MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.235/S.431 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act/Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act; 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/S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefit Tax Repeal 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.2821 -Partnership Audit Simplification Act of 2015; H.R.2889/S.1686 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015; S.116 - Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2015; and S.386 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015; S.698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015; S.1660/H.R.2510 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation; and S.1666 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation of the election to accelerate the AMT credit in lieu of bonus depreciation for 2015 and 2016. General lobbying on wireless tax fairness; telecommunications equipment depreciation; the Online Sales Simplification Act; and VoIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act technical corrections.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
H.R.9 - Innovation Act (regarding patent infringement); and S.1137 - Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
H.R.1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R.1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; H.R.2048 - USA Freedom Act of 2015 (to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require various forms of information gathering tor foreign intelligence and counterterrorism); and S.754 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
S. 512 - 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 | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R. 1314 - Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015; H.R.1506 - Small Business Access to Spectrum Act; H.R. 1641 - Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015; H.R.1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R. 3998 - Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act; S.356 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015; and S.1618 - Wireless Innovation Act of 2015 (to reallocate Federal Government-held spectrum). General Lobbying on the following issues: Communications Act update/telecommunications reform; Net Neutrality/Internet Governance [including Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) functions]; privacy; data security; broadband infrastructure; Robocalls/Anti-Spoofing issues; Spectrum issues (including general policy, availability, transfers from public to commercial applications and auctions); Telematics, including potential legislation/regulation that could affect deployment; and LTE-U issues (unlicensed spectrum applications).
| 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.