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Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013
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2014 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R., 1221 Basel III Capital Impact Study Act- To require the Federal banking agencies to conduct an impact study on the cumulativeeffect of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets as proposed in the Standardized Approach for Risk Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Advanced Approaches Risk-based Capital Rule; Market Risk Capital Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013- To permit insurance companies that are depository holding companies, or are subsidiaries of depository holding companies, to comply with the accounting and capital requirements applicable to the insurance company under State law, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.4881, To place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. (entire bill) H.R.4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to hold open meetings and comply with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to provide additional improvements to the Council, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.5461, To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S.2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. (entire bill) H.RES.735/ S.RES.561, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. (entire bill) Public Law 111-203, Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act- To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail'", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. (entire PL) Issues related to Systemic Risk Designation Process Issues related to the application of capital standards on globally active insurance companies.
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Financial Regulatory Reform Federal Reserve Supervision of Savings and Loan Holding Companies Federal Reserve Board's Rules to Implement Basel III Regulatory Capital Reform Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in regards to: Systemic Risk Designation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Volcker Rule Capital Requirements for the Savings & Loan Holding Company and Federal Reserve Board Oversight as in the following bill: HR2140 - Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 MMF Reform SEC Fiduciary Project (DFA Sec. 913) HR4510/S2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension as in the following bill: HR508 - Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 Basel III as in the following bills: S1369 - A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance and for other purposes S2102 - A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act GSE Reform Asset Manager SIFI Designation Death Master File Equity Market Structure
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019. Issue: Terrorism Insurance S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 4871 - TRIA Reform Act of 2014. To reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues. H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5461, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 1155, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing S. 534, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Insurance Clarification Act S. 2270, S. 1369, H.R. 5461 and H.R. 2140 re: capital standards for insurance companies
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Client expense: $1,273,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,273,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 1155: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions.HR 508: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 1945: Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to revise the definition of an "act of terrorism" to mean any act that is certified as meeting the specified criteria for such n act by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in concurrence with the Secretary of the Treasury (currently, by the Secretary of the Treasury in concurrence with the Secretary of State). Extends the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2024 (under current law, the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 2140: Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. HR 2146: Terrorism Risk insurance program Reauthoriation Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk insurance Act of 2002 to extend from December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2024, the Terrorism Risk insurance program. Extends to September 30, 2027, the deadline by which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to collect all mandatory premiums for any act of terrorism occuring on or after January 1, 2012. HR 4510: Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. H.R. 5623 Living Donor Protection Act: the bill is designed to "to promote organ donation and protect the rights of living organ donors" by prohibiting life, disability and long term care companies from denying coverage, limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for organ donors. S 534: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. S1369: Additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. S.1926: A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. S.2102: A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. S.2270: Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. H.R.5461: To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 41-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 99-Medical Malpractice, H.R. 240- Natural Catastrophe Backstop, H.R. 508-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 549-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 605-Insurance, H. Res. 735- International Insurance, H.R. 737-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 960-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 968-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1028-Mortgage Insurance, H.R. 1035-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1064-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1101-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 1155-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1194-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1267-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1268-Flood Insurance, H.R. 1369-Gun Control, H.R. 1485-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1945-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2129-Workers Compensation Insurance, H.R. 2140-Capital Standards, H.R. 2146-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2156-Adjuster Reciprocity, H.R. 2293-Flood Insurance, H.R. 3156- National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3218-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3370-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3693-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4352-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4510-Capital Standards, H.R. 4557-Private Support to FDIC, H.R. 4558- Flood Insurance, H.R. 4669-Servicemembers Auto Insurance, H.R. 4871-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 5461-Capital Standards, "Insurance Data Protection Act of 2014" (House), "Risk Retention Modernization Act" (House), S. 20-Dodd-Frank Act, S. 205-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S. 534-Insurance Agent Licensing, S. Res. 561- International Insurance, S. 996-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1075-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1098-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1217- Mortgage Insurance, S. 1369-Capital Standards, S. 1610-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1846-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1926-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 2244-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S. 2270- Capital Standards, S. 2381-Flood Insurance, S. 2731-Workers Compensation Insurance
Client expense: $1,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Flood Insurance; Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act;H.R. 41, National Flood Insurance Program; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital & Accounting Standards Act; S.1369, a bill to provide additonal flexibility to the Board of Federal Reserve to establish capital standards; S.1202 clarify the application of certain leverage risk-based requirements under Dodd-Frank; H.R. 4871, TRIA Reform Act of 2014; S. 2244 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013Item 17. Add - Federal Housing Finance Agency. Safeguarding America's future and Environment Act (SAFE) S.1202.
Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 201. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S.2270/HR 4510, bill pertaining to insurance capital standards. Issue: Capital Standards for Insurers.
Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;HR 6204, SEC Proposed Rule on "Mutual Fund Distribution Fees"; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; cybersecurity, privacy issues; HR 2374 "The Retail Investor Protection Act"; S.2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, 12CFR Part 44, 12CFR Part 248, 12CFR Part 351, 17 CFR Part 255. (12/10/2013); municipal advisor registration; Department of Treasury, IAIS Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (7/1/11).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4871 - TRIA Reform Act of 2014. To reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 5461, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 1155, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing S. 534, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing
Client expense: $1,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Issue: early termination rights. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities proposed rule. Issue: eligible collateral. No bill number assigned. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measurers with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII
Client expense: $1,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 2140 - Insurance Capital & Accounting Standards Act - Provisions exempting insurers from Dodd-Frank Act capital requirements S 1369/S 2102 - Provide flexibility to the Fed to establish capital standards for insurers - provisions exempting insurers from Dodd-Frank Act capital requirements. HR 4510/S 2270 - The Insurance Clarification Capital Standards Act -provisions exempting insurers from Dodd-Frank capital req
Client expense: $141,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019. Issue: Terrorism Insurance S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 4871 - TRIA Reform Act of 2014. To reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues. H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5461, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 1155, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing S. 534, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Federal Reserve's Proposed Basel III Rule; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibililty to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; S. 2270, The Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Federal Reserve's Proposed Basel III Rule; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; S. 2270, The Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN - Third Quarter Report - 2014 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Issue: early termination rights. Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. Margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities proposed rule. Issue: eligible collateral. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $1,690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
INS - Third Quarter Report - 2014 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 201. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4871 - TRIA Reform Act of 2014. To reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 5461, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 1155, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing S. 534, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing
Client expense: $1,690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of Public Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, specifically, provisions on risk, insurance oversight (Federal Insurance Office), and potential CFPB activities related to P&C insurance.Discussions related to Basel III capital standards. Discussions on U.S. and global designation of systemically relevant non-bank financial firms. S.1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. H.R. 4510, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. S.2101, A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. General issues related to Super Storm Sandy, as related to P&C insurance, including resilience and mitigation. General discussions on natural catastrophe related proposals. H.R. 240, Homeowners Insurance Protection Act. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. H.R. 4871, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. H.R. 1945, Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013. H.R 2146, Terrorism Risk Insurance program Reauthorization Act of 2013. S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. General discussions on Insurance Capital Investment. General discussions on the insurability of cyber exposures. General discussions of Commercial Insurance regulation.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Issues related to VADIP (VA Dental Insurance Program) H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Insurance Clarification Act S. 2270, S. 1369, H.R. 5461 and H.R. 2140 re: capital standards for insurance companies
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act H.R. 605, Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013 H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 H.R. 677, Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act H.R. 742, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 H.R. 992 / S. 474, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act H.R. 1106 / S. 550, Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1135, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1221 / S. 737, Basel III Capital Impact Study Act H.R. 1256, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, Financial Competitive Act of 2013 H.R. 1564 / S. 1526, Audit Integrity and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1800, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 2122 / S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 H.R. 2274, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2013 H.R. 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 2446, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 H.R. 2546 / S. 1257, Protect American Investments Act of 2013 H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 3211, Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 H.R. 3448, Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act of 2014 H.R. 3519, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 H.R. 3623, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 3701, U.S. Financial Services Global Viability Act H.R. 3770, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3819 / S. 1907, Fairness for Community Job Creators Act H.R. 3928, Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 4164, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 4167, Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4200, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4383, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act H.R. 4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act H.R. 4466, Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4510 / S. 2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 4554, Restricted Securities Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4565, Startup Capital Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 4568, Small Business Freedom to Grow Act of 2014 H.R. 4569, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014 H.R. 4570, Private Placement Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4571, To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans H.R. 4604, CFPB Data Collection Security Act H.R. 4662, Bureau Advisory Opinion Act H.R. 4684, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4697, Small-Cap Access to Capital Act H.R. 4804, Bureau Examination Fairness Act H.R. 4811, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4842, Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 H.R. 5402, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014 H.R. 5405, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 5461, To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 S. 888, A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 S. 2698, Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to the Private Securites Litigation Reform Act (P.L. 104-67), securities litigation; implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including proposals to alter the derivatives provisions; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-140), including Sec. 40312, issues related to pension fund stabilization; implementation of the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; financial reporting policies reform; proposed regulation of money market mutual funds; proposed Volcker Rule, trust preferred bonds and collateralized loan obligations; proposed risk retention rules and the collateralized loan obligations market; Commodity Futures Trading Commission's derivatives regulations; amendments to Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933; Basel III capital standards; reconciliation of merchant card and third-party payments; political spending disclosures; transparent financial reporting; Federal Reserve Boards review of 2003 determination that certain commodity activities are complementary to financial activities and thus permissible for bank holding companies; reducing barriers to capital formation; capital requirements and systemically important financial institutions; oversight of proxy advisory firms; credit risk retention rules
Client expense: $28,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
No Bill# - Issues relating to GSE/Housing Finance Reform - focus on multi-family housing policy No Bill# - Issues relating to Dodd-Frank implementation and FIO, OFR, Volcker Rule, FSOC, FSB and their associated work on topics like capital standard, non-bank SIFI designation, insurance regulation, and oversight H.R. 1217 - Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - All provisionsH.J. Res. 59 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution of 2014 (Restrict Access to the Social Security Death Master File) S. 534 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - all provisions S. 563 - Jumpstart GSE Reform Act - multi-family provisions H.R. 2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act - all provisions S. 1369 - To provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance and for other purposes S. 1376 - The FHA Solvency Act of 2013 - all provisions H.R. 2140 - The Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - all provisions H.R. 2720 - Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 1155 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 S. 676 - Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 No Bill# - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 No Bill# - Universal Child Savings Accounts S. 2102 - A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act S. 2270 / H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 5461 - To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes
Client expense: $1,840,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R., 1221 Basel III Capital Impact Study Act- To require the Federal banking agencies to conduct an impact study on the cumulative effect of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets as proposed in the......Standardized Approach for Risk Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Advanced Approaches Risk-based Capital Rule; Market Risk Capital Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013- To permit insurance companies that are depository holding companies, or are subsidiaries of depository holding companies, to comply with the accounting and capital requirements applicable to the insurance company under State law, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.4881, To place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. (entire bill) H.R.4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to hold open meetings and comply with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to provide additional improvements to the Council, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.5461, To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S.2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. (entire bill) H.RES.735/ S.RES.561, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. (entire bill) Public Law 111203, Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act- To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail'", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. (entire PL) Issues related to Systemic Risk Designation Process Issues related to the application of capital standards on globally active insurance companies.
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
- PL 111-203, "Dodd-Frank Act", regarding all provisions. - H.R.605, "Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - H.R.613, "Systemic Risk Mitigation Act", regarding all provisions. - H.R.1221, "Basel III Capital Impact Study Act", regarding all provisions.- H.Con.Res.25, "Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023" regarding provisions that eliminate key aspects of PL 111-203. - S.205, "Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - S.451, "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - H.R.1135, "Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act ", regarding all provisions. - H.R.2140, "Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - S.1369,"A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. - HR.4510/S.2770,Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014, all provisions. - PL 111-148, "Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act", regarding all provisions. - HR 5461, "To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes".
Client expense: $960,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Implementation of H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Federal Reserve's Proposed Basel III Rule; S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013;TRIASection 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, 12CFR Part 44, 12CFR Part 248, 12CFR Part 351, 17 CFR Part 255. (12/10/2013); market structure; and asset managers issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Insurance Regulatory Reform-Implementation of the "Dodd Frank Wall street Reform & Consumer Protection Act" overhauls regulation of federal markets (not yet in legislative form) A bill to facilitate implementation of Title VII of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption-changes effective dates anad studies Title VII of Dodd-Frank Act (not yet in legislative form) Pub L 111-203-Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act-To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements HR 41- A bill to increase the borrowing authority for the "NFIP" HR 982-FACT Act-"Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT)Act of 2013" Amends Title 11 of the US code to requirte the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that conmtain detailedinformation regarding receipt and adisposition of claims for injuries bsed on exposure to asbestos and for other purposes HR 508-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)- requires commercial insurers to provide terrorism risk coverage, reauthorizes the program for 5 years Disaster mitigation proposal (not in bill form) HR 1309-"Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011"-reauthorizes and reform National Flood Insurance Program HR 1064/S 534- NARAB II-NAtionalAssociation of Registered Agents and Brokers reform Act of 2011-a bill to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers and for other purposes (NARAB II), would establish a gfederal licensing clearinghouse fore insurance agents who operate in multiple states USPS 5 day delivery and postal reform proposals (not in bill form) HR 4348-"MAP-21/Transparency and NFIP Conference Report"-reauthorizes federal transportation and safety programs and reforms and reauthorizes the NFIP for 5 years HR 1945-"Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013"-to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance program of the Department of the Treasury for 10 years,and for other purposes. Program expires on December 31, 2014 HR 2146-"Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization act of 2013" to extend the Terrorism risk program of the Department of Treasury for 10 years. Extends the Program through December 31, 2014 S 996-Strengthen, modernize and Reform the National Flood Insurance Program (SMART NFIP) Act-"a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program and for other purposes" HR 1035-"To require a study of voluntary community bsed flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes" Directs the Administer of FEMA to study and report to Congress on options, methods, and strategies HR 2199-"The Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013"- to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. Bill would delay premium increase by 3 years after the enactment of the bill S 1075-"The Saving Homeowners from Onerous Rate Escalations of 2013 SHORE Act"-a bill to extend the phase-in of actuarial rates for flood insurance for certain properties under Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2102- would help homeowners avoid steep increases in premiums H AMDt. 121 to HR 2217-an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to implement, carry out, administer, or enforce section 1308 (h) of the NFIA of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(h)). An amendant to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,2014. Delays the premimum increase for one year HR 2140 "Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards of 2013"-a bill to permit insurance companies that are depository holding companies, or are subsidiaries of depository holding companies, to comply with the accounting and capital requirements applicable to the insurance company under State law and for other purposes S 1369-a bill to provide flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored top the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes HR 1194-"National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2013"-to terminate the National Flod Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements S601-"Water Resources Development Act of 1013"-to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes HR 3380-"A bill to delay NFIP rate Increase until FEMA Maps are Updated" would delay the flood insurance rate increases mandated in the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act HR 3013-"Homeowners Protection Act of 2013"- A bill to reform the NFIP, and for other purposes HR 3156/S.1098-"Responsible Implementation of Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2013"-would reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012 to responsibly protect home ownership HR 3218-A bill to delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the NFIP until completion of the pending study for the affordability of rates, and for congressional consideration of reforms to make such rates affordable HR 3312-"Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act of 2013"-would require the administrator of FEMA to allow monthly installment payments fore flood insurance under the NFIP Act of 1968 HR 3370/S.1610-"Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013"-would delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012, and for other purposes HR 3696 "National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructurte Protection Act of 2013" Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 S 1846-Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 S 1926-A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Insurance Reform Act of 2012 HR 4871-TRIA Reform Act of 2014-to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 for 5 years and for other purposes S 2244-Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014-Amends TRIA 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance program through December 31, 2021 HR 4510/S 2270- Insurance Capitol Standards Clarification Act of 2014-Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer protection Act concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated bsis for a depository institution holding company or nonbank financial compamy supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve HR 4558-Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act of 2014 - to clarify the authority of States to regulate private flood insurance coverage
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Federal Reserve's Basel III Proposal; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013;S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;HR 6204, SEC Proposed Rule on "Mutual Fund Distribution Fees"; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; cybersecurity, privacy issues; HR 2374 "The Retail Investor Protection Act"; S.2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, 12CFR Part 44, 12CFR Part 248, 12CFR Part 351, 17 CFR Part 255. (12/10/2013); municipal advisor registration; Department of Treasury, IAIS Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (7/1/11).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Flood Insurance; Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act;H.R. 41, National Flood Insurance Program; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital & Accounting Standards Act; S.1369, a bill to provide additonal flexibility to the Board of Federal Reserve to establish capital standards; S.1202, clarify the application of certain leverage risk-based requirements under Dodd-Frank; H.R. 4871, TRIA Reform Act of 2014; S. 2244 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013Item 17. Add - Federal Housing Finance Agency
Client expense: $970,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 1155: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions.HR 508: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 1945: Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to revise the definition of an "act of terrorism" to mean any act that is certified as meeting the specified criteria for such n act by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in concurrence with the Secretary of the Treasury (currently, by the Secretary of the Treasury in concurrence with the Secretary of State). Extends the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2024 (under current law, the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 2140: Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. HR 2146: Terrorism Risk insurance program Reauthoriation Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk insurance Act of 2002 to extend from December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2024, the Terrorism Risk insurance program. Extends to September 30, 2027, the deadline by which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to collect all mandatory premiums for any act of terrorism occuring on or after January 1, 2012. HR 4510: Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. H.R. 5623 Living Donor Protection Act: the bill is designed to "to promote organ donation and protect the rights of living organ donors" by prohibiting life, disability and long term care companies from denying coverage, limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for organ donors. S 534: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. S1369: Additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. S.1926: A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. S.2102: A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. S.2270: Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. H.R.5461: To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction
Client expense: $445,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 201. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act IssuesH.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards H.R. 5461, Draft bill pertaining to insurance capital standards. Issue: Capital Standards for Insurers. H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues.
Client expense: $1,030,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 201. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act Issues H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. Issue: McCarran-Ferguson Act issues. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2244, a bill to extend the termination date of the Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 4871 - TRIA Reform Act of 2014. To reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issue: Terrorism Insurance H.R. 5461, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 1155, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing S. 534, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013. Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. Issue: Agent Licensing
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 41-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 99-Medical Malpractice, H.R. 240- Natural Catastrophe Backstop, H.R. 508-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 549-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 605-Insurance, H. Res. 735- International Insurance, H.R. 737-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 960-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 968-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1028-Mortgage Insurance, H.R. 1035-National Flood Insurance Program, (cont'd next page)H.R. 1064-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1101-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 1155-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1194-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1267-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1268-Flood Insurance, H.R. 1369-Gun Control, H.R. 1485-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1945-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2129-Workers Compensation Insurance, H.R. 2140-Capital Standards, H.R. 2146-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2156-Adjuster Reciprocity, H.R. 2293-Flood Insurance, H.R. 3156- National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3218-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3370-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3693-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4352-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4510-Capital Standards, H.R. 4557-Private Support to FDIC, H.R. 4558- Flood Insurance, H.R. 4669-Servicemembers Auto Insurance, H.R. 4871-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 5461-Capital Standards, "Insurance Data Protection Act of 2014" (House), "Risk Retention Modernization Act" (House), S. 20-Dodd-Frank Act, S. 205-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S. 534-Insurance Agent Licensing, S. Res. 561- International Insurance, S. 996-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1075-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1098-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1217- Mortgage Insurance, S. 1369-Capital Standards, S. 1610-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1846-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1926-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 2244-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S. 2270- Capital Standards, S. 2381-Flood Insurance, S. 2731-Workers Compensation Insurance
Client expense: $1,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;HR 6204, SEC Proposed Rule on "Mutual Fund Distribution Fees"; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; cybersecurity, privacy issues; HR 2374 "The Retail Investor Protection Act"; S.2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, 12CFR Part 44, 12CFR Part 248, 12CFR Part 351, 17 CFR Part 255. (12/10/2013); municipal advisor registration
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Federal Reserve's Proposed Basel III Rule; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibililty to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; S. 2270, The Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Federal Reserve's Proposed Basel III Rule; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013; S. 1369, a bill to provide flexibility to the Federal Reserve to establish capital standards tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance; S. 2270, The Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Issues related to VADIP (VA Dental Insurance Program) Issues related to corporate tax reform S. 2270, S. 1369 and H.R. 2140 re: capital standards for insurance companies
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of Public Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, specifically, provisions on risk, insurance oversight (Federal Insurance Office), and potential CFPB activities related to P&C insurance. General issues related to lender placed insurance market.Discussions related to Basel III capital standards. Discussions on U.S. and global designation of systemically relevant non-bank financial firms. S.1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. S.2101, A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. General issues related to Super Storm Sandy, as related to P&C insurance, including resilience and mitigation. General discussions on natural catastrophe related proposals. H.R. 240, Homeowners Insurance Protection Act. H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013. H.R. 4871, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. H.R. 1945, Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013. S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. General discussions on Insurance Capital Investment. General discussions on the insurability of cyber exposures.
Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
No Bill # - Issues relating to GSE/Housing Finance Reform - focus on multi-family housing policy No Bill # - Issues relating to Dodd-Frank implementation and FIO, OFR, Volcker Rule, FSOC, FSB and their associated work on topics like capital standard, non-bank SIFI designation, insurance regulation, and oversight H.R. 1217 - Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - All provisionsH.J. Res. 59 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution of 2014 (Restrict Access to the Social Security Death Master File) S. 534 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - all provisions. S. 563 - Jumpstart GSE Reform Act - Multifamily provisions H.R. 2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act - all provisions S. 1369 - To provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance and for other purposes S. 1376 - The FHA Solvency Act of 2013 - all provisions H.R. 2140 - The Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - all provisions H.R. 2720 - Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 1155 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 S. 676 - Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 No Bill # - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 No Bill # - Universal Child Savings Accounts S. 2102 - A bill to clarify the applicaiton of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act S. 2270 / H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: $1,941,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 41-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 99-Medical Malpractice, H.R. 240- Natural Catastrophe Backstop, H.R. 508-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 549-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 605-Insurance, H.R. 737-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 960-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 968-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1028-Mortgage Insurance, H.R. 1035-National Flood Insurance Program, (cont'd next page)H.R. 1064-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1101-Natural Catastrophe Insurance, H.R. 1155-Insurance Agent Licensing, H.R. 1194-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1267-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1268-Flood Insurance, H.R. 1369-Gun Control, H.R. 1485-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 1945-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2129-Workers Compensation Insurance, H.R. 2140-Capital Standards, H.R. 2146-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, H.R. 2156-Adjuster Reciprocity, H.R. 2293-Flood Insurance, H.R. 3156- National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3218-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3370-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 3693-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4352-National Flood Insurance Program, H.R. 4510-Capital Standards, H.R. 4557-Private Support to FDIC, H.R. 4558- Flood Insurance, H.R. 4669-Servicemembers Auto Insurance, H.R. 4871-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S. 20-Dodd-Frank Act, S. 205-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S. 534-Insurance Agent Licensing, S. 996-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1075-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1098-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1217- Mortgage Insurance, S. 1369-Capital Standards, S. 1610-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1846-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 1926-National Flood Insurance Program, S. 2244-Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S. 2381-Flood Insurance
Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1369 - A bill to provide additional flexibility to the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. H.R. 2140 - Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013S.2102 - A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014
Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
Flood Insurance; Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act;H.R. 41, National Flood Insurance Program; H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital & Accounting Standards Act; S.1369, a bill to provide additonal flexibility to the Board of Federal Reserve to establish capital standards; S.1202, clarify the application of certain leverage risk-based requirements under Dodd-Frank; H.R. 4871 TRIA Reform Act of 2014; and S.2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013Item 17. Add - Federal Housing Finance Agency
Client expense: $1,070,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
HR 1155: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions.HR 508: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2019 (under current law the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 1945: Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to revise the definition of an "act of terrorism" to mean any act that is certified as meeting the specified criteria for such n act by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in concurrence with the Secretary of the Treasury (currently, by the Secretary of the Treasury in concurrence with the Secretary of State). Extends the Terrorism Insurance Program until December 31, 2024 (under current law, the Program expires on December 31, 2014). HR 2140: Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. HR 2146: Terrorism Risk insurance program Reauthoriation Act of 2013 - Amends the Terrorism Risk insurance Act of 2002 to extend from December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2024, the Terrorism Risk insurance program. Extends to September 30, 2027, the deadline by which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to collect all mandatory premiums for any act of terrorism occuring on or after January 1, 2012. HR 4510: Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. S 534: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to repeal the contingent conditions under which the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) shall not be established. Reestablishes the NARAB without contingent conditions as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multi-state basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions. S1369: Additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. S.1926: A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. S.2102: A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. S.2270 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) concerning establishment of minimum leverage and minimum risk-based capital requirements on a consolidated basis for a depository institution holding company or a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Client expense: $405,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act H.R. 605, Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013 H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 H.R. 677, Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act H.R. 742, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 H.R. 992 / S. 474, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act H.R. 1106 / S. 550, Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1135, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1221 / S. 737, Basel III Capital Impact Study Act H.R. 1256, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, Financial Competitive Act of 2013 H.R. 1564 / S. 1526, Audit Integrity and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1800, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 2122 / S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 H.R. 2274, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2013 H.R. 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 2446, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 H.R. 2546 / S. 1257, Protect American Investments Act of 2013 H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 3448, Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act of 2014 H.R. 3519, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 H.R. 3623, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 3701, U.S. Financial Services Global Viability Act H.R. 3770, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3819 / S. 1907, Fairness for Community Job Creators Act H.R. 3928, Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 4164, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 4167, Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4200, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4383, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act H.R. 4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act H.R. 4466, Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4510 / S. 2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 4554, Restricted Securities Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4565, Startup Capital Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 4568, Small Business Freedom to Grow Act of 2014 H.R. 4569, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014 H.R. 4570, Private Placement Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4571, To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans H.R. 4604, CFPB Data Collection Security Act H.R. 4662, Bureau Advisory Opinion Act H.R. 4684, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4697, Small-Cap Access to Capital Act H.R. 4804, Bureau Examination Fairness Act H.R. 4811, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4842, Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 S. 888, A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including proposals to alter the derivatives provisions; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-140), including Sec. 40312, issues related to pension fund stabilization; implementation of the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; financial reporting policies reform; regulation of money market mutual funds; proposed Volcker Rule, trust preferred bonds and collateralized loan obligations; proposed risk retention rules and the collateralized loan obligations market; Commodity Futures Trading Commission's derivatives regulations; amendments to Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933; Basel III capital standards; proposed money market mutual fund regulation; reconciliation of merchant card and third-party payments; political spending disclosures; transparent financial reporting; Federal Reserve Boards review of 2003 determination that certain commodity activities are complementary to financial activities and thus permissible for bank holding companies; reducing barriers to capital formation; capital requirements and systemically important financial institutions; oversight of proxy advisory firms; credit risk retention rules
Client expense: $21,610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Financial Regulatory Reform Federal Reserve Supervision of Savings and Loan Holding Companies Federal Reserve Board's Rules to Implement Basel III Regulatory Capital ReformsDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in regards to: Systemic Risk Designation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Volcker Rule Capital Requirements for the Savings & Loan Holding Company and Federal Reserve Board Oversight as in the following bill: HR2140 - Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 MMF Reform SEC Fiduciary Project (DFA Sec. 913) HR 4510/ S2270- Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension as in the following bill: HR508 - Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 Basel III as in the following bills: S1369 - A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance and for other purposes S2102 - A bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act GSE Reform Asset Manager SIFI Designation Death Master File Equity Market Structure
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
- PL 111-203, "Dodd-Frank Act", regarding all provisions. - H.R.605, "Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - H.R.613, "Systemic Risk Mitigation Act", regarding all provisions. - H.R.1221, "Basel III Capital Impact Study Act", regarding all provisions.- H.Con.Res.25, "Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023" regarding provisions that eliminate key aspects of PL 111-203. - S.205, "Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - S.451, "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - H.R.1135, "Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act ", regarding all provisions. - H.R.2140, "Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013", regarding all provisions. - S.1369,"A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. HR.4510/S.2770,Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014, all provisions.
Client expense: $980,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · second_quarter · Banking
P.L. 111-203 - Implementation and modifications for the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," which eliminated the Office of Thrift Supervision, the primary regulator of State Farm Bank, and replaced it with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, effective July 21, 2011.Advocating for H.R. 4510 and S. 2770 (and earlier versions H.R. 2140/S. 1369) to ensure that inappropriate banking standards are not applied to savings and loan holding companies primarily engaged in the business of insurance under the Collins Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · second_quarter · Banking
H.R., 1221 Basel III Capital Impact Study Act- To require the Federal banking agencies to conduct an impact study on the cumulative effect of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets as proposed in the......Standardized Approach for Risk Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Advanced Approaches Risk-based Capital Rule; Market Risk Capital Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013- A bill to replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a 5-person Commission, to bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations process, to provide for a safety and soundness check, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S. 20, Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2013- A bill to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (entire bill) S. 190, Restoring the Constitutional Balance of Power Act of 2013- A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities of the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Sec. 3) S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S. 100, Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2013- A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to repeal certain designation authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to repeal the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R. 749/S. 635, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act- To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement. (entire bill) H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013- To permit insurance companies that are depository holding companies, or are subsidiaries of depository holding companies, to comply with the accounting and capital requirements applicable to the insurance company under State law, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013- To prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. (entire bill) H.R.4881, To place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. (entire bill) H.R.4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to hold open meetings and comply with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to provide additional improvements to the Council, and for other purposes. (entire bill) Public Law 111203, Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act- To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail'", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. (entire PL) Issues related to Systemic Risk Designation Process Issues related to the application of capital standards on globally active insurance companies.
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of