MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. H.R.1393/S.540 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017. General lobbying on the following tax issues and draft legislation: VoIP Technical Corrections /Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act (MTSA); Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2018; and telecommunications equipment depreciation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
H.R.1546 - Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017; H.R.1581 - Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017; H.R.1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (rural broadband provisions); H.R.1865 - Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017; H.R.2479 - Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America Act (especially access to broadband Internet); H.R.2520 - Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly Act of 2017; H.R.2903 - Rural H.R.3787 - Small Entity Regulatory Relief Act; H.R.3994 - ACCESS BROADBAND Act; H.R.4287 - Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Renovation Act of 2017; H.R.4795 - Communications Facility Deployment Act; H.R.4802 - Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act; H.R.4986 - FCC Reauthorization Act/the RAY BAUM Act; S.19 - MOBILE NOW Act (to facilitate installation of broadband infrastructure, including wireless); S.1363/H.R.4847 - Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act; S.1682 - AIRWAVES Act (Spectrum Pipeline Legislation); S.1688 - SPEED Act (to streamline broadband infrastructure permitting on established public rights-of-way, and for other purposes); S.1693 - Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017; S.2234 - IOT Consumer TIPS Act of 2017; S. 2418/H.R.2903 - Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2018 (requiring the FCC to monitor Broadband speeds in rural areas to ensure that there is parity with speeds in urban areas); S.2510/H.R.4682 - Open Internet Preservation Act; S.2520 - Inmate Calling Technical Corrections Act of 2018; and S.JRes.52/H.J.Res129 - Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S.Code, of the rule submitted by the FCC relating to Restoring Internet Freedom. General Lobbying on the following issues: Net Neutrality & Open Internet; privacy legislation; cybersecurity; 5G wireless infrastructure; FCC reauthorization; smart cities/communities; FirstNET & Public Safety Communications; spectrum interference; access to public lands/national parks for cell site placement; ATVA(American Television Association)/Advanced Systems Television Committee (ATSC) 3.0 (Next Generation TV Standard); rural broadband deployment, policy and infrastructure; small cell deployment; NTIA oversight; diversity in technology; STEM education and Digital Divide; data breach and security notification reform; NEPA/NHPA updates (pending legislation); and siting reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI
H.R.2997 - 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (especially communications towers location and marking); S.1405 - Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017; and Regulations, rules and FAA oversight of unmanned aerial systems, including safety issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Intelligence INT
H.R.3989 - USA Liberty Act of 2017 (FISA Reauthorization); Cybersecurity; and S.2383/H.R.4843 - CLOUD Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
H.R.2435/S.1015 - National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
Patent reform legislation.
| 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.