|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1400 16TH STREET, NW, SUITE 600 |
Address2 |
|
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
|
5. Senate ID# 8577-12
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 318850000
|
TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
|
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kelly Cole |
Date | 4/22/2019 3:19:58 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1725 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019- to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services. All provisions.
S. 765 - Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019- a bill to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital services. All provisions
Issues related to the taxation of digital goods and services
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Hank |
Kilgore |
|
|
|
James |
Robertson |
|
|
|
Christopher |
Salemme |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 530 - Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019- to provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect. All provisions.
H.R. 946 - Stopping Bad Robocalls Act- to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. All provisions.
H.R. 1006 - Open Internet Act of 2019- to amend title I of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for internet openness, and for other purposes. All provisions.
H.R. 1096 - Promoting Internet Freedom and Innovation Act of 2019- to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for open internet requirements for providers of broadband internet access service. All provisions.
H.R. 1101 - To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as a grant of authority. All provisions.
H.R. 1220 - TRUE Fees Act of 2019- Truth-in-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees Act of 2019- to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for certain requirements relating to charges for internet, television, and voice services, and for other purposes. All provisions.
H.R. 1602- TRACED Act- Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act- to deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes. All provisions.
H.R. 1644 - Save the Internet Act of 2019- to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission. All provisions.
H.R. 1668 - IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019- to leverage Federal Government procurement power to encourage increased cybersecurity for Internet of Things devices, and for other purposes. All provisions.
H.R. 1693- To require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support. All provisions.
H.R. 1848 - Communications Jobs Training Act of 2019- to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to carry out a grant program to make grants for the establishment or expansion of job training programs for communications tower service, construction, and maintenance. All provisions.
H.R. 1954 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2019- to provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 142 - ADD Act- American Data Dissemination Act of 2019- a bill to impose privacy requirements on providers of internet services similar to the requirements imposed on Federal agencies under the Privacy Act of 1974. All provisions.
S. 151 - TRACED Act- Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act- a bill to deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 273 - Kelsey Smith Act- a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services. All provisions.
S. 328 - Startup Act- a bill to jump-start economic recovery through the formation and growth of new businesses, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 510 - TRUE Fees Act of 2019- Truth-in-Billing, Remedies, and User Empowerment over Fees Act of 2019- a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for certain requirements relating to charges for internet, television, and voice services, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 583 - DATA Privacy Act- Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act- a bill to provide for digital accountability and transparency. All provisions.
S. 682- Save the Internet Act of 2019- a bill to restore the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections. All provisions.
S. 734 - IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019- a bill to leverage Federal Government procurement power to encourage increased cybersecurity for Internet of Things devices, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 842 - Improving Broadband Mapping Act of 2019- a bill to improve the mapping of wireless broadband coverage. All provisions.
S. 847 - Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019- a bill to prohibit certain entities from using facial recognition technology to identify or track an end user without obtaining the affirmative consent of the end user, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 893 - Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019- A bill to require the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems, infrastructure, and software, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 918 - E-Frontier Act- Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities to Nationalize The Internet in Every Respect Act- a bill to prohibit the President or a Federal agency from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail services on broadband networks without authorization from Congress, and for other purposes. All provisions.
S. 952 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2019- a bill to provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes. All provisions.
Issues related to comprehensive privacy protections
Issues related to connected cars
Issues related to contraband prison phones
Issues related to cybersecurity
Issues related to data breach and data security
Issues related to radio frequency emissions
Issues related to robocalls
Issues related to smart cities
Issues related to spectrum policy
Issues related to the FCC's Open Internet Order
Issues related to the FCCs Restoring Internet Freedom Order
Issues related to the Internet of Things (IoT)
Issues related to the deployment of broadband
Issues related to the deployment of wireless infrastructure
Issues related to wireless emergency alerts
Issues related to wireless towers
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kelly |
Cole |
|
|
|
Jaime |
Hjort |
|
|
|
Hank |
Kilgore |
|
|
|
James |
Robertson |
|
|
|
Christopher |
Salemme |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
20. Client new address
Address |
|
||||||
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
|
|
||||||||
1 |
|
3 |
|
||||||
2 |
|
4 |
|
ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address: https://www.ctia.org/about-ctia/our-members
Name | Address |
Principal Place of Business (city and state or country) |
||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
1 | 2 | 3 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
% |
28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
1 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |