84ce877c-edd1-4cf0-9aca-a0f78caccc84Q1 — 1st Quarter - ReportLegislative consulting and lobbying.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue CodeGeneral lobbying on the following issues: 100% expensing of bonus depreciation, and research and experimentation costs; corporate income tax rates; taxation of spectrum licenses; and the Corporate Minimum Tax. No lobbying on specific legislation.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TEC — TelecommunicationsGeneral discussions and lobbying on the following issues: Universal Service Funding program reform and oversight; (program contribution issues); pole attachments; FirstNet oversight and reauthorization, public safety communications, 4.9 Ghz, and wireless emergency alerts; rural broadband, particularly NTIA oversight, as well as reauthorization and implementation of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; broadband regulation; network resiliency; device unlocking; data privacy protection and comprehensive federal privacy policy; cybersecurity; intellectual property and site blocking, as well as restrictions upon certain types of patent enforcement; Frontier transaction and FCC approval; AI Moratorium and general AI policy; illegal calls and texts; permitting and permitting reform; spectrum policy and implementation of the Spectrum Pipeline Act; Arctic Frost investigation related to subpoena notification and Non-Disclosure Orders (NDOs); Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA) records requests; SIM boxes and consumer fraud; data centers; World Radio Conference and US spectrum policy; copper theft; and AI legislation, including a study of how AI impacts telecom security. Lobbying on the following Bills and Draft Bills: H.R. 46 - Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act (all provisions); H.R. 278 - BROADBAND Leadership Act (all provisions); H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act (all provisions); H.R. 791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.R. 1519 - Public Safety Communications Act (all provisions); H.R. 1665 - DIGITAL Applications Act (all provisions); H.R. 1870 - SPEED for BEAD Act (all provisions); H.R. 2399/S. 98 - Rural Broadband Protection Act (all provisions); H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act (all provisions); H.R. 2482 - NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.R. 2794 -- NO FAKES Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); H.R. 2975 - Broadband Incentives for Communities Act (all provisions); H.R. 3149 - App Store Accountability Act (all provisions); H.R. 3562 -- DEFIANCE Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); H.R. 3838 - Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity, privacy and spectrum); H.R. 5061 - Counter UAS Authority Security, Safety and Reauthorization Act (all provisions); H.R. 5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act (provisions and amendments related to telecommunications); H.R. 6046/S. 3268 - Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act (all provisions); H.R. 6333 - Parents Over Platforms Act (all provisions); H.R. 7022 - Mystic Alerts Act (all provisions); H.R. 7294 - AI for Secure Networks Act (all provisions); H.R. 7386 - First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act of 2026 (all provisions); S. 792 - Government Spectrum Valuation Act (all provisions); S.836 - The Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), (all provisions); S. 1748 -- Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) (not yet re-introduced--all provisions); S. 1829 -- STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (all provisions); S. 1837 -- DEFIANCE Act of 2025 ((provisions related to Internet Service Providers); S. 1875 -- Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act of 2025 (all provisions); S. 2296 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity, privacy and spectrum); S. 3813 - Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR) Act (all provisions); (Senate Discussion Draft) Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act of 2025 (all provisions); Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act (not yet introduced), (all provisions); Draft legislation (Sens. Cruz and Warner) to establish a public-private working group regarding cybersecurity practices (all provisions); Draft of the Communications, Video, and Technology Assessment Act (all provisions); Draft of the Outage Refund Protection Act (Sen. Lujan) regarding customer reimbursements after network outages (all provisions); and Draft FCC Merger Act (all provisions).
Government entities lobbied: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
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