1st Quarter - Report

UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN for UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,090,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 235, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; issues related to extension of Internet tax moratorium (House and Senate) S. 431, Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act S. 1946, Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEAGAN FOSTER —
MARC C GONZALES —
WALTER BERNARD MCCORMICK —
GALEN ROEHL —
ALAN J ROTH —
SARAH VERSAGGI —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 235 (114th), S. 1946 (114th), S. 431 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 699, Email Privacy Act H.R. 805, DOTCOM Act of 2015 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2583, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 2638, Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 H.R. 2666, No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act H.R. 2669, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015 H.R. 3305, EINSTEIN Act of 2015 H.R. 3805, Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2015 H.R. 4596, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act S. 253, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 S. 1158, Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 S. 1472, Broadband Adoption Act of 2015 S. 1540, Robocall and Call Spoofing Enforcement Improvements Act of 2015 S. 1551, DOTCOM Act of 2015 S. 1647, DRIVE Act; issues related to rural broadband S. 1705, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; issues related to cybersecurity S. 1759, Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015 S. 2283, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015 S. 2410, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015 S. 2555, MOBILE NOW Act S. 2558, Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016 S. 2602, Restoring Internet Freedom Act S. 2607, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act S. 2644, FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016 S. _____, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure Internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as a grant of authority. Issues related to net neutrality (House and Senate) Issues related to data breach/data security (House and Senate) Issues related to oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (House and Senate) Issues related to the FCC's Open Internet Order (House and Senate) Issues related to cybersecurity (House and Senate) Issues related to video reform (House and Senate) Issues related to municipal broadband (House and Senate) Issues related to robocalling (House and Senate) Issues related to broadband deployment (House and Senate) Issues related to privacy (House and Senate)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEAGAN FOSTER —
MARC C GONZALES —
WALTER BERNARD MCCORMICK —
GALEN ROEHL —
ALAN J ROTH —
SARAH VERSAGGI —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2410 (114th), S. 2607 (114th), S. 2283 (114th), S. 2644 (114th), H.R. 2666 (114th), S. 1551 (114th), S. 2602 (114th), H.R. 2669 (114th), S. 253 (114th), S. 1647 (114th), S. 1540 (114th), H.R. 2638 (114th), S. 2558 (114th), S. 1705 (114th), H.R. 4596 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 2555 (114th), H.R. 3305 (114th), S. 1472 (114th), S. 1158 (114th), H.R. 3805 (114th), H.R. 2583 (114th), S. 1759 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 9, Innovation Act H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 S. 1137, PATENT Act S. 2733, A bill to ensure that venue in patents cases is fair and proper, and for other purposes. Issues related to patent reform (House and Senate)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEAGAN FOSTER —
MARC C GONZALES —
WALTER BERNARD MCCORMICK —
GALEN ROEHL —
ALAN J ROTH —
SARAH VERSAGGI —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), S. 2733 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to FY 2017 FCC funding (House and Senate) Issues related to FY 2017 RUS funding (House and Senate)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEAGAN FOSTER —
MARC C GONZALES —
WALTER BERNARD MCCORMICK —
GALEN ROEHL —
ALAN J ROTH —
SARAH VERSAGGI —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.