FIREWALL Act

The association bases its approaches on whether or not policies are flexible in their application to rural carriers that have different needs and capabilities and that have far different economies of scale and competitive opportunities than larger carriers. During the reporting period, the association focused on the following: S. 674 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act - all sections. S. 1651 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 3084 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 - all sections. S. 4448 - Accelerating Broadband Permits Act - all sections. S. 5003 - ACCESS Rural America Act - all sections. S. 5015 - Broadband MAP Act of 2026 - all sections. H.R. 1873 - Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act - all sections. H.R. 2289 - American Broadband Deployment Act - all sections. H.R. 3119 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 - all sections. H.R. 4032 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 - all sections. H.R. 8413 - SECURE Data Act - all sections. H.R. 9541 - FIREWALL Act - all sections. Legislation to reform the Universal Service Fund contribution and distribution systems. Legislative and regulatory issues related to USDA/RUS telecom/broadband loan and grant programs, including the ReConnect Program and reauthorization of the Farm Bill. Legislative and regulatory issues related to broadband mapping. Legislative and regulatory issues related to broadband permitting applications. Legislative and regulatory issues related to the Broadband, Equity, Access & Deployment Program. Legislation to streamline the deployment of telecommunications or broadband service facilities in public rights- of-way and the rights-of-way of railroad carriers. Legislation related to telecommunications outage reporting requirements.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.866 - Accelerating Broadband Permits Act H.R.9541 - FIREWALL Act H.R.1027 - QUIET Act S.1837 - DEFIANCE Act of 2025 S.1367 - NO FAKES Act of 2025 S.4561 - CLOSE THE GAP Act H.R.2289 - American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025 S.3404 - Satellite Cybersecurity Act of 2025 H.R.7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 H.R.2399 - Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025 S.3565 - A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of remaining funds under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program for competitive subgrants to support the success of the broadband deployment projects funded by that program, and for other purposes. S.3268 - Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act H.R.6046 - Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act H.R.4776 - SPEED Act S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act S.1396 - Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act S. 2983 - Protecting America from Cyber Threats Act H.R.2784 - Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 H.R.5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act H.R.2975 - Broadband Incentives for Communities Act H.R.3960 - Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2025 H.R.4211 - Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act H.R.5264 - Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment for Broadband Infrastructure or the SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act" H.R.5273 - Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act H.R.5318 - Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployment Act H.R.4032 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 H.R. 1541 - Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act 2025 H.R. 2399 - Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025 H.R. 866 - Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act 2025 S.1651 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 S.323 - PLAN for Broadband Act 2025 S.98 - Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025 Issues related to Section 224 of the Communications Act (House and Senate). Issues related to net neutrality (House and Senate). Issues related to oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (House and Senate). Issues related to privacy (House and Senate). Issues related to cybersecurity (House and Senate). Issues related to robocalling (House and Senate). Issues related to broadband infrastructure (House and Senate). Issues related to broadband deployment (House and Senate). Issues related to broadband mapping (House and Senate). Issues related to internet of things (IoT) (House and Senate). Issues related to number portability (House and Senate).

Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office