VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES

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. 2050 - Middle Class Health Benefits 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. 4287 - Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 1643 & S. 851 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2889 & S. 1686 - Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015 S. 116 - Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2015 H.R. 2315 & S. 386 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 (to restore states rights to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws) Debt vs. 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, rates Corporate interest tax deductions Dividend taxation Telecommunications equipment depreciation Like kind exchanges International tax reform

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 386 (114th), H.R. 4287 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), S. 851 (114th), H.R. 1643 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 2889 (114th), S. 116 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th), S. 698 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 1087 (114th), S. 1686 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (relative to Internet taxes) H.R. 2146 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (to establish congressional trade negotiating objectives) Trans-Pacific Partnership

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2146 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 4167 & S. 2553 - Kari's Law Act of 2016 (concerning calls to 911 from multi-line telephone systems) H.R. 2566 & S. 827 - Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Business Data Services/Special Access

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2566 (114th), S. 2553 (114th), H.R. 4167 (114th), S. 827 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 9 - Innovation Act (regarding patent infringement) S. 1137 - Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015 S. 2733 - Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016 (to ensure that venue in patent cases is fair and proper)

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office

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

Health Issues HCR

S. 1778 - TELMED Act of 2015 (pertaining to certain Medicare providers in a state providing telemedicine services to Medicare beneficiaries in a different state) S. 2170 - Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 Employer sponsored health care/ERISA

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1778 (114th), S. 2170 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016/Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (relative to Internet taxes, bonus depreciation and cybersecurity) H.R. 4909 & S. 2943 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (concerning spectrum policy)

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4909 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), S. 2943 (114th)

Intelligence INT

Cybersecurity/encryption

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 1174 & S. 512 - Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act H.R. 1428 & S. 1600 - Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (a bill to extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified foreign countries)

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 512 (114th), H.R. 1174 (114th), S. 1600 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

H.R. 2669 - Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015 H.R. 699 & S. 356 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015/Email Privacy Act S. 421 - FCC Process Reform Act of 2015 S. 1788 - Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act S. 2227 - Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015 (concerning the transition of federally used frequencies) 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) 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 empowerment Net neutrality/Internet governance (including Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) issues and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN] functions) Next-Gen 911 Online privacy (including FCC proceedings)/data security/data breach Encryption Spectrum issues: availability, auctions, policy 5G development and testing Interoperability LTE-U (unlicensed spectrum) Contraband cellphones in prisons Smart Cities

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 421 (114th), S. 2607 (114th), S. 2644 (114th), S. 2227 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 2669 (114th), H.Res. 847 (114th), S. 2558 (114th), S. 356 (114th), S. 2555 (114th)