Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016
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Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 TITLE I--ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP (Sec. 101) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise regulations to require an issuer to furnish investors with additional specified disclosures regarding compensatory benefit plans if the aggregate sales price or amount of securities sold during any consecutive 12-month period exceeds $10 million (currently $5 million), indexed for inflation every five years. TITLE II--FAIR ACCESS TO INVESTMENT RESEARCH (Sec. 201) The SEC shall revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities. The revised regulation shall declare that, even if a broker or dealer participates in the registered offering of a covered investment fund's securities, the investment fund research report shall not be deemed to constitute an offer for sale nor an offer to sell a security that is the subject of the offering pursuant to a registration statement that the issuer proposes to file, or has filed, or that is effective. The covered investment fund research report shall be deemed to satisfy the regulation's requirements as well as those of any self-regulatory organization. The SEC shall not impose specified conditions and requirements when implementing the safe harbor. TITLE III--SMALL BUSINESS MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, SALES, AND BROKERAGE SIMPLIFICATION (Sec. 301) The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to exempt from its registration requirements certain merger and acquisition brokers and associated persons. This registration exemption, however, shall be denied to brokers who: receive, hold, transmit, or have custody of any funds or securities to be exchanged by parties to a transfer of ownership of an eligible privately held company; engage on behalf of an issuer in a public offering of securities that are either subject to mandatory registration, or with respect to which the issuer must file periodic information, documents, and reports; or engage on behalf of any party in a transaction involving a public shell company. A broker shall not be exempt from registration if the broker is subject to: a suspension or revocation of registration; a specified statutory disqualification; a disqualification under certain rules adopted by the SEC under the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010; or a final order of a state securities commission, a state financial institution supervisory authority, a federal banking agency, or the National Credit Union Administration. This Act may not be construed to limit any other authority of the SEC to exempt any person, or any class of persons, from any provision of this Act, including any related rule or regulation. TITLE IV--SMALL COMPANY DISCLOSURE SIMPLIFICATION (Sec. 401) The bill exempts emerging growth companies and issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $250 million from the requirement to use Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for financial statements and other mandatory periodic reporting filed with the SEC. Such companies, however, may elect to use XBRL for such reporting. (Sec. 402) The SEC shall: (1) analyze the costs and benefits to such issuers of the requirement to use XBRL for financial statements and other mandatory periodic reporting; and (2) report to certain congressional committees on the results of such analysis as well as on progress in implementing XBRL reporting within the SEC, and use of XBRL data by the SEC and by investors. TITLE V--STREAMLINING EXCESSIVE AND COSTLY REGULATIONS REVIEW (Sec. 501) Within 5 years after enactment of this Act, and thereafter at least once within each 10-year period, the SEC shall: review each significant regulation it has issued; determine by vote whether it is ineffective, excessively burdensome, unnecessary, or inconsistent with its mandate; solicit public comment as to whether the regulation should be amended or repealed; and subsequently amend or repeal accordingly. The SEC shall report to certain congressional committees the steps it has taken to implement the results of its decision, including any action to amend or repeal the target regulation. The bill declares that SEC determinations made pursuant to this Act are final and not subject to judicial review.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 265 - 159 (Roll no. 61).
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 265 - 159 (Roll no. 61).
HouseOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 241 (Roll no. 60). (consideration: CR H538)
HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H538)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert a new section into that defines and prohibits bad actors from making use of any exemption or regulation made by the bill. The amendment also prohibits the SEC from amending or repealing any regulation if it would weaken the protections for American seniors provided by the legislation.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
Capital Formation Investment Incentives ---Reform of Capital Gains Rules ---Reform of Net Operating Loss Rules ---Reform of Passive Loss Rules ---S. 341: Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act ---S. 537: COMPETE Act ---H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act Capital Market Enhancements ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 1675/S. 576: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act ---H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act ---H.R. 2187: Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act ---H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act ---H.R. 2357: Accelerating Access to Capital Act ---H.R. 3784/S.2867: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Advocate Act ---H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act ---H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act ---H.R. 6427: Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act ---PCAOB Audit Cost Increases Legislative Amendments to SEC Rule 12b-2 Filing Status Definitions ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 5311: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act ---Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies Proxy Advisory Services ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 5311: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act ---Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies Reform of SEC Regulation D ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 4498/S. 978: HALOS Act Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 4139: Fostering Innovation Act ---PCAOB Audit Cost Increases ---Small Issuer Exemption Short Selling Transparency ---H.R.5485-S.3067: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2017 Stock Exchange Tick Size XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) ---H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act ---H.R. 1965: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act
Client expense: $2,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 5947/S.3409 - Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R.3762 - Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 S.1946 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Capital formation and capital markets; implementation of the Jobs Act; market structure; XBRL reform; tick size legislation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404(b); short selling transparency; H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act; H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act; H.R. 3784: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Act; H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act; H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act; H.R. 1675 Capital Markets Improvements Act; H.R. 4498: HALOS Act; H.R. 4139:Fostering Innovation Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675, and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Accounting
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675 and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Ms. Frankel (FL) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Financial Services. (consideration: CR H537; text: CR H537)
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H526-528)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H537)
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1675.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Carolyn Maloney amendment No. 7, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ellison demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carolyn Maloney (NY) amendment No. 7.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Issa amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Issa demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Issa amendment No. 6.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sherman amendment No. 3.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huizenga amendment No. 2.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. DeSaulnier demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 1.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1675.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Glenn Thompson to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 595 and Rule XVIII.
Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1675 and H.R. 766.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 595. (consideration: CR H519-532, H532-539)
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 595 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1675 and H.R. 766.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-398.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 45 - 15.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| House |
| Referred to |
| March 26, 2015 |
| March 26, 2015 |
| Independent |
| AZ |
| Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Republican | PA |
| Robert Hurt | Republican | VA |
| Ron Kind | Democratic | WI |
| Steve Stivers | Republican | OH |
| S 1010 |
114th |
| Related bill |
| HRES 595 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 686 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 5983 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 5019 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 37 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 2356 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 2354 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 1965 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 1912 | 114th | Related bill |
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2016 · third_quarter · Accounting
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675 and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675, and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2016 HR 1675, Capital Markets Improvements Act of 2016 HR 1927, Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016 HR 2896, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2015 HR 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act HR 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act HR 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 HR 4638, Main Street Growth Act HR 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 HR 4894, To Repeal Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act of 2015 H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the Rules Submitted by the Department of Labor Relating to the Definition of the term Fiduciary HR 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Acts of 2015 HR 4768, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 HR 5226, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016 HR 59833, Financial CHOICE Act HR 5491, Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 HR 5413, CFPB Data Accountability Act HR 5063, Stop Settlement Slush Fund Act of 2016 U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 HR 2947, Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act Distressed Assets Sales Programs Language access issues Uniform Residential Loan Application Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Retail banking sales quotas National bank chartering Consumer Compliance Ratings Policies related to small-dollar/payday lending Policies related to debt collection practices
Client expense: $391,841 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 5947/S.3409 - Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016 H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Amendment published as Rules Committee Prints 114-39 and 114-40 Division Q - Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act Of 2015 (whole section) H.R. 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R.3762 - Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 S.1946 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Capital formation and capital markets; implementation of the Jobs Act; market structure; XBRL reform; tick size legislation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404(b); short selling transparency; H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act; H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act; H.R. 3784: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Act; H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act; H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act; H.R. 1675 Capital Markets Improvements Act; H.R. 4498: HALOS Act; H.R. 4139:Fostering Innovation Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · second_quarter · Accounting
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · second_quarter · Small Business
Capital Formation Investment Incentives ---H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act ---Reform of Capital Gains Rules ---Reform of Net Operating Loss Rules ---Reform of Passive Loss Rules ---S. 341: Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act ---S. 537: COMPETE Act Capital Market Enhancements ---H.R. 1675/S. 576: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act ---H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act ---H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act ---H.R. 2357: Accelerating Access to Capital Act ---H.R. 3784/S.2867: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Advocate Act ---H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act ---H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act ---H.R. 2187: Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Proxy Advisory Services ---Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies ---H.R. 5311: The Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016 ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) Reform of SEC Regulation D ---H.R. 4498/S.978: HALOS Act ---H.R. 4852: Private Placement Improvement Act ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) ---H.R. 4139: Fostering Innovation Act ---PCAOB Audit Cost Increases ---Small Issuer Exemption ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) Short Selling Transparency ---H.R.5485/S.3067: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for FY 2017 XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies ---H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act ---H.R. 1965: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act ---Financial CHOICE Act (House Discussion Draft) Legislative Amendments to SEC Rule 12b-2 Filing Status Definitions
Client expense: $2,310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2016); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 2216 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); S. 2497 (Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; Municipal securities disclosure regulation; Financial CHOICE Act.
Client expense: $1,560,000 · 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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)
2016 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
WOTC & Foster Care Transition Youth (unintroduced legislation) H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Amendment published as Rules Committee Prints 114-39 and 114-40 Division Q - Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act Of 2015 (whole section) H.R. 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R.3762 - Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 S.1946 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending (TABS) Act of 2016 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2901/S. 1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 4216/S. 1802, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4498/S. 978, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 H.R. 4718, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 H.R. 4852, Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 4854, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 H.R. 4855, Fix Crowdfunding Act H.R. 5019, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016 H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 H.R. 5311, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016 H.R. 5424, Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016 H.R. 5429, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 5485, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 2867, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.J. Res. 88, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary" S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Proposed regulations on the definition of the term fiduciary; Conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (80 Fed. Reg. 21,928, April 20, 2015) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including sections 953 and 1502; ratification of the Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and capital standards for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau payday and small dollar lending rule; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; universal ballot; proxy voting system
Client expense: $22,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Capital formation and capital markets; implementation of the Jobs Act; market structure; XBRL reform; tick size legislation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404(b); short selling transparency; H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act; H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act; H.R. 3784: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Act; H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act; H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act; H.R. 1675 Capital Markets Improvements Act; H.R. 4498: HALOS Act; H.R. 4139:Fostering Innovation Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2016 · first_quarter · Accounting
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · first_quarter · Small Business
Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) --PCAOB Audit Cost Increases --H.R. 4139: Fostering Innovation Act XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies --H.R. 1965: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act --H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act Capital Market Enhancements --H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act --H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act --H.R. 3784: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Advocate Act --H.R. 1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act --H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act --H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act Proxy Advisory Services --Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies --Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act (Discussion Draft) Reform of SEC Regulation D --S. 978/H.R. 4498: HALOS Act Short Selling Transparency Capital Formation Investment Incentives --H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act --Reform of Capital Gains Rules --Reform of Net Operating Loss Rules --Reform of Passive Loss Rules --S. 341: Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act --S. 537: COMPETE Act
Client expense: $2,260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2016); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 2216 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); S. 2497 (Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Client expense: $1,660,000 · 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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)
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1675, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 1841, "Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act" Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Nonretaliation (WARN) Act of 2016 H.R. 2896, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2015 H.R. 3798, the Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, the Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4139, the Fostering Innovation Act H.R. 4498 , the HALOS Act H.R. 4620, the Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act H.R. 4638, the Main Street Growth Act H.R. 4096, the Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act The Brokaw Act H.R. 4018, "Consumer Protection and Choice Act" Department of Education Complaint System Corinthian College Student Loan Relief CFTC Funding CFPB Auto Lending Reform Wage Garnishment Payday Lending Reform DoL Fiduciary Rule CFPB Oversight
Client expense: $304,446 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services and securities policy. HR 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
SEC issues, JOBS implementation and related issues, S.576/H.R. 1675 Encourage Employee Ownership Act and S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, Title VI, Sec. 602 regarding Rule 701.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Small Business
Access to Capital and Capital Formation: H.R. 4168, Small Business Access to Capital Enhancement Act: Supported House passage, voiced support for legislation in Senate. H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvements Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (HALOS Act): Advocated for and supported committee passage on legislation. H.R. 4638, Main Street Growth Act: Advocated for and supported committee passage. Tax Reform and Relief: Tax Reform: Advocated for broad-based tax reform focused on lowering rates for small business/individual and corporate taxpayers, full expensing, closing loopholes, and simplifying the tax system. Death Tax Repeal: Advocated for the Senate to act on House-passed repeal legislation (H.R. 1105). Trade and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 Conference Report (H.R. 644): Supported Senate passage of the legislation, which included the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement: Educated members of Congress and policymakers about TPPs content, specifically its small business provisions and responded to general myths about the agreement. Regulation and Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Reform: Continued to support action for broad-based regulatory reform and activity related to advancing such, including the formation of the Senate Regulations Caucus, support for the National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS Act), a Regulatory Cost Budget and legislation as detailed below: Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 1407, S. 708): Support this bill to develop a commission to identify outdated and duplicative regulations. Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 1607): Support this bill to require agencies to publish cost-benefit analysis, private sector impact of rules and more information on regulations they intend to publish. H.R. 712, Sunshine and Regulatory Decrees and Settlement Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 2017, Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 4612, S.2582, Midnight Rule Relief Act: Voiced support for legislation and committee passage in the House. H.R. 4596, Small Business Broadband Deployment Act: Supported House passage. Resolution of Disapproval on EPA's Waters Rule: Supported House passage. H.R. 1155: Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act): Supported House passage. Specific Regulations and Comments Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Advocated for keeping the standard as is, rather than increasing due to the economic and environmental damage caused by the ethanol mandate. Also support RFS repeal. EPAs New Ozone Standard: Voiced concern about the new standard, and continue to educate the public and policymakers about its impact on small businesses, local economies, workers and various sectors, especially as it relates to implementation and the complexity of "background ozone." Submitted Comments to EPA on "background ozone" DOLs Proposed Fiduciary Regulation: Continue to educate Congress about the harm the proposed rule would have for small businesses trying to provide retirement accounts for their employees. Met with OMB to discuss concerns about final DOL proposal. DOLs Proposed Overtime Regulations: Continue to educate Congress about the harm the proposed rule would have for the workplace, employees and small businesses. Joint Employer Standard: Continued to support legislation (H.R. 3459 and S. 2015) that would modify the NLRBs decision on the standard, which disproportionately harms small businesses and franchises. Legal Reform: H.R. 1927, Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act: Supported House passage. Healthcare Reform: Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 2911, S.1698): Continue to support House and Senate passage of this bill to fix Health Reimbursement Account contributions that have been made illegal in the Affordable Care Act. S.2499 and H.R. 4469, Health Savings Act of 2016: Voiced support for the bills in House and Senate. Government Procurement: H.R. 1671, Voiced support for Government Neutrality in Contracting Act Government Accountability and Reform: H.R. 598, Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 653, FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act: Supported House passage. S.2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Voiced support for legislation. H.R. 3442, Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Supported House passage. Affordable Energy and Reform: Energy Policy Modernization Act: Voiced support of the bill in U.S. Senate. H.R. 3797, Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act (SENSE Act): Supported House passage. DOE Comments on LNG: Supported the department's findings on the economic impact of liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. Oil Tax in President's Budget: Expressed concerns about the $10 per barrel proposed tax. Intellectual Property: S.1890 Defend Trade Secrets Act: Voiced support for legislation and Senate passage. H.R. 1283, Songwriters Equity Act: Voiced support for the legislation.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 432/S. 1978, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957/S. 510, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2287 /S. 924, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3857, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 H.R. 4718, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 876, A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act S. 2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; conflict of interest rule, retirement investment advice; international capital standards for non-banks and insurance companies; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; universal ballot; proxy voting system; impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers; case law arising under Section 316 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (P.L. 76-253)
Client expense: $15,750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1216 - Maker-Taker Conflict of Interest Reform Act of 2015 (Lynch) H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 (Ross) H.R. 1675 - Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 (Hultgren) H.R. 2187 - Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act (Schweikert) H.R. 3610 - Puerto Rico Investor Protection Act of 2015 (Velazquez) H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act (Westmoreland) H.R. 4498 - Helping Angels Lead our Startups Act (Chabot) S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 (Shelby) S. 1802 - Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act (Toomey) S. 2497 - Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016 (Blunt) FSOC Review of Asset Management Sector for Potential SIFI Designations Financial Stability Board CFTC Rule 4.5 Exchange-Traded Funds Proxy Advisory Services SEC Proposed Rule on Website Delivery of Fund Shareholder Reports SEC Proposed Rule on use of Derivatives by Registered Funds SEC Proposed Rule on Liquidity Risk Management National Market System Plans
Client expense: $1,230,417 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Capital formation and capital markets; implementation of the Jobs Act; market structure; XBRL reform; tick size legislation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404(b); short selling transparency; H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act; H.R. 4168: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act; H.R. 3784: Securities & Exchange Commission Small Business Act; H.R. 2354: Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act; H.R. 4638: Main Street Growth Act; H.R. 1675 Capital Markets Improvements Act; H.R. 4498: HALOS Act; H.R. 4139:Fostering Innovation Act; H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015, issues related to research on exchange-traded funds; HR 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016, issues related to research on exchange-traded funds; General issues related to capital issues; General issues related to derivatives clearing.
Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Amendment published as Rules Committee Prints 114-39 and 114-40 Division Q - Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act Of 2015 (whole section) H.R. 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R.3762 - Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 S.1946 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Banking
HR 2896-Tailor Act of 2015, HR 3798-Due Process Restoration Act of 2015, HR 4096-Investor clarity & bank Parity Act, HR 4166-Expanding Proven financing for American Employers Act, HR 686-Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales & Brokerage independent Act of 2015, HR 1675-Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016, HR 1965-Small company disclosure simplification act, HR 4139-Fostering innovation act of 2015, Position limits, Dodd-Frank Section 956, SEC Political Disclosure rule, Budget and SEC rulemaking discussion, Dodd-Frank implementation, HR 2356-Fair Access to Investment research act of 2015, HR 2354-Streamlining Excessive & costly regulations review act, HR 4498-HALOS Act, HR 4638-Main Street Growth Act.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2015 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 234 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 2995 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 754 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 1910 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Municipal Advisor Regulation; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft.
Client expense: $2,440,000 · 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate Amendment published as Rules Committee Prints 114-39 and 114-40 Division Q - Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act Of 2015 (whole section) H.R. 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R.3762 - Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 S.1946 - Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 S.2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
SEC issues, JOBS implementation and related issues, S. 576/H.R. 1675 Encourage Employee Ownership Act and S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, Title VI, provisions related to mortgage reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendments 824 and 827 H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957/S. 510, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2287, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 2995, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to potential amendment regarding affordable dispute resolution options in the consumer financial services marketplace H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3857, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act S. 423, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2629, Fostering Innovation Act of 2013 Potential legislation similar to S. 2498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); evaluating the security of the U.S. financial sector; Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks and insurance; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Department of Treasury online marketplace lending RFI; Federal Reserve reform; beneficial ownerships disclosures; universal ballot; proxy voting system
Client expense: $14,690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Small Business
Access to Capital & Financial System Regulatory Reform H.R. 1023, the Small Business Investment Company Capital Act: Supported House passage. Also voiced support for the Senate companion bill S. 552. H.R. 2670, the Microloan Modernization Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 432, the SBIC Advisors Relief Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 1334, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015: Supported House passage. H.R. 1723, the Small Company Simple Registration Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 2064, the Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act: Supported House passage. H.R. 2354, the Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act: Voiced support for H.R. 2354. SBA Lending Cap: Supported House and Senate passage of legislation to lift the loan cap on the SBA 7(a) lending program, which President Obama signed into law. H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015: Supported House passage. H.R. 1737, the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act: Voiced support for H.R. 1737. H.R. 1839, the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015: Supported House passage. H.R. 3032, the Securities and Exchange Commission Reporting Modernization Act: Voiced support for H.R. 3032. Human Capital and Employee Benefits Affordable Care Act Reform: Continue to advocate for various changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including repeal of individual and employer mandate, changes to the 30 hour rule to 40 hours, and allowing employers to contribute to employees' health care expenses. H.R. 1624 and S. 1099, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employers Act (PACE Act): Continued to voice support for this legislation and for Congress to act in a timely manner. H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015: Voiced support for this legislation. H.R. 1675, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015: Voiced support for H.R. 1675. Department of Labor (DoL) Proposed Overtime Regulations: Expressed concerns and opposition to proposed changes to overtime regulations to DoL and Congress. Filed comments on the rulemaking. Department of Labor (DoL) Fiduciary Standards: Expressed concern and opposition to proposed regulations that would hurt small business ability to provide and maintain retirement plans for employees. Filed comments on the rulemaking. S. 2015 and H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Businesses Opportunity Act: Voiced support for this legislation, and continue to express general concern about the disruptive nature of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRBs) new joint employer standard. Taxes and Tax Reform Continued to voice support for comprehensive tax reform focused on lower rates and less complexity for small businesses, as well as making permanent small business provisions like Section 179 expensing and the R&D tax credit. S. 1827, Small Business Tax Compliance and Relief Act: Voiced support for the legislation. S. 432, the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act and H.R. 235, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: Continue to voice support for making permanent the extension of not allowing internet access taxes. H.R. 961 - Voiced support for this bill to bring parity to small businesses operating globally. H.R. 1430, the Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015: Voiced support for H.R. 1430. H.R. 765, the Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act: Voiced support for H.R. 765. H.R. 2510: A bill that would modify and make permanent bonus depreciation. Voiced support for H.R. 2510. Government Reform, Transparency and Good Governance H.R. 2243, the Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2015: Voiced support for H.R. 2243. H.R. 3189, the Federal Oversight Reform and Modernization Act of 2015: Voiced support for H.R. 3189. H.R. 766, the Financial Institution and Customer Protection Act of 2015: Voiced support for H.R. 766. H.R. 1266, the Financial Product Safety Commission Act: Voiced support for H.R. 1266. Regulation, Regulatory Reform & Relief Continued to support broad-based efforts on regulatory reform that provide small businesses with a greater voice in the regulatory process, require agencies to employ cost-benefit analysis, and transparency and objective/up-to-date science in rulemakings. S. 1817, the Smarter Regulations Through Advance Planning and Review Act of 2015: Voiced support for the legislation. S. 1820, the Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2015: Voiced support for the legislation. S. 1818, the Principled Rulemaking Act of 2015: Voiced support for the legislation. H.R. 348, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act: Voiced support for House passage of H.R. 348. H.R. 427, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (REINS Act): Supported House passage. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Ozone Standards: Voiced opposition and concern about dramatically lowering the ozone standards and its impact of small business costs, business creation and growth, and economic development. Continue to express concerns about the impact and unintended consequences of the Federal Communications Commission's Internet regulations. Affordable Energy and Business Growth in Energy Sector H.R. 702, voiced support for House passage of this bill lifting the 40-year ban on the export of crude oil from the United States. Also support S.1312, Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 (repeals crude oil export ban). Continue to voice support for LNG exports and legislative efforts to incentivize domestic development and production; continue to express concerns about how the Clean Power Plan regulations impact the cost of energy for small businesses.
Client expense: $65,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 234 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2995 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 754 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 1910 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Cybersecurity requests for technical assistance; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Municipal Advisor Regulation; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general).
Client expense: $1,610,000 · 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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)
2015 · third_quarter · Small Business
Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) --Exemption for Emerging Companies Capital Formation Investment Incentives --Reform of Capital Gains Rules --Reform of Net Operating Loss Rules --Reform of Passive Loss Rules --S. 341: Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act --S. 537: COMPETE Act --H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act Expansion of Exemption under SEC Regulation A --H.R. 1839: Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act Legislative Amendments to SEC Rule 12b-2 Filing Status Definitions --Fostering Innovation Act (House Discussion Draft) XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies --H.R. 1965: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act Capital Market Enhancements --SEC Office of Small Business Policy Responsibilities --H.R. 1525: Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act --H.R. 1675: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act --H.R. 1723: Small Company Simple Registration Act --H.R. 2064: Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act --H.R. 2357: Accelerating Access to Capital Act
Client expense: $2,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
SEC issues, JOBS implementation and related issues. S. 576, H.R. 1675 Encourage Employee Ownership Act and S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, Title VI, provisions related to mortgage reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 Tax Reform / Tax Extenders H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 S. 1996 - Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 S. 2075 - American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015 House Ways and Means Committee Reconciliation Recommendations pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 H.Con.Res. 69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that any reform or repeal of the last-in, first-out method of accounting for inventories (LIFO) would cause irreparable and unnecessary damage to United States. H.R. 765 - Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2213, To provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes H.R. 2287, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); disclosures related to form BE-10; evaluating the security of the U.S. financial sector; Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (P.L. 104-67), securities litigation;oversight of proxy advisory firms;political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; treatment of affiliates of non-financial firms that use a central treasury unit; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; beneficial ownerships disclosures; operation of the Financial Stability Board
Client expense: $16,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Small Business
Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 (b) --Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - Audit Cost Increases Capital Formation Investment Incentives --Reform of Capital Gains Rules --Reform of Net Operating Loss Rules --Reform of Passive Loss Rules --H.R. 2179: PARTNER Act --S. 341: Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act --S. 537: COMPETE Act Expansion of Exemption under SEC Regulation A --H.R. 1839: Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act Legislative Amendments to SEC Rule 12b-2 Filing Status Definitions --Fostering Innovation Act (House Discussion Draft) XBRL Exemption for Small Public Companies --H.R. 1965: Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act --H.R. 37: Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act Capital Market Enhancements --SEC Office of Small Business Policy Responsibilities --H.R. 1525: Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act --H.R. 1675/S.576: Encouraging Employee Ownership Act --H.R. 1723: Small Company Simple Registration Act --H.R. 2064: Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act --H.R. 2357: Accelerating Access to Capital Act Proxy Advisory Services --Impact of Policies on Small Public Companies
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 234 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1317 (To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982; (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 754 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; CFTC cross-border guidance; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Cybersecurity requests for technical assistance; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules.
Client expense: $1,740,000 · 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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)
2015 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
SEC issues, JOBS implementation and related issues. S. 576, H.R. 1675 Encourage Employee Ownership Act and S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, Title VI, provisions related to exempt securities..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2213, To provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes H.R. 2266, Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act of 2015 H.R. 2287, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Services Bill, including provisions relating to Womak Amendment requiring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to study the use of arbitration Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to regulatory reform in the financial industry, including implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); disclosures related to form BE-10; evaluating the security of the U.S. financial sector; Basel III capital standards; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (P.L. 104-67), securities litigation; oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; treatment of affiliates of non-financial firms that use a central treasury unit; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study
Client expense: $17,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 Legislation Not Introduced - Tax Reform / Tax Extenders H.R. 2775 - Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015
Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 26 (Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 234 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1317 (To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 754 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including 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; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; NASDAQ and NYSE market data fee proposals; CFTC cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; 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; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Office of Financial Research study (Asset Management and Financial Stability); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); 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; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Cybersecurity requests for technical assistance; Cybersecurity proposals; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Small Business Credit Availability Act (not yet introduced); Startup Capital Modernization Act (not yet introduced); Fostering Innovation Act (not yet introduced).
Client expense: $1,980,000 · 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 Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), 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)
2015 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
SEC issues, JOBS implementation and related issues. S. 576 and H.R. 1675 Encourage Employee Ownership Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 644 - America Gives More Act of 2015 H.R. 1105 / S. 860 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1675 / S. 576 - Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 Legislation Not Introduced - Marketplace Fairness / Internet Sales Tax - draft proposals from Rep. Bob Goodlatte and Rep. Jason Chaffetz Legislation Not Introduced - Tax Reform / Tax Extenders
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 26, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 685, Mortgage Choice Act of 2015 H.R. 686, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1023, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1675, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 S. 181, Startup Act S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act H. Res. 27, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 37) to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to enhance the ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital through public and private markets, to reduce regulatory burdens, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 240) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Potential legislation similar to H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 Potential legislation titled Making All Data Open for Financial Transparency MADOFF Act of 2015 Various issues relating to regulatory reform in the financial industry; implementation of and changes to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including regulation of money market funds and third party payment systems; Basel III capital standards; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (P.L. 104-67), securities litigation; oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; credit risk retention rules; treatment of affiliates of non-financial firms that use a central treasury unit; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study
Client expense: $13,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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