• a.Communications voucher proposal for COVID-19 stimulus legislation b.H.R. 6800, HEROES Act, Division M-Consumer Protection and Telecommunications Provisions, communications voucher proposal

Duration: May 1, 2020 to present

General Issues: Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $137,059 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of

Related Foreign Entities: Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 42%; SoftBank Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7303, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 24%; Deutsche Telekom AG (53113 Bonn, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 42%