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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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State | DC |
Zip Code | 20003 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 70131-75
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6. House ID# 358030006
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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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: MR. JAMES F. GREEN |
Date | 1/20/2023 9:14:38 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 the following issues: corporate income tax rates; dividend taxation; expensing (bonus) depreciation; like-kind spectrum exchanges; book minimum tax treatment of pensions, depreciation, and spectrum; digital economy directives proposed by the OECD; state and local taxation of digital goods and services; state and local taxation of the Internet; mobile workforce state income taxation; remote worker state payroll withholding taxation; foreign taxation of digital services; international tax changes to GILTI; OECD tax proposals; interest tax deduction limitation under sec.163 of the I.R.C.; extending expiring tax benefits; and expensing and research, development and experimentation costs.
Lobbying on the following specific legislation:
Fair Access to Interstate Remedies (Draft)-A measure to prevent the imposition of discriminatory taxation and undue burdens on interstate commerce by providing taxpayers access to judicial remedies in federal court; not yet introduced);
H.R. 1304/S. 749 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2021;
H.R. 2558/S. 1166 - Accelerate Long-term Investment Now Act (Align Act);
H.R. 4346 - Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022, AKA CHIPS Act of 2022;
H.R. 5371/S.1077 - Permanently Preserving Americas Investment in Manufacturing Act, making permanent the allowance for depreciation, amortization or depletion for purposes of determining the income limitation on the tax deduction for business interest;
H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act;
H.R. 8913 - TCIA Permanency Act, making permanent the provisions affecting individual and business taxpayers enacted in 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025;
H.R. 9449/S. 5021 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act, to exclude certain broadband grants from gross income; and
S. 1274 - Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2021.
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 |
Andrew J. |
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James F. |
Green |
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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 the following issues: broadband regulation and Net Neutrality; 5G deployment; spectrum pipeline; C-Band 5G deployment altimeter interference issues; broadband deployment and affordability/implementation of NTIAs BEAD program; and broadband affordability.
Lobbying on the following Bills:
S. 1472 - Improving Spectrum Innovation Act;
S. 1541 - Prison Phone Act;
S. 3236/H.R. 2427 - Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021(USF reform provisions);
S. 4117/H.R. 7624 - Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022;
S. 4763 - GRID Broadband Act;
S. 5001 - Tribal Connect Act of 2022;
S. 5137 - Rural Internet Improvement Act;
H.R. 678 - PHONE Act;
H.R. 2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023;
H.R. 4521/S. 1260 - America COMPETES Act/USICA (CHIPS funding and supply chain programs);
H.R. 5738 - Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022;
H.R. 5926 - RESILIENT Networks Act;
H.R. 6833 - The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2023 (spectrum auction authority extension;
H.R. 7783 - Extending Americas Spectrum Auction Leadership Act of 2022;
H.R. 8512 - American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA); and
H.R. 8858/S. 4865 - Digital Equity Foundation 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
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Andrew J. |
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James F. |
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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 patent eligibility requirements and site blocking for online copyright/IP violations.
Lobbying on the following Bills:
H.R. 4350/S. 2791 & S. 1605 - National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022 (Cybersecurity, spectrum, software bill of materials, and drones);
H.R. 7776 - Jim Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023, amendment related to semiconductors;
H.R. 7900 - FY 2023 NDAA, semiconductor chips amendment (Sec. 889), Systematic Important Entities amendment (SIE) and Software Bill of Materials amendment (S-Bom); and
S. 3880 - SMART Copyright Act of 2022 (Standard Technical Measures).
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 |
Andrew J. |
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James F. |
Green |
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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 telecom access issues on public lands and national parks, as well as specific lobbying on the following bills:
S. 120/H.R. 7132 - SAFE Connections Act of 2021;
S. 1423 - Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2021;
S. 3014 - Next Generation Telecommunications Act (6th Generation of Wireless / 6G);
S. 3335 - Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act;
S. 4409/H.R. 8160 - Political Bias Email Act;
H.R. 4045 - FUTURE Networks Act (6th Generation of Wireless / 6G); and
H.R. 8152 - American Data Privacy and Protection 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
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Andrew J. |
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James F. |
Green |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General lobbying on antitrust reform and enforcement, as well as specific lobbying on the following bill:
S. 2992 - American Innovation and Choice Online Act (Competition/Antitrust).
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 |
James F. |
Green |
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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 INT
16. Specific lobbying issues
General lobbying on cybersecurity and specifically on the following bill:
H.R. 4045 - Future Networks Act.
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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James F. |
Green |
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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.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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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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