Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act
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2015 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act: issues related to capital reform for credit unions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 25 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); H.R. 30 (Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act); H.R. 122 (Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2013); H.R. 290 (Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013); H.R. 505 (Balancing Act); H.R. 613 (Systemic Risk Mitigation Act); H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 634 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 677 (Inter-Affiliate Swap Classification Act); H.R. 694 (Corporate Tax Fairness Act); H.R. 701 (To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action); H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 742 (Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013); H.R. 756 (Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013); H.R. 807 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 815 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business); H.R. 880 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 889 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 935 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013); H.R. 947 (Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act); H.R. 992 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 1003 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1101 (Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 1105 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1062 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 1064 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1115 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008); H.R. 1135 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1155 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1221 (Basel III Capital Impact Study Act); H.R. 1256 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 1335 (Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 1341 (Financial Competitive Act of 2013)(Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)); H.R. 1844 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013); H.R. 2374 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2998 (Investor Choice Act of 2013); H.R. 3482 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 3696 (National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 4167 (Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act); 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); S. 1 (Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act); S. 8 (End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act); S. 21 (Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013); S. 122 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); S. 169 (I-Squared Act of 2013)(Immigration reform); S. 173 (Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act); S. 249 (Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013); S. 277 (Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013); S. 278 (Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013); S. 321 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013); S. 387 (American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act); S. 399 (American Job Protection Act); S. 410 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 450 (Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013); S. 451 (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013); S. 474 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); S. 534 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); S. 798 (TBTF Act); S. 1725 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 1999 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); S.AMDT.2006 (Amends H.CON.RES.25); FINRA Regulatory Notice 2013-002; Market data rule proposals (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042;SR-NASDAQ-2012-044;SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96; Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Tick-size pilot program; EU Capital and Resolution; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework; Incentives for the adoption of the NIST Framework; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Fee pilot program for NASDAQ last sale (File no. SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); Legal Entity Identifier; Financial Stability Board; OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve rule proposal on Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio; FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Prudential regulators; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; SEC draft strategic plan; Leverage capital requirements; Basel capital and liquidity; Senate Intel Committee Cybersecurity Bill (not yet introduced); Cybersecurity issues (general).
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1 (Tax Reform Act of 2014); H.R. 25 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); H.R. 30 (Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act); H.R. 122 (Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2013);H.R. 290 (Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013); H.R. 505 (Balancing Act); H.R. 613 (Systemic Risk Mitigation Act); H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 634 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 677 (Inter-Affiliate Swap Classification Act); H.R. 694 (Corporate Tax Fairness Act); H.R. 701 (To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action); H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 742 (Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013); H.R. 756 (Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013); H.R. 797 (Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013); H.R. 807 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 815 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business); H.R. 880 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 889 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 935 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013); H.R. 947 (Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act); H.R. 992 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 1003 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1101 (Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 1105 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1062 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 1064 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1115 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008); H.R. 1135 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1155 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1221 (Basel III Capital Impact Study Act); H.R. 1256 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R.1335 (Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013); H.R.1341 (Financial Competitive Act of 2013)(Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)); H.R. 1627 (Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013); H.R. 1844 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013); H.R. 2374 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2998 (Investor Choice Act of 2013); H.R. 3482 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 3696 (National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 4167 (Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act); 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); S. 1 (Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act); S. 8 (End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act); S. 21 (Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013); S. 122 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); S. 169 (I-Squared Act of 2013)(Immigration reform); S. 173 (Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act); S. 249 (Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013);S. 277 (Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013); S. 278 (Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013); S. 321 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013); S. 387 (American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act); S. 399 (American Job Protection Act); S. 410 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 450 (Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013); S. 451 (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013); S. 474 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); S. 534 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); S. 798 (TBTF Act); S. 1725 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 1999 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); S. 2588 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014); S.AMDT.2006 (Amends H.CON.RES.25); FINRA Regulatory Notice 2013-002; Market data rule proposals (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042;SR-NASDAQ-2012-044;SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96; Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach;Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Tick-size pilot program; EU Capital and Resolution; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework; Incentives for the adoption of the NIST Framework; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Fee pilot program for NASDAQ last sale (File no. SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); Legal Entity Identifier; Financial Stability Board; OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve rule proposal on Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio; FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Prudential regulators; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; SEC draft strategic plan; Leverage capital requirements; Cybersecurity issues (general); Release No. 34-71958, SBSD Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Consumer Privacy Notices - Docket No. CFPB-2014-0010; Regulatory Notice 14019, BrokerCheck Hyperlink; Preserving America's Transit and Highways ("PATH") Act; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
General credit union issues; H.R. 688, legislation to adjust the cap on credit union lending to small businesses; H.R. 719, legislation to allow credit union additional capital; and, HR 749 and S 635, legislation to eliminate unnecessary privacy act notifications. Monitor H.R. 3468 to provide partity for credit unions trust accounts.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Work to keep insurance regulated by the states and not by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Influence and monitor legislation impacting the Government Sponsored Entities as it impacts credit unions, including S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Support legislation that would reduce regulatory burden on credit unions, including H.R. 2572, Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013. Support passage of legislation to address credit union member business lending.Advocate for stronger data security - particularly with regard to merchant plastic card data breaches. Support passage of S. 1927. Support credit union access to supplemental capital, including passage of H.R. 719.
Client expense: $314,513 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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| FL |
| Brad Sherman | Democratic | CA |
| Bruce L. Braley | Democratic | IA |
| Candice S. Miller | Republican | MI |
| Chaka Fattah | Democratic | PA |
| Charles B. Rangel | Democratic | NY |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Chris Collins | Republican | NY |
| Dan Benishek | Republican | MI |
| Daniel B. Maffei | Democratic | NY |
| David Loebsack | Democratic | IA |
| Denny Heck | Democratic | WA |
| Dina Titus | Democratic | NV |
| Don Young | Republican | AK |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Frederica S. Wilson | Democratic | FL |
| Gene Green | Democratic | TX |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | Democratic | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Gregory W. Meeks | Democratic | NY |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Hakeem S. Jeffries | Democratic | NY |
| Howard Coble | Republican | NC |
| Janice Hahn | Democratic | CA |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic | CA |
| Jared Polis | Democratic | CO |
| Jeff Miller | Republican | FL |
| Judy Chu | Democratic | CA |
| Kathy Castor | Democratic | FL |
| Kerry L. Bentivolio | Republican | MI |
| Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | CA |
| Mark Takano | Democratic | CA |
| Maxine Waters | Democratic | CA |
| Michael G. Grimm | Republican | NY |
| Michael H. Michaud | Democratic | ME |
| Paul Tonko | Democratic | NY |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Richard L. Hanna | Republican | NY |
| Richard M. Nolan | Democratic | MN |
| Robert E. Andrews | Democratic | NJ |
| Spencer Bachus | Republican | AL |
| Steve Chabot | Republican | OH |
| Steve Israel | Democratic | NY |
| Suzan K. DelBene | Democratic | WA |
| Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | OR |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Timothy H. Bishop | Democratic | NY |
| Tom McClintock | Republican | CA |
| Tom Reed | Republican | NY |
| Walter B. Jones | Republican | NC |
Client expense: $1,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $1,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction Threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act HR 3329 To Enhance the Ability of Community Financial Institutions to Foster Economic Growth HR 4042 Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 HR 4252 Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014 HR 4466 Financial Regulatory Clarity Act HR 4521 Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act HR 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 HR 5148 Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2014 HR 5199 Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2014 HR 5405 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act of 2014 HR 5461 Dodd Frank Reforms HR 5758 Financial Institutions Consumer Protection Act of 2014 HR 5786 Small Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1916 HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 S 1927 Data Secuity Act of 2014 S 2244 Amendment 3550 to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthoriation Act of 2014 S 2588 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 S 2732 The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshhold Act of 2014 S 2937 NY Federal Reserve Bank Access to Capital for Community Banks Call Report Burden Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules/Treatment of Mortgage Servicing Assets CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union IOLTAs Credit Union Tax Exemption Cybersecurity Data Security and Breaches DeNovo Bank Applications Department of Justice Operation Chokepoint Federal Reserve Vacancy FHFA - FHLB Membership Rules Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises Military Lending ActMortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Servicing Standards National Flood Insurance Program Nomination of Antonio Weiss for Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Overdraft Protection Patent Litigation Reform Patent Trolling/Demand Letters Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced Loans Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Tila/RESPA Final Rule Implementation Virtual Currency - CFPB
Client expense: $1,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) Cooperative development
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Matters impacting DCUC member credit union operations on military bases and those issues pertaining to the provision of financial services to the military community. 2006 Talent amendment regarding lending near military bases Military Lending Act, payday lending, tax reform, cybersecurity and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013) Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
National Credit Union Administrations risk-based capital proposal; Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act (H.R. 4042); Exam fairness for credit unions (use of documents of resolution; consistency; independent appeals process); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1553 / S. 727); Share insurance parity for credit union Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (H.R.3468; S. 2699; S. 2698); The CFPBs qualified mortgage/ ability-to-repay rule; CFPBs calculation of points and fees under the qualified mortgage/ ability-to-repay rule; The Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211 / S. 1577); Relief from redundant annual privacy notice requirements; Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 635 / H.R. 749); Administrative Improvements for the Powers of the NCUA including allowing a federal credit union to petition NCUA for a waiver of a federal rule in favor of a state rule; providing NCUA authority to delay implementation of CFPB rules; more robust cost-benefit analysis on rule making; examination fairness provisions; improving the Central Liquidity Facility. Capital Reforms for Credit Unions including a properly designed risk-based capital proposal for credit unions; Structural improvements for credit unions including a study of outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and expanding the process for expanding credit unions field of membership; Operational improvements for credit unions including raising the arbitrary member business lending cap; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 968); H.R. 4226 to exclude loans made for non-owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings from the definition of member business loan; H.R. 5061 to exempt from the member business lending cap loans made to veterans; allowing credit unions greater investment authority; credit union member business lending; Requirements for credit unions to be members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system; Data security; Federal data security standards for merchants; Data Security Act of 2014 (S.1927); Federal Reserve Regulation D; Regulation D Study Act (H.R. 3240); Credit Union Tax Exemption; Tax reform; Patent reform; Patent reform relative to demand letters; Draft House legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters; NCUA budget transparency; CFPB exemption authority for credit unions; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) mandate to coordinate on rule making; SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 4626); American Savings and Promotion Act (H.R. 3374); End Operation Choke Point Act (H.R. 4986); Access to supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 2732); Help Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (H.R. 2672/ S. 1916); Housing Finance Reform; The PATH Act (H.R. 2767); Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217);NCUAs request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - field of membership issues; definition of Rural District; charter conversions; associational common bond; quality assurance review; federal credit union bylaws; fees paid by credit unions; mergers of federal insured credit unions; member business lending waiver process; investment and deposit activities; fixed assets; credit union service organizations. NCUAs proposed rule for asset securitization; NCUAs 2014 mid-year budget review; NCUAs 2014 regulatory review - records preservation program and guidelines; budget transparency; security program; interest rate risk and the risk-based capital proposal; loans in areas having special flood hazards; procedure for debt collection; fair credit reporting; accuracy advertising and notice of insured status; examinations; fixed assets; increased investment authority; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems notice of regulatory review and request for comments under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation cc); collection of checks and others items by the Federal Reserve Banks and Funds Transfers Through Fedwire (Regulation J); Reserve requirements of depository institutions; reimbursement for providing financial records, recordkeeping for certain financial records; Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposed rule with request for comment on two modifications to the Integrated Mortgage Disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act. CFPBs proposed changes to the collection and reporting requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; Department of Defense proposed rule on Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents; Military Lending Act; H.R. 4435 - Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015; Defense Department Allotment System; Federal Housing Finance Agencys request for input regarding the proposed single security structure; Federal Housing Finance Agencys request for input regarding Enterprise Housing Goals 2015-2017; FinCEN proposed customer due diligence requirements for financial institutions; Comments on proposed rulemaking regarding loans in areas having special floor hazards; NCUA proposal regarding federal credit union ownership of fixed assets; NACHA / The Electronic Payments Association proposal on compliance and operational topics; Improving the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Update to requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members under Regulation E; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of the NCUAs advertising requirements; Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act;Federal Reserve Board seat for individual with credit union experience.
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
National Credit Union Administrations risk-based capital proposal; Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act (H.R. 4042); Exam fairness for credit unions (use of documents of resolution; consistency; independent appeals process); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1553 / S. 727); Share insurance parity for credit union Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (H.R.3468; S. 2699; S. 2698); The CFPBs qualified mortgage/ ability-to-repay rule; CFPBs calculation of points and fees under the qualified mortgage/ ability-to-repay rule; The Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211 / S. 1577); Relief from redundant annual privacy notice requirements; Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 635 / H.R. 749); Administrative Improvements for the Powers of the NCUA including allowing a federal credit union to petition NCUA for a waiver of a federal rule in favor of a state rule; providing NCUA authority to delay implementation of CFPB rules; more robust cost-benefit analysis on rule making; examination fairness provisions; improving the Central Liquidity Facility. Capital Reforms for Credit Unions including a properly designed risk-based capital proposal for credit unions; Structural improvements for credit unions including a study of outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and expanding the process for expanding credit unions field of membership; Operational improvements for credit unions including raising the arbitrary member business lending cap; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 968); H.R. 4226 to exclude loans made for non-owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings from the definition of member business loan; H.R. 5061 to exempt from the member business lending cap loans made to veterans; allowing credit unions greater investment authority; credit union member business lending; Requirements for credit unions to be members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system; Data security; Federal data security standards for merchants; Data Security Act of 2014 (S.1927); Federal Reserve Regulation D; Regulation D Study Act (H.R. 3240); Credit Union Tax Exemption; Tax reform; Patent reform; Patent reform relative to demand letters; Draft House legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters; NCUA budget transparency; CFPB exemption authority for credit unions; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) mandate to coordinate on rule making; SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 4626); American Savings and Promotion Act (H.R. 3374); End Operation Choke Point Act (H.R. 4986); Access to supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 2732); Help Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (H.R. 2672/ S. 1916); Housing Finance Reform; The PATH Act (H.R. 2767); Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217);NCUAs request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - field of membership issues; definition of Rural District; charter conversions; associational common bond; quality assurance review; federal credit union bylaws; fees paid by credit unions; mergers of federal insured credit unions; member business lending waiver process; investment and deposit activities; fixed assets; credit union service organizations. NCUAs proposed rule for asset securitization; NCUAs 2014 mid-year budget review; NCUAs 2014 regulatory review - records preservation program and guidelines; budget transparency; security program; interest rate risk and the risk-based capital proposal; loans in areas having special flood hazards; procedure for debt collection; fair credit reporting; accuracy advertising and notice of insured status; examinations; fixed assets; increased investment authority; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems notice of regulatory review and request for comments under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation cc); collection of checks and others items by the Federal Reserve Banks and Funds Transfers Through Fedwire (Regulation J); Reserve requirements of depository institutions; reimbursement for providing financial records, recordkeeping for certain financial records; Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposed rule with request for comment on two modifications to the Integrated Mortgage Disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act. CFPBs proposed changes to the collection and reporting requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; Department of Defense proposed rule on Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents; Military Lending Act; H.R. 4435 - Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015; Defense Department Allotment System; Federal Housing Finance Agencys request for input regarding the proposed single security structure; Federal Housing Finance Agencys request for input regarding Enterprise Housing Goals 2015-2017; FinCEN proposed customer due diligence requirements for financial institutions; Comments on proposed rulemaking regarding loans in areas having special floor hazards; NCUA proposal regarding federal credit union ownership of fixed assets; NACHA / The Electronic Payments Association proposal on compliance and operational topics; Improving the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Update to requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members under Regulation E; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of the NCUAs advertising requirements; Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act;Federal Reserve Board seat for individual with credit union experience.
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, IRS Regulation 67(e), Federal Home Loan Bank membership requirements. Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846); TRIA (S.2244, H.R.4871)
Client expense: $65,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; H.R.688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R.3584, the Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act; H.R.2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act; H.R.3468, the Credit Union Share Fund Insurance Parity Act; issues related to commercial member lending; issues related to Risk-Based Capital (RBC).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to the Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to the nomination of J. Mark McWatters to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, The Bureau Guidance Transparency Act Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Preventing Regulatory Abuse Act of 2014 Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Bureau Examination Fairness Act Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.Issues related to the Department of Defense proposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending Mortgage Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes.H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes. H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions H.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisions H.R. 3770, Inspector General Act H.R. 4042, Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act, all provisions H.R. 4167, the Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 4466, the Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4521, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 4626, the SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act, all provisions H.R. 4986, End Operation Choke Point Act, all provisions H.R. 5148, Access to Affordable Mortgages Act, all provisions H.R. 5403, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act, all provisions H.R. 5461, the Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 5758, Financial Institutions Customer Protection Act of 2014 Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called "Glass-Steagall Act," all provisionsS. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisions S. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. S. 1511, the Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1916, the HELP Rural Communities Act, all provisions S. 2641, the Portfolio Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 2698, the Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions Act, Title II and Title III. S. 2699, a Bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month Johnson / Crapo amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Moran / Manchin amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Toomey / Coburn amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act: issues related to capital reform for credit unions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R. 688/S.968 - credit union business lending. H.R. 719 - supplemental capital. H.R. 749/S.635 -privacy notification. Credit union risk-based capital. H.R. 1862/2584/S.1806 - privately insured credit unions/federal home loan bank access. Housing finance reform. H.R. 3420 - regulation D. H.R. 3468 - Interest on Attorney Trust Accounts. Data Security and personal privacy.
Client expense: $115,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R. 688 - Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act - entire bill relating to increasing credit union member business lending cap; S. 968 - Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 - same issue as above;H.R. 719 - Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act - entire bill relating to supplemental capital ratios for credit unions; H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - entire bill eliminating requirement that financial institutions privacy notices be sent on annual basis and allow such notices to be sent only when privacy policy changes; S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 - same issues as above; H.R. 2572 - Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013 - entire bill modernizing federal regulation of credit unions; H.R. 2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 - entire bill relating to housing finance and government sponsored enterprise (GSE) reforms; S. 1217 - Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - same issue as above; H.R. 3468 - Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act - entire bill extending share insurance coverage to trust accounts held in the name of nonmembers; S. 2698 - Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 - (RELIEVE Act) - same issue as above; S. 1927 - Data Security Act of 2014 - entire bill relating to security procedures and standards for entities maintaining personal data; 12 CFR Parts 700 - 703: Prompt Corrective Action - Risk-Based Capital - National Credit Union Administration proposed rule on risk-based capital requirements for federally insured credit unions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
HR 719 Capital Access for small Business and Jobs Act - authorizeing credit unions to issue supplemental cpaital instruments; HR 688 Credit union Small Business Job Creation Act/S968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 - increases the memebr business lending cap for credit unions; HR 1553 Financial Examination Fairness and Reform Act - creating a procedure and appeals process to ensure examination fairness for financial instituitons; HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 25 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); H.R. 30 (Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act); H.R. 122 (Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2013); H.R. 290 (Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013);H.R. 505 (Balancing Act); H.R. 613 (Systemic Risk Mitigation Act); H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 634 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 677 (Inter-Affiliate Swap Classification Act); H.R. 694 (Corporate Tax Fairness Act); H.R. 701 (To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action); H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 742 (Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013); H.R. 756 (Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013); H.R. 807 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 815 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business); H.R. 880 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 889 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 935 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013); H.R. 947 (Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act); H.R. 992 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 1003 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1101 (Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 1105 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1062 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 1064 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1115 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008); H.R. 1135 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1155 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1221 (Basel III Capital Impact Study Act); H.R. 1256 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R.1335 (Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013); H.R.1341 (Financial Competitive Act of 2013)(Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)); H.R. 1844 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013); H.R. 2374 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2998 (Investor Choice Act of 2013); H.R. 3482 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 3696 (National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 4167 (Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act); 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); S. 1 (Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act); S. 8 (End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act); S. 21 (Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013); S. 122 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); S. 169 (I-Squared Act of 2013)(Immigration reform); S. 173 (Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act); S. 249 (Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013); S. 277 (Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013); S. 278 (Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013); S. 321 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013);S. 387 (American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act); S. 399 (American Job Protection Act); S. 410 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 450 (Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013); S. 451 (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013); S. 474 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); S. 534 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); S. 798 (TBTF Act); S. 1725 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 1999 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); S. 2588 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014); S.AMDT.2006 (Amends H.CON.RES.25); FINRA Regulatory Notice 2013-002; Market data rule proposals (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042;SR-NASDAQ-2012-044;SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96; Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities;Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Tick-size pilot program; EU Capital and Resolution; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework; Incentives for the adoption of the NIST Framework; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Fee pilot program for NASDAQ last sale (File no. SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); Legal Entity Identifier; Financial Stability Board; OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve rule proposal on Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio; FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Prudential regulators; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; SEC draft strategic plan; Leverage capital requirements; Basel capital and liquidity; Cybersecurity issues (general); Release No. 34-71958, SBSD Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative; Regulation AB II; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Consumer Privacy Notices - Docket No. CFPB-2014-0010; Regulatory Notice 14019, BrokerCheck Hyperlink; Preserving America's Transit and Highways ("PATH") Act; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau).
Client expense: $2,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 25 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); H.R. 30 (Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act); H.R. 122 (Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2013); H.R. 290 (Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013);H.R. 505 (Balancing Act); H.R. 613 (Systemic Risk Mitigation Act); H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 634 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 677 (Inter-Affiliate Swap Classification Act); H.R. 694 (Corporate Tax Fairness Act); H.R. 701 (To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action); H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 742 (Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013); H.R. 756 (Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013); H.R. 807 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 815 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business); H.R. 880 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 889 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 935 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013); H.R. 947 (Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act); H.R. 992 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 1003 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1101 (Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 1105 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1062 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 1064 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1115 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008); H.R. 1135 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1155 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1221 (Basel III Capital Impact Study Act); H.R. 1256 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R.1335 (Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013); H.R.1341 (Financial Competitive Act of 2013)(Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)); H.R. 1844 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013); H.R. 2374 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2998 (Investor Choice Act of 2013); H.R. 3482 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 3696 (National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 4167 (Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act); 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); S. 1 (Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act); S. 8 (End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act); S. 21 (Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013); S. 122 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); S. 169 (I-Squared Act of 2013)(Immigration reform); S. 173 (Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act); S. 249 (Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013); S. 277 (Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013); S. 278 (Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013); S. 321 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013);S. 387 (American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act); S. 399 (American Job Protection Act); S. 410 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 450 (Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013); S. 451 (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013); S. 474 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); S. 534 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); S. 798 (TBTF Act); S. 1725 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 1999 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); S.AMDT.2006 (Amends H.CON.RES.25); FINRA Regulatory Notice 2013-002; Market data rule proposals (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042;SR-NASDAQ-2012-044;SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96; Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC);Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Tick-size pilot program; EU Capital and Resolution; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework; Incentives for the adoption of the NIST Framework; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Fee pilot program for NASDAQ last sale (File no. SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); Legal Entity Identifier; Financial Stability Board; OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve rule proposal on Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio; FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Prudential regulators; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; SEC draft strategic plan; Leverage capital requirements; Basel capital and liquidity; Senate Intel Committee Cybersecurity Bill (not yet introduced); Cybersecurity issues (general).
Client expense: $1,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) Cooperative development
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Matters impacting DCUC member credit union operations on military bases and those issues pertaining to the provision of financial services to the military community. 2006 Talent amendment regarding lending near military bases Military Lending Act, payday lending, tax reform, cybersecurity and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 688 (Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act) H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act) H.R. 749 (Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act) S. 635 (Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013)Tax reform, cybersecurity, and data breach
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 25 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); H.R. 30 (Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act); H.R. 122 (Creating Jobs From Innovative Small Businesses Act of 2013); H.R. 290 (Full Faith and Credit Act of 2013);H.R. 505 (Balancing Act); H.R. 613 (Systemic Risk Mitigation Act); H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 634 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 677 (Inter-Affiliate Swap Classification Act); H.R. 694 (Corporate Tax Fairness Act); H.R. 701 (To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action); H.R. 719 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 742 (Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013); H.R. 756 (Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013); H.R. 807 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 815 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business); H.R. 880 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 889 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013); H.R. 935 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013); H.R. 947 (Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act); H.R. 992 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 1003 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1101 (Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 1105 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1062 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 1064 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1115 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008); H.R. 1135 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1155 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); H.R. 1221 (Basel III Capital Impact Study Act); H.R. 1256 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R.1335 (Short Sale Transparency Act of 2013); H.R.1341 (Financial Competitive Act of 2013)(Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA)); H.R. 1627 (Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013); H.R. 1844 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013); H.R. 2374 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2998 (Investor Choice Act of 2013); H.R. 3482 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 3696 (National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013); H.R. 4167 (Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act); 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); S. 1 (Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act); S. 8 (End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act); S. 21 (Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013); S. 122 (Fair Tax Act of 2013); S. 169 (I-Squared Act of 2013)(Immigration reform); S. 173 (Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act); S. 249 (Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013); S. 277 (Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013); S. 278 (Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013);S. 321 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013); S. 387 (American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act); S. 399 (American Job Protection Act); S. 410 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 450 (Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013); S. 451 (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013); S. 474 (Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act); S. 534 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013); S. 798 (TBTF Act); S. 1725 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 1999 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); S. 2588 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014); S.AMDT.2006 (Amends H.CON.RES.25); FINRA Regulatory Notice 2013-002; Market data rule proposals (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042;SR-NASDAQ-2012-044;SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96; Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities;Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Tick-size pilot program; EU Capital and Resolution; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework; Incentives for the adoption of the NIST Framework; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Fee pilot program for NASDAQ last sale (File no. SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); Legal Entity Identifier; Financial Stability Board; OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve rule proposal on Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio; FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Prudential regulators; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; SEC draft strategic plan; Leverage capital requirements; Cybersecurity issues (general); Release No. 34-71958, SBSD Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Consumer Privacy Notices - Docket No. CFPB-2014-0010; Regulatory Notice 14019, BrokerCheck Hyperlink; Preserving America's Transit and Highways ("PATH") Act; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
General credit union issues; H.R. 688, legislation to adjust the cap on credit union lending to small businesses; H.R. 719, legislation to allow credit union additional capital; and, HR 749 and S 635, legislation to eliminate unnecessary privacy act notifications. Monitor H.R. 3468 to provide partity for credit unions trust accounts.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) 2014 Federal Policy Priorities - Expanded powers for tax-exempt credit unions - outdated original business model and straying from founding purpose, federal tax-exemption status, expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions, regulatory requirements including the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) -Including, expanded lending powers by increasing percentage of asset cap on business lending, and raising capital from outside investors (House and Senate) Expansion of the Farm Credit System - funding & tax advantages, expansionist agenda, competitive advantages over rural community banks, regulatory safeguards and controls, Co-Banks $725 million participation in commitment to Verizon Communications (House and Senate) Tax, accounting and auditing changes - community bank focus supporting robust economic activity, savings & investments, accommodation/exemption for community banks, undue regulatory burden or cost on community banks Including, tax reform that preserves the pass-through option, including the Subchapter S corporation and the ability of business borrowers to deduct interest, taxation of capital gains and dividends held in parity and at a preferential rate, tax-exempt status of interest paid on municipal bonds together with an increase in the Bank Qualified (BQ) annual threshold to $30 million and indexed for inflation, the ability of business and mortgage borrowers to deduct interest without further limitations must also be preserved, changes to the tax laws that disadvantage one form of corporate entity versus another should include a phase-in period and an amnesty to allow for a penalty-free corporate conversion, S corporation banks ability to raise capital to be enhanced by giving them the ability to issue preferred stock, increasing their shareholder limits and allowing new IRA shareholder investments, end to the tax subsidies for credit unions and the FCS lenders, community banks amortizing CRE losses over 10 years (versus in the year in which they are taken), capital standards that recognize the loss-absorbing abilities of the entire amount of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL), the 1.25% ALLL disallowance (for regulatory capital purposes) should be eliminated which would encourage banks to reserve more and would strengthen capital positions, the work of the Financial Accounting Foundations Private Company Council to seek recognition, measurement and disclosure alternatives for small private companies including non-public community banks. Including, Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) proposed expected loss model requiring community banks to develop costly complex cash flow models for loans and investment securities to generate expected losses over the lives of these assets where implementing this proposal will be to frontload loss recognition which would harm both community bank earnings and capital, FASBs proposal to restrict the ability of community banks to classify mortgage loans and investment securities at amortized cost when their intent is to collect contractual cash flows which is based on the exit price of a loan or security and on the current value in a non-distressed market and which would require costly robust pricing engines and complex valuation methodologies to satisfy the standard, FASBs proposal to require extensive liquidity risk and interest rate risk footnote disclosures that would be required to be audited which would undermine the work of the prudential regulators whose job entails assessing the safety and soundness of community banks including an assessment of liquidity and interest rate risk, and new bank specific fees or punitive tax levies specifically targeting the financial service sector (Senate) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 968 Small Business lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (capital raising from outside investors) (all sections) (House and Senate)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) 2014 Federal Policy Priorities - Downsize too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms to protect our financial system, economy, and American Taxpayers from future bailouts - downsize (restructure) too-big-to-fail (TBTF) banks and financial firms, reduce the probability and severity of future financial crisis and taxpayer bailouts, moral hazard, numerous TBTF misdeeds (abuse, fraud, manipulation and scandal),too-big-to-manage, too-big-to-regulate, too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-prosecute, too-big-to-jail, Department of Justices reluctance to prosecute TBTFs versus community banks, and Government Accountability Offices (GAO) confirmation of TBTFs funding advantages (Senate) Tiered regulation supervision and exemptions for community banks - recognition of the different business model and risks posed by TBTF banks and financial firms, one size fits all legislation and regulation, separate regulation - supervision - capital - liquidity requirements, disproportionate burden on community banks, unlevel playing field, and significant community bank competitive disadvantages Including, the qualifying threshold under the Federal Reserves Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement from $500 million to $5 billion and allowing small savings and loan holding companies to be covered by the Policy Statement, the internal control attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act from $75 million in market capitalization to $350 million, and savings and loan holding companies being able to take advantage of the increased Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act (Senate) Community bank regulatory relief as contained in the Independent Community Bankers of America Plan for Prosperity Including, community bank exemption from certain mortgage reforms to support the housing recovery, redundant annual privacy notices, municipal advisor registration burdens to help serve local governments, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Community Banks, CFPBs more balanced regulations, improved accountability in bank exams with a workable appeals process, accounting and auditing expenses for publicly traded institutions, mutual bank new charter and dividend rules, rigorous and quantitative justification of new rules, additional capital for small bank holding companies, red tape in small-business lending, capital formation and reforming Subchapter S corporation regulations, and extending the net-operating-loss carry-back (Senate) Enhanced security for consumer data (data breaches) - responsible parties responsibility for fraud losses and the cost of mitigation, sharing of information, and a national standard for notification, community banks bearing the majority of fraud losses and reissuance costs, retailers responsibility to protect sensitive customer data (Senate) Expanded powers for tax-exempt credit unions - outdated original business model and straying from founding purpose, federal tax-exemption status, expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions, regulatory requirements including the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Including, expanded lending powers by increasing percentage of asset cap on business lending, and raising capital from outside investors (House and Senate) Expansion of the Farm Credit System - funding & tax advantages, expansionist agenda, competitive advantages over rural community banks, regulatory safeguards and controls, Co-Banks $725 million participation in commitment to Verizon Communications (House and Senate) Mortgage lending reforms - imprudent lending practices, impacting responsible lenders and loan products, meeting the diverse needs of community bank customers and their communities, differences between non-traditional versus predatory lending practices, exemption of community bank mortgage loans held in portfolio, restrictions on balloon mortgages and escrow requirements, prepayment penalties, originator compensation, limited credit availability Including, Qualified Mortgage (QM) status from the CFPBs Ability-to-Repay rules for loans originated and held in portfolio by community banks, balloon mortgages regardless of pricing, use of rural and underserved designations for QM eligibility for community banks and greatly expanding the definition of each, annual loan origination and asset threshold limits for small creditors, small servicer exemption for loans held in portfolio, community banks exemption from escrow requirements for loans held in portfolio and for small dollar amount loans, proposed adoption of the QM definition for Qualified Residential Mortgages (QRM) that would not require a high down-payment requirement (Senate)Housing Finance (GSE Secondary Market) Reform - Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/FHFA unsustainable long-term conservatorship, community bank access to an impartial secondary market for residential mortgage loans, financial stable and reliable, government tie to secondary market (continued flow of credit and market liquidity), aggressive repurchase requests of transferred residential mortgages for technical violations Including, selling loans through an independent entity that does not compete with community banks, no appropriation of community bank customer data for the purpose of cross selling financial services, the Federal Home Loan Banks as a community bank access point (but not the only access point) to the national secondary market, pricing of any governmental guaranties, fairness and equality to all participants regardless of volume of loans guaranteed, and further consolidation of housing finance system that would result in several mega banks and financial firms dominating the market (Senate) Tax, accounting and auditing changes - community bank focus supporting robust economic activity, savings & investments, accommodation/exemption for community banks, undue regulatory burden or cost on community banks Including, tax reform that preserves the pass-through option, including the Subchapter S corporation and the ability of business borrowers to deduct interest, taxation of capital gains and dividends held in parity and at a preferential rate, tax-exempt status of interest paid on municipal bonds together with an increase in the Bank Qualified (BQ) annual threshold to $30 million and indexed for inflation, the ability of business and mortgage borrowers to deduct interest without further limitations must also be preserved, changes to the tax laws that disadvantage one form of corporate entity versus another should include a phase-in period and an amnesty to allow for a penalty-free corporate conversion, S corporation banks ability to raise capital to be enhanced by giving them the ability to issue preferred stock, increasing their shareholder limits and allowing new IRA shareholder investments, end to the tax subsidies for credit unions and the FCS lenders, community banks amortizing CRE losses over 10 years (versus in the year in which they are taken), capital standards that recognize the loss-absorbing abilities of the entire amount of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL), the 1.25% ALLL disallowance (for regulatory capital purposes) should be eliminated which would encourage banks to reserve more and would strengthen capital positions, the work of the Financial Accounting Foundations Private Company Council to seek recognition, measurement and disclosure alternatives for small private companies including non-public community banks. Including, Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) proposed expected loss model requiring community banks to develop costly complex cash flow models for loans and investment securities to generate expected losses over the lives of these assets where implementing this proposal will be to frontload loss recognition which would harm both community bank earnings and capital, FASBs proposal to restrict the ability of community banks to classify mortgage loans and investment securities at amortized cost when their intent is to collect contractual cash flows which is based on the exit price of a loan or security and on the current value in a non-distressed market and which would require costly robust pricing engines and complex valuation methodologies to satisfy the standard, FASBs proposal to require extensive liquidity risk and interest rate risk footnote disclosures that would be required to be audited which would undermine the work of the prudential regulators whose job entails assessing the safety and soundness of community banks including an assessment of liquidity and interest rate risk, and new bank specific fees or punitive tax levies specifically targeting the financial service sector (Senate) Remaining Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Including, rein in Significantly Important Financial Institution (SIFI) with enhanced prudential standards and rigorous focused regulation, higher capital requirements, capital surcharges, concentration limits, liquidity requirements, orderly liquidation rules, credible contingency resolution plan, shielding community banks from the Dodd-Frank required increase in the deposit insurance fund reserve ratio from 1.15% to 1.35%, Volcker Rules prohibition on propriety trading and investment in and sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, effectively exempting community banks Including, ensure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) focuses on large banks, financial firms and shadow financial companies, holding the mega banks and financial firms up to the same high standards for compliance with consumer laws as required and attained by community banks, governance (single Director versus five member commission), prudential regulators participation with CFPB in the rule writing process, FSOC veto of CFPB rules, CFPB exemption authorityregarding community banks, revision in the definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repays Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules, consistent and transparent standards in the evaluation of community bank fair lending standards, disparate impact and unintentional discrimination (Senate) De novo community bank formation - need to maintain growing, vibrant & evolving banking profession, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations (FDIC) actively inhibiting de novo community bank formation, inappropriate and restrictive one-size-fits-all supervisory policy (Senate) Maintain the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)System - strong partnership with community banks, healthy, stable & reliable source of funding for community banks, FHLBs should not be the sole aggregators for residential mortgages for community banks in the reform of the housing GSEs, preservation of the FHLBs special functions and purposes (Senate) Excessive (Federal Reserve) intervention in monetary policy - significant drag on community banks net interest margins and earnings, limits on what monetary policy can accomplish, impact on community banks, savers and senior citizens (Senate) ***** S. 798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 749 Privacy Notice Act (redundant privacy notice regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 635 Privacy Act Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (redundant privacy notice regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1750 CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 1349 CLEAR Relief Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1553 Financial Institutions Fairness Act (regulatory examinations standards and FFIEC Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 727 Financial Institutions Fairness Act (regulatory examination standards and FFIEC Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 2252 Community Bank Preservation Act of 2014 (Federal Reserve Board to include one member with small bank supervisory experience) (all sections) (Senate) H.R. 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 (prohibits federal regulators from pressuring insured depository institutions from dealing with legal and licensed businesses) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 968 Small Business lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small business and Jobs Act (capital raising from outside investors) (all sections) (House and Senate) Expanded CFPBs definitions of rural and underserved areas in the ATR/QM Rule to include various economically challenged areas (House and Senate, CFPB, FHFA)Reform of the Housing GSEs regarding: consolidation of the housing finance system, equal and direct access to the secondary market regardless of loan volume, loan pricing, right to service loans, appropriation of customer data, government footprint and private capital in the market (House and Senate) Enhanced security for consumer data (data breaches) - responsible parties responsibility for fraud losses and the cost of mitigation, sharing of information, and a national standard for notification, community banks bearing the majority of fraud losses and reissuance costs, retailers responsibility to protect sensitive customer data (House and Senate) CBAI Comment and Association Letters Comment Letter CFPB Amendment to the Annual Privacy Notice Requirement under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Regulation P) Docket No. CFPB-2014-0010/RIN 3170-AA39 Associations Letter CFPB ATR/QM Rule and escrow requirements for higher-priced loans regarding loans held in portfolio for the life of the loan and automatic QM safe harbor status and exemption from the escrow requirements (for higher-priced loans) Comment letter OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC Regulatory Review under Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA), Docket ID FFIEC-2014-0001, Docket No. OP-1491 regarding: tiered regulation, de novo bank formation, Call Report (regulatory relief), Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement thresholds Comment Letter FHFA FHFA Proposed Rule members of Federal Home Loan Banks, RIN 2590-AA39 (membership eligibility requirements) CBAI Action Alerts FFIEC, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board Petition to streamline Call Report requirements
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) 2014 Federal Policy Priorities - Downsize too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms to protect our financial system, economy, and American Taxpayers from future bailouts - downsize (restructure) too-big-to-fail (TBTF) banks and financial firms, reduce the probability and severity of future financial crisis and taxpayer bailouts, moral hazard, numerous TBTF misdeeds (abuse, fraud, manipulation and scandal),too-big-to-manage, too-big-to-regulate, too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-prosecute, too-big-to-jail, Department of Justices reluctance to prosecute TBTFs versus community banks, and Government Accountability Offices (GAO) confirmation of TBTFs funding advantages (Senate) Tiered regulation supervision and exemptions for community banks - recognition of the different business model and risks posed by TBTF banks and financial firms, one size fits all legislation and regulation, separate regulation - supervision - capital - liquidity requirements, disproportionate burden on community banks, unlevel playing field, and significant community bank competitive disadvantages Including, the qualifying threshold under the Federal Reserves Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement from $500 million to $5 billion and allowing small savings and loan holding companies to be covered by the Policy Statement, the internal control attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act from $75 million in market capitalization to $350 million, and savings and loan holding companies being able to take advantage of the increased Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act (Senate) Community bank regulatory relief as contained in the Independent Community Bankers of America Plan for Prosperity Including, community bank exemption from certain mortgage reforms to support the housing recovery, redundant annual privacy notices, municipal advisor registration burdens to help serve local governments, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Community Banks, CFPBs more balanced regulations, improved accountability in bank exams with a workable appeals process, accounting and auditing expenses for publicly traded institutions, mutual bank new charter and dividend rules, rigorous and quantitative justification of new rules, additional capital for small bank holding companies, red tape in small-business lending, capital formation and reforming Subchapter S corporation regulations, and extending the net-operating-loss carry-back (Senate) Enhanced security for consumer data (data breaches) - responsible parties responsibility for fraud losses and the cost of mitigation, sharing of information, and a national standard for notification, community banks bearing the majority of fraud losses and reissuance costs, retailers responsibility to protect sensitive customer data (Senate) Expanded powers for tax-exempt credit unions - outdated original business model and straying from founding purpose, federal tax-exemption status, expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions, regulatory requirements including the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Including, expanded lending powers by increasing percentage of asset cap on business lending, and raising capital from outside investors (House and Senate) Expansion of the Farm Credit System - funding & tax advantages, expansionist agenda, competitive advantages over rural community banks, regulatory safeguards and controls, Co-Banks $725 million participation in commitment to Verizon Communications (House and Senate) Mortgage lending reforms - imprudent lending practices, impacting responsible lenders and loan products, meeting the diverse needs of community bank customers and their communities, differences between non-traditional versus predatory lending practices, exemption of community bank mortgage loans held in portfolio, restrictions on balloon mortgages and escrow requirements, prepayment penalties, originator compensation, limited credit availability Including, Qualified Mortgage (QM) status from the CFPBs Ability-to-Repay rules for loans originated and held in portfolio by community banks, balloon mortgages regardless of pricing, use of rural and underserved designations for QM eligibility for community banks and greatly expanding the definition of each, annual loan origination and asset threshold limits for small creditors, small servicer exemption for loans held in portfolio, community banks exemption from escrow requirements for loans held in portfolio and for small dollar amount loans, proposed adoption of the QM definition for Qualified Residential Mortgages (QRM) that would not require a high down-payment requirement (Senate)Housing Finance (GSE Secondary Market) Reform - Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/FHFA unsustainable long-term conservatorship, community bank access to an impartial secondary market for residential mortgage loans, financial stable and reliable, government tie to secondary market (continued flow of credit and market liquidity), aggressive repurchase requests of transferred residential mortgages for technical violations Including, selling loans through an independent entity that does not compete with community banks, no appropriation of community bank customer data for the purpose of cross selling financial services, the Federal Home Loan Banks as a community bank access point (but not the only access point) to the national secondary market, pricing of any governmental guaranties, fairness and equality to all participants regardless of volume of loans guaranteed, and further consolidation of housing finance system that would result in several mega banks and financial firms dominating the market (Senate) Tax, accounting and auditing changes - community bank focus supporting robust economic activity, savings & investments, accommodation/exemption for community banks, undue regulatory burden or cost on community banks Including, tax reform that preserves the pass-through option, including the Subchapter S corporation and the ability of business borrowers to deduct interest, taxation of capital gains and dividends held in parity and at a preferential rate, tax-exempt status of interest paid on municipal bonds together with an increase in the Bank Qualified (BQ) annual threshold to $30 million and indexed for inflation, the ability of business and mortgage borrowers to deduct interest without further limitations must also be preserved, changes to the tax laws that disadvantage one form of corporate entity versus another should include a phase-in period and an amnesty to allow for a penalty-free corporate conversion, S corporation banks ability to raise capital to be enhanced by giving them the ability to issue preferred stock, increasing their shareholder limits and allowing new IRA shareholder investments, end to the tax subsidies for credit unions and the FCS lenders, community banks amortizing CRE losses over 10 years (versus in the year in which they are taken), capital standards that recognize the loss-absorbing abilities of the entire amount of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL), the 1.25% ALLL disallowance (for regulatory capital purposes) should be eliminated which would encourage banks to reserve more and would strengthen capital positions, the work of the Financial Accounting Foundations Private Company Council to seek recognition, measurement and disclosure alternatives for small private companies including non-public community banks. Including, Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) proposed expected loss model requiring community banks to develop costly complex cash flow models for loans and investment securities to generate expected losses over the lives of these assets where implementing this proposal will be to frontload loss recognition which would harm both community bank earnings and capital, FASBs proposal to restrict the ability of community banks to classify mortgage loans and investment securities at amortized cost when their intent is to collect contractual cash flows which is based on the exit price of a loan or security and on the current value in a non-distressed market and which would require costly robust pricing engines and complex valuation methodologies to satisfy the standard, FASBs proposal to require extensive liquidity risk and interest rate risk footnote disclosures that would be required to be audited which would undermine the work of the prudential regulators whose job entails assessing the safety and soundness of community banks including an assessment of liquidity and interest rate risk, and new bank specific fees or punitive tax levies specifically targeting the financial service sector (Senate) Remaining Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Including, rein in Significantly Important Financial Institution (SIFI) with enhanced prudential standards and rigorous focused regulation, higher capital requirements, capital surcharges, concentration limits, liquidity requirements, orderly liquidation rules, credible contingency resolution plan, shielding community banks from the Dodd-Frank required increase in the deposit insurance fund reserve ratio from 1.15% to 1.35%, Volcker Rules prohibition on propriety trading and investment in and sponsorship of hedge funds and private equity funds, effectively exempting community banks Including, ensure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) focuses on large banks, financial firms and shadow financial companies, holding the mega banks and financial firms up to the same high standards for compliance with consumer laws as required and attained by community banks, governance (single Director versus five member commission), prudential regulators participation with CFPB in the rule writing process, FSOC veto of CFPB rules, CFPB exemption authorityregarding community banks, revision in the definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repays Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules, consistent and transparent standards in the evaluation of community bank fair lending standards, disparate impact and unintentional discrimination (Senate) De novo community bank formation - need to maintain growing, vibrant & evolving banking profession, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations (FDIC) actively inhibiting de novo community bank formation, inappropriate and restrictive one-size-fits-all supervisory policy (Senate) Maintain the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)System - strong partnership with community banks, healthy, stable & reliable source of funding for community banks, FHLBs should not be the sole aggregators for residential mortgages for community banks in the reform of the housing GSEs, preservation of the FHLBs special functions and purposes (Senate) Excessive (Federal Reserve) intervention in monetary policy - significant drag on community banks net interest margins and earnings, limits on what monetary policy can accomplish, impact on community banks, savers and senior citizens (Senate) ***** S. 798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 749 Privacy Notice Act (redundant privacy notice regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 635 Privacy Act Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (redundant privacy notice regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1750 CLEAR Relief Act of 2013 (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 1349 CLEAR Relief Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1553 Financial Institutions Fairness Act (regulatory examinations standards and FFIEC Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 727 Financial Institutions Fairness Act (regulatory examination standards and FFIEC Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 2252 Community Bank Preservation Act of 2014 (Federal Reserve Board to include one member with small bank supervisory experience) (all sections) (Senate) H.R. 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 (prohibits federal regulators from pressuring insured depository institutions from dealing with legal and licensed businesses) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 968 Small Business lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (increase member business lending percentage of capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small business and Jobs Act (capital raising from outside investors) (all sections) (House and Senate) Expanded CFPBs definitions of rural and underserved areas in the ATR/QM Rule to include various economically challenged areas (House and Senate, CFPB, FHFA)Reform of the Housing GSEs regarding: consolidation of the housing finance system, equal and direct access to the secondary market regardless of loan volume, loan pricing, right to service loans, appropriation of customer data, government footprint and private capital in the market (House and Senate) Enhanced security for consumer data (data breaches) - responsible parties responsibility for fraud losses and the cost of mitigation, sharing of information, and a national standard for notification, community banks bearing the majority of fraud losses and reissuance costs, retailers responsibility to protect sensitive customer data (House and Senate) CBAI Comment and Association Letters Comment Letter CFPB Amendment to the Annual Privacy Notice Requirement under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Regulation P) Docket No. CFPB-2014-0010/RIN 3170-AA39 Associations Letter CFPB ATR/QM Rule and escrow requirements for higher-priced loans regarding loans held in portfolio for the life of the loan and automatic QM safe harbor status and exemption from the escrow requirements (for higher-priced loans) Comment letter OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC Regulatory Review under Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA), Docket ID FFIEC-2014-0001, Docket No. OP-1491 regarding: tiered regulation, de novo bank formation, Call Report (regulatory relief), Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement thresholds Comment Letter FHFA FHFA Proposed Rule members of Federal Home Loan Banks, RIN 2590-AA39 (membership eligibility requirements) CBAI Action Alerts FFIEC, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board Petition to streamline Call Report requirements
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R. 688 - Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act - entire bill relating to increasing credit union member business lending cap; S. 968 - Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 - same issue as above;H.R. 719 - Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act - entire bill relating to supplemental capital ratios for credit unions; H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - entire bill eliminating requirement that financial institutions privacy notices be sent on annual basis and allow such notices to be sent only when privacy policy changes; S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 - same issues as above; H.R. 2572 - Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013 - entire bill modernizing federal regulation of credit unions; H.R. 2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 - entire bill relating to housing finance and government sponsored enterprise (GSE) reforms; S. 1217 - Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - same issue as above; H.R. 3468 - Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act - entire bill extending share insurance coverage to trust accounts held in the name of nonmembers; S. 2698 - Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 - (RELIEVE Act) - same issue as above; S. 1927 - Data Breach Security Act of 2014 - entire bill relating to security procedures and standards for entities maintaining personal data; 12 CFR Parts 700 - 703: Prompt Corrective Action - Risk-Based Capital - National Credit Union Administration proposed rule on risk-based capital requirements for federally insured credit unions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act: issues related to capital reform for credit unions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Credit Union Tax Exemption; Patent reform; Patent reform relative to demand letters; Draft House legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters; National Credit Union Administrations risk-based capital proposal; Stop and study of NCUAs risk-based capital proposal; Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act (H.R. 5179); Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act (H.R. 4042); Data security breaches; Federal data security standards for merchants;Call on Congress to establish a bipartisan-bicameral data breach working group; Regulatory burden placed on credit unions stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act; Administrative Improvements for the Powers of the NCUA including allowing a federal credit union to petition NCUA for a waiver of a federal rule in favor of a state rule; providing NCUA authority to delay implementation of CFPB rules; more robust cost-benefit analysis on rule making; examination fairness provisions; improving the Central Liquidity Facility. Capital Reforms for Credit Unions including a properly designed risk-based capital proposal for credit unions; Structural improvements for credit unions including a study of outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act; and expanding the process for expanding credit union's field of membership. Operational improvements for credit unions including raising the arbitrary member business lending cap; removing requirements that credit unions mail redundant annual privacy notices; allowing credit unions greater investment authority; and providing share insurance coverage on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTAs). Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 968); H.R. 4226 to exclude loans made for non-owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings from the definition of member business loan; H.R. 5061 to exempt from the member business lending cap loans made to veterans; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 727 / H.R. 1553); NCUA budget transparency; CFPB exemption authority for credit unions; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposal relative to Federal Home Loan Bank membership requirements; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) mandate to coordinate on rule making; SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 4626); American Savings and Promotion Act (H.R. 3374); End Operation Choke Point Act (H.R. 4986); The Regulation D Study Act (H.R. 3240); Appraiser requirements under the Truth in Lending Act; H.R. 3193 requiring certain considerations before issuing regulations; Access to supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S.635); Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 749); A bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. (S. 2699); The RELIEVE Act (S. 2698); The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 2732); Updates and modernizations of the NCUA's fixed assets rule; Improving the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Increase the number of transfers allowed to be made per month from savings accounts under Federal Reserve Regulation D; Flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Update to requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members under Regulation E; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of the NCUA's advertising requirements; CFPB's Qualified Mortgage rule; Points and Fees relative to CFPB's Qualified Mortgage rule; Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211/ H.R. 1077 S. 1577); CFPB's consumer complaint database narrative; CFPB's implementation of the new TILA/RESPA integrated mortgage disclosures rule; CFPB's request for information regarding the use of mobile financial services by consumers and its potential for improving the financial lives of economically vulnerable consumers; CFPB's proposed changes to Regulation P regarding annual privacy notices; CFPB's request for comment regarding a correction or cure of debt-to-income ratio overages and the credit extension limit for the small creditor definition; Federal Reserve System's notice of regulatory review and request for comments under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - availability of funds and collection of checks; collection of checks and other items by Federal Reserve Banks and funds transfers through Fedwire; Reserve requirements for depository institutions; reimbursement for providing financial records, recordkeeping requirements for certain financial records. FHFA's strategic plan for Fiscal Years 2015-2019; FHFA request for comment on the guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders; FHFA's proposed rule regarding revisions to the membership requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks; Department of Defense's proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Military Lending Act; NCUA's request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - field of membership issues; definition of "Rural District"; charter conversions; associational common bond; quality assurance review; federal credit union bylaws; fees paid by credit unions; mergers of federal insured credit unions; member business lending waiver process; investment and deposit activities; fixed assets; credit union service organizations. NCUA's proposed rule for asset securitization; NCUA's 2014 mid-year budget review; NCUA's 2014 regulatory review - records preservation program and guidelines; budget transparency; security program; interest rate risk and the risk-based capital proposal; loans in areas having special flood hazards; procedure for debt collection; fair credit reporting; accuracy advertising and notice of insured status; examinations; fixed assets; increased investment authority; Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts. HELP Rural Communities Act (S. 1916); Help Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (S. 2672); Housing Finance Reform; The PATH Act (H.R. 2767); Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217); 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 (H.R. 5461).
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Credit Union Tax Exemption; Patent reform; Patent reform relative to demand letters; Draft House legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters; National Credit Union Administrations risk-based capital proposal; Stop and study of NCUAs risk-based capital proposal; Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act (H.R. 5179); Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act (H.R. 4042); Data security breaches; Federal data security standards for merchants;Call on Congress to establish a bipartisan-bicameral data breach working group; Regulatory burden placed on credit unions stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act; Administrative Improvements for the Powers of the NCUA including allowing a federal credit union to petition NCUA for a waiver of a federal rule in favor of a state rule; providing NCUA authority to delay implementation of CFPB rules; more robust cost-benefit analysis on rule making; examination fairness provisions; improving the Central Liquidity Facility. Capital Reforms for Credit Unions including a properly designed risk-based capital proposal for credit unions; Structural improvements for credit unions including a study of outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act; and expanding the process for expanding credit unions field of membership. Operational improvements for credit unions including raising the arbitrary member business lending cap; removing requirements that credit unions mail redundant annual privacy notices; allowing credit unions greater investment authority; and providing share insurance coverage on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTAs). Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 968); H.R. 4226 to exclude loans made for non-owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings from the definition of member business loan; H.R. 5061 to exempt from the member business lending cap loans made to veterans; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 727 / H.R. 1553); NCUA budget transparency; CFPB exemption authority for credit unions; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposal relative to Federal Home Loan Bank membership requirements; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) mandate to coordinate on rule making; SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 4626); American Savings and Promotion Act (H.R. 3374); End Operation Choke Point Act (H.R. 4986); The Regulation D Study Act (H.R. 3240); Appraiser requirements under the Truth in Lending Act; H.R. 3193 requiring certain considerations before issuing regulations; Access to supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S.635); Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 749); A bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. (S. 2699); The RELIEVE Act (S. 2698); The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 2732); Updates and modernizations of the NCUAs fixed assets rule; Improving the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Increase the number of transfers allowed to be made per month from savings accounts under Federal Reserve Regulation D; Flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Update to requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members under Regulation E; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of the NCUAs advertising requirements; CFPBs Qualified Mortgage rule; Points and Fees relative to CFPBs Qualified Mortgage rule; Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211/ H.R. 1077 S. 1577); CFPBs consumer complaint database narrative; CFPBs implementation of the new TILA/RESPA integrated mortgage disclosures rule; CFPBs request for information regarding the use of mobile financial services by consumers and its potential for improving the financial lives of economically vulnerable consumers; CFPBs proposed changes to Regulation P regarding annual privacy notices; CFPBs request for comment regarding a correction or cure of debt-to-income ratio overages and the credit extension limit for the small creditor definition; Federal Reserve Systems notice of regulatory review and request for comments under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act availability of funds and collection of checks; collection of checks and other items by Federal Reserve Banks and funds transfers through Fedwire; Reserve requirements for depository institutions; reimbursement for providing financial records, recordkeeping requirements for certain financial records. FHFAs strategic plan for Fiscal Years 2015-2019; FHFA request for comment on the guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders; FHFAs proposed rule regarding revisions to the membership requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks; Department of Defenses proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Military Lending Act; NCUAs request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act field of membership issues; definition of Rural District; charter conversions; associational common bond; quality assurance review; federal credit union bylaws; fees paid by credit unions; mergers of federal insured credit unions; member business lending waiver process; investment and deposit activities; fixed assets; credit union service organizations. NCUAs proposed rule for asset securitization; NCUAs 2014 mid-year budget review; NCUAs 2014 regulatory review records preservation program and guidelines; budget transparency; security program; interest rate risk and the risk-based capital proposal; loans in areas having special flood hazards; procedure for debt collection; fair credit reporting; accuracy advertising and notice of insured status; examinations; fixed assets; increased investment authority; Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts. HELP Rural Communities Act (S. 1916); Help Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (S. 2672); Housing Finance Reform; The PATH Act (H.R. 2767); Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217); 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 (H.R. 5461).
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction Threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2266 The Subsidy Reserve Act (All provisions) HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act HR 3329 To Enhance the Ability of Community Financial Institutions to Foster Economic Growth HR 3389 CFPB Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2013 HR 3474 Expiring Provisions Improvement Act HR 4042 Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014 HR 4167 Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act HR 4252 Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014 HR 4383 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act (All provisions) HR 4466 Financial Regulatory Clarity Act HR 4521 Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act HR4662 The Bureau Advisory Opinion Act HR 4986 End Operation Choke Point Act of 2014 HR 5148 Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2014 HR 5405 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act of 2014 HR 5461 Dodd Frank Reforms S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1916 HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 S 1927 Data Secuity Act of 2014 S 2244 Amendment 3550 to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthoriation Act of 2014 S 2252 Community Bank Preservation Act S 2588 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 S 2732 The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshhold Act of 2014 Access to Capital for Community Banks Call Report Changes Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules CFPB eRegulations Tool CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Tax Exemption Cybersecurity Data Security and Breaches DeNovo Bank Applications Department of Justice Operation Chokepoint Federal Reserve Vacancy Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored EnterprisesMortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Loan Origination Standards Mortgage Servicing Standards National Flood Insurance Program Patent Litigation Reform Patent Trolling/Demand Letters Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced Loans Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks TILA/RESPA Final Rule Implementation Virtual Currency - CFPB
Client expense: $880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R.719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; H.R.688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R.3584, the Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act; H.R.2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act; H.R.3468, the Credit Union Share Fund Insurance Parity Act; issues related to commercial member lending; issues related to Risk-Based Capital (RBC).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, IRS Regulation 67(e) Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846); TRIA (S.2244, H.R.4871)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to the Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to the nomination of J. Mark McWatters to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, The Bureau Guidance Transparency Act Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Preventing Regulatory Abuse Act of 2014 Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Bureau Examination Fairness Act Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending Mortgage Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes.H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions H.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisions H.R. 4042, Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act, all provisions H.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 4466, the Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4521, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 4626, the SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act, all provisions H.R. 4986, End Operation Choke Point Act, all provisions H.R. 5148, Access to Affordable Mortgages Act, all provisions H.R. 5403, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act, all provisions 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, and for other purposes, Title II and Title III. Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called Glass-Steagall Act, all provisions S. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisionsS. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. S. 1511, the Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1916, the HELP Rural Communities Act, all provisions S. 2641, the Portfolio Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 2698, the Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions Act, Title II and Title III. S. 2699, a Bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month Johnson / Crapo amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Moran / Manchin amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Toomey / Coburn amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R. 688/S/968 -credit union business lending. H.R. 719 - supplemental capital. H.R. 749/S.635 - privacy notification. H.R. 1553/S.727 - exam fairness. Risk-based capital. H.R. 1862/H.R. 2584/S. 1806 - privately insured credit unions/federal home loan banks. Housing finance reform. H.R. 3240 Regulation D. H.R. 3468 Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts. S. 1927 - Data Security. S. 1897 Personal data privacy and security act.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Work to keep insurance regulated by the states and not by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Influence and monitor legislation impacting the Government Sponsored Entities as it impacts credit unions, including S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Support legislation that would reduce regulatory burden on credit unions, including H.R. 2572, Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013. Support passage of legislation to address credit union member business lending.Advocate for stronger data security - particularly with regard to merchant plastic card data breaches. Support passage of S. 1927. Support credit union access to supplemental capital, including passage of H.R. 719.
Client expense: $222,910 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of