Mercury Strategies, LLC

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. 1347/S. 559 - American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act (all provisions); H.R. 1873/S. 674 - 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: the Senate Commerce Committee Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution regarding Federal Communications Commissions Wi-Fi hotspot order; Universal Service Funding program reform and oversight; (program contribution issues); pole attachments; FirstNet oversight public safety communications, 4.9 Ghz and wireless emergency alerts; rural broadband; 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; and AI Moratorium. 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. 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. 3562: DEFIANCE Act of 2025 (provisions related to Internet Service Providers); 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); 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); Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act (not yet introduced); all provisions of the draft FCC Merger Act (draft-all provisions); and Railroad Permit legislation (draft--all provisions).

General discussions and lobbying related to the 119th Congress Budget Reconciliation. Specific Lobbying on the following items: H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21): One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to spectrum, spectrum auction authority, corporate taxes, AI moratorium, and full expensing); H. Con. Res. 14: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034 (all provisions); S. Con. Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034 (all provisions).