MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.879 - Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; H.R.1087 - Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015; H.R.1643/S.851 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015; H.R.2050 - Middle Class Health Benefit Tax Repeal Act of 2015; H.R.2315/S.386 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; H.R.2775 - Remote transactions Parity Act of 2015 (to grant states the authority to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws on remote transactions); H.R.2889/S.1686 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015; H.R.4287 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2015; H.R. S.116 - Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2015; and S.698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 (to restore state rights to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws). General lobbying on the following tax issues and draft legislation: debt versus equity (Section 385 Treasury regulations); VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act technical corrections; Online Sales Simplification Act; excise tax on high cost health insurance plans; comprehensive tax reform; corporate tax reform and rates; corporate interest tax deductions; like kind exchanges; international tax reform; dividend taxation; and telecommunications equipment depreciation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
H.R.9 - Innovation Act (regarding patent infringement); S.1137 - Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015; and S.2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016 (to ensure that venue in patent cases is fair and proper).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
S. 512/H.R. 1174 - Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act; and S.1600 & H.R. 1428 - Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (a bill to extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified foreign countries).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
H.R.4167/S.2533 - Karis Law Act of 2016 (concerning calls to 911 from multi-line telephone systems); R.R.2566/S.827 - Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; and Business Data Services/Special Access.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
General lobbying on Cybersecurity and Encryption issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R.699/S.356- Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015; H.R.2669 -Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015; S.421 - FCC Process Reform Act of 2015; S.1788 - Safeguarding American Family Exposure S.2227 - Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015 (concerning transition of frequencies used by the federal government); S.2555 - MOBILE NOW Act (to provide opportunities for wireless broadband investment); S.2558 - Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016; S.2607 - Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act (concerning spectrum planning and interagency coordination); and S.2644 - FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016. H. Res. 847 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a national strategy for the Internet of Things to promote economic growth and consumer empowerent. General Lobbying on the following issues: Net Neutrality/Internet Governance [including Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) functions]; Next Gen 911; online privacy/data security/data breach (including FCC proceedings); encryption; spectrum issues (availability, general policy and auctions); 5G development and testing; interoperability; LTE-U (unlicensed spectrum); contraband cell phones in prisons; and Smart Cities.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| 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.