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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Zip Code | 20003 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 70131-443
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
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 |
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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. | ||||||||
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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: James F. Green |
Date | 10/23/2022 9:59:14 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
General lobbying on issues related to broadband infrastructure (House and Senate).
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 |
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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
General lobbying on the following issue areas:
Section 224 of the Communications Act (House and Senate); net neutrality (House and Senate); oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (House and Senate); privacy (House and Senate); cybersecurity (House and Senate); robocalling (House and Senate); broadband infrastructure (House and Senate); broadband deployment (House and Senate); broadband mapping (House and Senate); Internet of things (IoT) (House and Senate); and number portability (House and Senate).
Specific lobbying on the following bills:
H.R. 205 Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021;
H.R. 341 Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021;
H.R. 366 Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021;
H.R. 476 Innovation Centers Acceleration Act;
H.R. 596 ACCESS Act;
H.R. 651 Public Health Emergency Privacy Act;
H.R. 678 PHONE Act of 2021;
H.R. 688 Equal Access to Care Act;
H.R. 781 Veterans Telecommunication Protection Act;
H.R. 869 RISE Act of 2021;
H.R. 870 National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2021;
H.R. 937 Tech To Save Moms Act;
H.R. 981 IoT Readiness Act of 2021;
H.R. 994 Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2021;
H.R. 1032 Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act;
H.R. 1039 Coastal Broadband Deployment Act;
H.R. 1042 Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act;
H.R. 1043 Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act;
H.R. 1044 Broadband MAPS Act;
H.R. 1045 Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act;
H.R. 1046 Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas Act;
H.R. 1049 Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act;
H.R. 1050 Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021;
H.R. 1051 BROADBAND Leadership Act;
H.R. 1053 TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act;
H.R. 1055 Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act;
H.R. 1056 Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act;
H.R. 1058 Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act;
H.R. 1060 WIRELESS Leadership Act;
H.R. 1067 Standard FEES Act;
H.R. 1069 Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2021;
H.R. 1073 Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act;
H.R. 1074 RAPID Act;
H.R. 1084 Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act;
H.R. 1103 CABLE Competition Act;
H.R. 1141 Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act;
H.R. 1149 CONNECT Act;
H.R. 1155 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act;
H.R. 1156 Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act;
H.R. 1215 Fraud and Scam Reduction Act;
H.R. 1218 Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act;
H.R. 1250 Emergency Reporting Act;
H.R. 1334 DISCLOSE Act of 2021;
H.R. 1362 BOOST Act;
H.R. 1406 COVID-19 Emergency Telehealth Impact Reporting Act of 2021;
H.R. 1555 To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue final rules to promote and incentivize the widespread adoption of broadband consumer labels and for other purposes;
H.R. 1590 - Tribal Internet Expansion Act of 2021;
H.R. 1700 To establish a broadband infrastructure finance and innovation program to make available loans loan guarantees and lines of credit for the construction and deployment of broadband infrastructure and for other purposes;
H.R. 1714 - Speedy Updates Act of 2021;
H.R. 1721 - To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to states and tribal entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provide federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse;
H.R. 1783 - Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act;
H.R. 1833 -- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the responsibility of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to maintain capabilities to identify threats to industrial control systems, and for other purposes;
H.R. 1841 - Digital Equality Act of 2021;
H.R. 1848 -- LIFT America Act;
H.R. 2183 -- To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide funding to States for extending broadband service to unserved areas in partnership with broadband service providers and for other purposes;
H.R. 2398 -- Broadband Speed Act;
H.R. 2400 - To allow Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grants to be made for the collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, economic development or other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small Internet providers;
H.R. 2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022;
H.R. 2501 - Spectrum Coordination Act;
H.R. 2524 - Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2021;
H.R. 2665 - Local Telecom Expansion Act of 2021;
H.R. 2666 - NO CAP Act;
H.R. 2667 - Broadband Equipment Rental Reform Act;
H.R. 2685 - Understanding Cybersecurity and Mobile Networks Act;
H.R. 2731 - Endless Frontier Act;
H.R. 3003 - Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act;
H.R. 3346 - No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act;
H.R. 3369 - Broadband for Rural America Act;
H.R. 3370 - To streamline the permitting process for broadband services, and for other purposes;
H.R. 3376 - Expanding Opportunities for Broadband Deployment Act;
H.R. 3435 - American Broadband Act;
H.R. 3654 - To expand access to the electromagnetic spectrum for the provision of broadband service in rural areas, and for other purposes;
H.R. 4029 - To amend the NTIA Organization Act to establish an interagency national security review process, and for other purposes;
H.R. 4046 - NIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act;
H.R. 4055 - American Cybersecurity Literacy Act;
H.R. 4329 - To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging the provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in rural ports, and for other purposes;
H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022;
H.R. 4374 - Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act;
H.R. 4383 - RURAL Broadband Act of 2021;
H.R. 4480 - Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act;
H.R. 4521 - American COMPETES Act of 2022;
H.R. 4656 - Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act;
H.R. 4659 - BROWSER Act of 2021;
H.R. 4663 -- SUCCESS Act;
H.R. 4825 - 21st Century Broadband Deployment Act;
H.R. 4905 - Big Tech Accountability for Broadband Act;
H.R. 4918 -- Rural Telehealth Expansion Act;
H.R. 5058 - Broadband Incentives for Communities Act;
H.R. 5440 - Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021;
H.R. 5486 - SMART Act;
H.R. 5506 - Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act;
H.R. 5512 - RURAL Broadband Mapping Act;
H.R. 5871 - American Telecommunications Security Act;
H.R. 6314 - Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021;
H.R. 7060 - Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022;
H.R. 7112 - Internet Exchange Act of 2022;
H.R. 7116 - 9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2022;
H.R. 7900 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023;
H.R. 8152 - American Data Privacy and Protection Act;
H.R. 8573 - Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022;
H.R. 8575 - FAIR Contributions Act;
H.R. 8679 - PLAN for Broadband Act;
S. 113 -- BROWSER Act of 2021;
S. 120 -- Safe Connections Act of 2021;
S. 163 -- Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act;
S. 198 -- Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act;
S. 279 -- National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2021;
S. 326 -- Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2021;
S. 337 -- Stop Senior Scams Act;
S. 390 -- Emergency Reporting Act;
S. 436 -- American Broadband Buildout Act of 2021;
S. 466 -- Kelsey Smith Act;
S. 553 -- Government Spectrum Valuation Act;
S. 592 -- Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021;
S. 608 -- Keeping Critical Connections Act of 2021;
S. 652 -- Moving FIRST Act;
S. 724 -- A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support;
S. 741 -- Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2021;
S. 745 -- Accessible Affordable Internet for All Act;
S. 797 -- PACT Act;
S. 922 -- A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide funding to States for extending broadband service to unserved areas in partnership with broadband service providers and for other purposes;
S. 944 -- A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a program to expand access to broadband in unserved and underserved areas and for other purposes;
S. 979 -- A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to provide for Federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse and for other purposes;
S. 996 -- A bill to award grants to certain intuitions of higher education to educate and train students to participate in the telecommunications workforce;
S. 1113 -- A bill to require Federal agencies to timely respond to right-of-way requests for the buildout of broadband service, and for other purposes;
S. 1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021;
S. 1460 - Community Broadband Act of 2021;
S. 1472 - Improving Spectrum Coordination Act of 2021;
S. 1563 - Telecommunications Supply Chain Diversity Promotion Act;
S. 1676 - Rural Broadband Financing Flexibility Act;
S. 1695 - E-BRIDGE Act;
S. 1884 - A bill to ensure that fixed broadband Internet access service assisted by and federal broadband support program meets a minimum level of service;
S. 1885 - Rural Connectivity Advancement Program Act of 2021;
S. 1908 -- A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging the provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in rural ports and other purposes;
S. 2018 - Digital Equity Act of 2021;
S. 2071 - BRIDGE Act;
S. 2407 - Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021;
S. 2427 - Fair Contribution Act;
S. 2447 - SUCCESS Act;
S. 2473 - Middle Mile Broadband Deployment Act;
S. 2474 - American Telecommunications Security Act;
S. 2668 - A bill to require the offices of the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to provide assistance relating to broadband access;
S. 2699 - American Cybersecurity Literacy Act;
S. 2911 - American Broadband Buildout to Eliminate Americas Digital Divide Act of 2021;
S. 2965 - A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands of rural broadband networks associated with data transmission due to increased network usage;
S. 2979 - NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act;
S. 3014 - Next Generation Telecommunications Act;
S. 3151 - Connected Rural Schools Act;
S. 3195 - Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act;
S. 3236 - Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021;
S. 3288 - NTIA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2021;
S. 3335 - Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act;
S. 3692 - NET Act;
S. 3663 - Kids Online Safety Act;
S. 3880 - SMART Copyright Act of 2022;
S. 4126 - Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2022;
S. 4590 - Uncap America Act;
S. 4676 - Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022;
S. 4763 - GRID Broadband Act of 2022; and
S. 4767 - PLAN for Broadband Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
General lobbying on issues related to video and communications (House and Senate).
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
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
General lobbying on issues related to patent reform (House and Senate).
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
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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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?
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