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.1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. H.R.1393/S.540 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017. General lobbying on the following tax issues and draft legislation: VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act; taxes on digital goods and services; comprehensive tax reform; telecommunications equipment depreciation; corporate tax rates/deductions; dividend taxation/integration; international tax reform; carried interest; border adjustment taxation; and tax expensing/depreciation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R.1546 - Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017; H.R.1581 - Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017; H.R.2331 - Connected Government Act; H.R.1865 - Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017; H.R.2479 - Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America Act (especially access to broadband Internet); H.R.2520 - Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly Act of 2017; H.R.3787 - Small Entity Regulatory Relief Act; H.R.3994 - ACCESS BROADBAND Act; H.R.3995 - Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2017; H.R.4287 - Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Renovation Act of 2017; S.19 - MOBILE NOW Act (to facilitate installation of broadband infrastructure, including wireless); S.1682 - AIRWAVES Act; S.1688 - SPEED Act (to streamline broadband infrastructure permitting on established public rights-of-way, and for other purposes); and S.1693 - Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017. General Lobbying on the following issues: Net Neutrality & Open Internet; Title II Broadband regulation and Net Neutrality; wireless broadband infrastructure, siting and conduit development; privacy/cybersecurity; spectrum pipeline; 5G development and testing; Internet of Things (IoT); FCC reauthorization; smart cities/communities; FirstNet & Public Safety Communications; data breach/data security; California wild fires; access to public lands and national parks for cell site placement; ATVA/ATSC 3.0 (American Television Association); UNIVISION/VERIZON retransmission issue; rural broadband deployment and infrastructure; and spectrum interference.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
H.R.2435/S.1015 - National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
Patent reform legislation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
H.R.3989 - USA Liberty Act of 2017 (FISA Reauthorization).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI
H.R.2997 - 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (especially communications towers location and marking); S.1405 - Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017; and Regulations, rules and FAA oversight of unmanned aerial systems, including safety issues.
| 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.