2025 third_quarter Filing
Q3Lobbying Activities
General lobbying on the following issues: 100% expensing of bonus depreciation, research and experimentation costs and dividend taxation; corporate income tax rates and credits, and the taxation of spectrum licenses. Lobbying on the following specific legislation: H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21): One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to tax depreciation, research and experimentation tax deductibility, corporate interest tax deductions, and international tax provisions); H.R. 574/S. 187 - Accelerate Long-Term Investment Growth Now Act (ALIGN Act); H.R. 1873 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (all provisions); H.R. 1990 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025 (all provisions); and S. 1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act; all provisions.
General discussions and lobbying on the following issues: Universal Service Funding program reform and oversight; (program contribution issues); pole attachments; FirstNet oversight public safety communications, rural broadband, particularly NTIA oversight and implementation of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program; broadband regulation; network resiliency; device unlocking; data privacy and protection; 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; and permitting reform. 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. 633/S. 146 - Take it Down Act (all provisions); H.R. 651 - Spectrum Pipeline Act (all provisions); HR. 791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act of 2025 (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/S. 1367: NO FAKES Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); H.R. 2975 - Broadband Incentives for Communities 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); 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. 2342 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (provisions related to cybersecurity and spectrum); (Senate Discussion Draft) Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act of 2025 (all provisions); H.J.Res. 33/S.J.Res. 7 - joint resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under United States Code chapter 8, title 5 of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program. (all provisions); Advanced Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act (not yet introduced), (all draft provisions); FCC Merger Act (draft-all provisions); and Railroad Permit legislation (draft--all provisions).