4th Quarter - Report

ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC for MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Period 4th Quarter 2020 Filed Jan 20, 2021 Signed by Christine R. Mistr

Official filing
Firm
ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
Client
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Income
$50,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

Warrant issues, general technology issues, artificial intelligence issues, TV White Spaces, Cloud Act. Facial recognition issues. COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). Privacy Issues. Broadband mapping. Section 230 issues. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). The revised HEROES Act (H.R. 8406). Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.
JULIE HRDLICKA Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transporation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton.
JEFFREY D MARKEY LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
SAMUEL WHITEHORN Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 8406 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Tech funding and privacy issues. Computer science education issues. COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (H.R. 8337). Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.
JULIE HRDLICKA Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transporation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton.
SAMUEL WHITEHORN Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8337 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to sustainability. The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
JULIE HRDLICKA Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton.
JEFFREY D MARKEY LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
MAX ROSEN Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
SAMUEL WHITEHORN Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2 (116th)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber issues. Immigration Issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Broadband Issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
JULIE HRDLICKA Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton.
JEFFREY D MARKEY LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
MAX ROSEN Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
SAMUEL WHITEHORN Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform. CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.