

HR 800, Employee Free Choice Act of 2008, provisions relating to "card check" organizing.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACQUELINE KOLEGO —
PAUL NASH —
HOWARD E WOOLLEY —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 800 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007. HR 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007. Issues relating to music licensing. Issues relating to pretexting.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACQUELINE KOLEGO —
PAUL NASH —
HOWARD E WOOLLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 401, National Capital Transportation Act of 2007, provisions relating to WMATA. S 1446, National Capital Transportation Act of 2007, provisions relating to WMATA. Issues relating to Spectrum Auction Policy, including implementation of PL 109-171.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD BRITTINGHAM —
JACQUELINE KOLEGO —
PAUL NASH —
HOWARD E WOOLLEY —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 401 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to wireless depreciation. HR 5793, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008. S 2668, Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008. HR 5450, Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008. Issues relating to wireless state and local moratorium amendment. HR 3403, 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, provisions relating to Title III, authority to provide customer information. S 428, IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007. HR 5793, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008. S 2668, Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008. HR 5450, Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACQUELINE KOLEGO —
PAUL NASH —
HOWARD E WOOLLEY —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Bills named: H.R. 5450 (110th), H.R. 3403 (110th), H.R. 5793 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to the analog sunset. Issues relating to the Universal Service Fund. HR 401, National Capital Transporation Act of 2007, provisions relating to WMATA. S 1446, National Capital Transportation Act of 2007, provisions relating to WMATA. HR 3914, Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act. HR 5353, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007. HR 3298, 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act. Issues relating to wireless regulation and national framework. Issues relating to announced telecom company mergers. Issues relating to Spectrum Auction Policy, including implementation of PL 109-171. S 1492, Broadband Data Improvement Act. S 1139, National Landscape Conservation System Act, issues relating to tower sitting. HR 6003, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, issues relating to the WMATA Wireless Act. S 2171, Uniform Wireless Consumer Protection Act. S 1853, Community Broadband Act of 2007.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DONALD BRITTINGHAM —
JACQUELINE KOLEGO —
PAUL NASH —
HOWARD E WOOLLEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 5353 (110th), H.R. 3914 (110th), H.R. 401 (110th), H.R. 6003 (110th), H.R. 3298 (110th)

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.