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.
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 | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R.1506 - Small Business Access to Spectrum Act; H.R.1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R.2666 - No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act; H.R. 3998 - Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act; H.R.4190 - Spectrum Challenge Prize Act; H.R.4889 - Kelsey Smith Act (regarding the disclosure of location information of mobile devices in emergency situations); S.356/H.R.699 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015; S.421 - FCC Process Reform Act of 2015; S.2227 - Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015 (concerning transition of frequencies used by the federal government); S.2283 - Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015; 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. General Lobbying on the following issues: Net Neutrality/Internet Governance [including Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) functions]; SS7 protocol for wireless and wireline network; broadband infrastructure; online privacy/data security; encryption; spectrum issues (including general policy, availability, transfers from public to commercial applications and auctions); 5G development; Internet of Things (IoT); and set-top box issues.
| 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 | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.235 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom 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 - 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.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; S.386 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification 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; wireless tax fairness; corporate tax reform and rates; corporate interest tax deductions; international tax reform; dividend taxation; and telecommunications equipment depreciation.
| 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.