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.
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 | — |
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 | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.235/S.431 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act/Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act (issues related to taxation of Internet Service Providers); H.R.879 - Axe the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act; H.R.1087 - Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015 (as related to restrictions on any state or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers or property); 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. 2821 -- Partnership Audit Simplification Act of 2015; S.386 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification act of 2015 (as related to changes to non-resident personal tax returns); S.698 - Marketplace Fairness Act (as related to sourcing issues for interstate sales and telecom tax simplification); S. 851/H.R. 1643 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 (provisions that promote neutrality, simplicity and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services); and S.1660/H.R.2510 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation. General lobbying on the following issues: VOIP Sourcing tax legislation/Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act technical corrections; online sales tax simplification; excise taxation 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 | — |
Intelligence INT
S.754 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
| 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; H.R.4190 - Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015; S.356/H.R.699 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2015; S.421 - FCC Process Reform Act of 2015; S.1618 - Wireless Innovation Act of 2015 (to reallocate Federal Government-held spectrum); and S.2607 - Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act (concerning spectrum planning and interagency coordination). General Lobbying on the following issues: Net Neutrality/Internet Governance [including Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) functions]; privacy; data security; broadband infrastructure; encryption; Spectrum issues (including general policy, availability, transfers from public to commercial applications and auctions); 5G development and testing; 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.