Wta -- Advocates for Rural Broadband

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $3.0M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Wta -- Advocates for Rural Broadband is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$3.0M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$350K
2019	$365K
2020	$275K
2021	$285K
2022	$315K
2023	$375K
2024	$560K
2025	$460K

Issues Lobbied

Taxation Small Business Telecommunications Communications Agriculture Defense Disaster Planning Indian/Native American Natural Resources

Lobbying Firms

Wta -- Advocates for Rural Broadband

Lobbyists

Derrick Owens Eric Keber William Durdach

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Wta -- Advocates for Rural Broadband disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEAgriculture, Dept of (USDA)Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)Treasury, Dept of

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Taxation, Small Business, Telecommunications, Communications, Agriculture and 4 more

H.R. 2870 and S. 1013, Gigabit Opportunity Act -- would provide beneficial tax treatment for broadband deployment in areas deemed "Gigabit Opportunity Zones".

Lobbied in support of providing tax ince

H.R. 3787, Small Entity Regulatory Relief Opportunity -- requires FCC to provide streamlined filing method for a small entity seeking regulatory relief and expedited consideration and resolution of s

Universal Service Fund Reforms: WTA lobbied for fully funding the Universal Service Fund's High Cost Program, both the Alternative Connect America Fund Mechanism (ACAM) and modified Rate of Return mec

Lobbied to update the FCC's retransmission consent and broadcast rules which negatively affect rural telco providers and their customers. Also discussed the access to video content and video programm

H.R. 2 and S. 3042, "The Farm Bill" -- focus on the broadband provisions, specifically the RUS' Broadband Grant/Loan and Telecom Loan Programs.