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Commodity End-User Relief Act
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Commodity End User Relief Act TITLE I--CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS (Sec. 101) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to direct registered futures associations (RFAs) to require their futures commission merchant (FCM) members to: maintain written policies and procedures governing maintenance of members’ specified residual interests in customer segregated funds accounts, including cleared swaps customer collateral accounts; establish rules governing the withdrawal, transfer, or disbursement of a member's residual interest in customer segregated funds, in foreign futures and foreign options customer secured amount funds, and from a cleared swaps customer collateral; use an electronic system or systems to report financial and operational information to the RFA or another RFA-designated party; and instruct each depository, including any bank, trust company, derivatives clearing organization, or futures commission merchant holding customer segregated funds, foreign futures and foreign options customer secured amount funds, or cleared swap customer funds to report balances in such funds to the RFA or or another RFA-designated party. (Sec. 103) Requires any FCM that has adjusted net capital in an amount less than required by regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) or of a self-regulatory organization to notify the CFTC and the self-regulatory organization. Requires any FCM that does not hold a sufficient amount of funds in segregated accounts for futures customers, in foreign futures and foreign options secured amount accounts for those customers, or in segregated accounts for cleared swap customers to notify the CFTC and the self-regulatory organization immediately. (Sec. 104) Declares that any rules or regulations requiring an FCM to maintain a residual interest in accounts held for the benefit of customers in amounts at least sufficient to exceed the sum of all the customers' uncollected margin deficits shall require an FCM to meet its residual interest requirement as of the end of each business day calculated as of the close of business on the previous business day. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the CFTC to require that property of the bankruptcy estate, including trading or operating accounts and commodities held in inventory, of a commodity broker who is a Chapter 7 debtor in bankruptcy be included in customer property to the extent that such property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of the broker's public customers. TITLE II--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION REFORMS (Sec. 201) Extends authority for CFTC operations through FY2019. Sec. 202) Amends the CEA to revise the requirement that the CFTC, before promulgating a regulation or issuing an order, consider the costs and benefits of the action. Requires a court to affirm a CFTC assessment of costs and benefits unless it is found to be an abuse of discretion. (Sec. 203) Declares that the heads of the CFTC administrative units shall serve at the pleasure of the CFTC. (Sec. 204) Establishes in the CFTC the Office of the Chief Economist. Expresses the sense of Congress that the CFTC should encourage applications from members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans for positions in the Office of the Chief Economist. (Sec. 205) Directs the CFTC to develop and publish internal procedures governing the issuance by any CFTC division or office of any response to a formal, written request or petition from any member of the public for an exemptive, a no-action, or an interpretive letter. Requires these procedures to involve sufficient notice to the CFTC to review the matter before its issuance. (Sec. 206) Requires the CFTC to submit every five years to certain congressional committees a detailed strategic technology plan focused upon technology acquisition and use, including a plan of action to address known information security vulnerability, and specific deadlines to address such vulnerability. (Sec. 207) Requires the CFTC to develop comprehensive internal risk control mechanisms to safeguard and govern the storage of all market data, including CFTC market data sharing agreements, and academic research performed at the CFTC using market data. (Sec. 208) Prohibits any indefinite duration to an omnibus order of investigation authorizing one or more CFTC members or staff to issue subpoenas to multiple persons in relation to a particular subject matter area. Limits to the CFTC the authority to renew such an order. (Sec. 209) Applies the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act to guidance, including interpretive rules, general policy statements, or CFTC rules of organization, procedure, or practice, voted on by the CFTC. (Sec. 210) Prescribes guidelines for judicial review of CFTC rules. (Sec. 211) Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to: assess whether CFTC resources are sufficient to enable the CFTC to carry out its duties effectively; and examine prior CFTC expenditures on hardware, software, and analytical processes to protect customers in the areas of market surveillance and risk detection, and market data collection, aggregation, interpretation, standardization, harmonization, streamlining, and oversight and compliance work by market participants and regulators. (Sec. 212) Declares that, although the CFTC may not be compelled to disclose proprietary information provided to it, neither is it authorized to withhold information from Congress, nor is it prevented from complying with a request from a federal, state, local, or foreign governmental or judicial entity request for information within the scope of such entity's jurisdiction, subject to an agreement of confidentiality to protect the information. (Sec. 213) Requires the CFTC to report to Congress on the status of: any review of a registration application submitted by a metals exchange, negotiations with foreign regulators regarding aluminum warehousing, consultations with all U.S. market participants, including major producers and consumers. TITLE III--END-USER RELIEF (Sec. 301) Revises the treatment of affiliate transactions that may be exempt from clearing requirements to authorize such an exemption only if an affiliate enters into a swap to hedge or mitigate the commercial risk of the person that is not a financial entity (as under current law). Requires utilization of an appropriate credit support measure or other mechanism if the transfer of commercial risk is addressed by entering into a swap with a swap dealer or major swap participant. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the same treatment with respect to securities-based swaps. (Sec. 302) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the prerequisite to the CFTC's sharing with a specified entity information on swaps cleared by derivatives clearing organizations that the entity agree to indemnify the CFTC for any expenses arising from litigation relating to that information. Repeals a similar prerequisite for information-sharing by a swap data depository. Requires a swap repository to make swap data available on a confidential basis to foreign authorities, and receive a written agreement from each entity stating that it shall abide by the confidentiality requirements relating to the information on swap transactions that is provided. Amends the Securities Exchange Act to apply the same requirement with respect to securities-based swap repositories. (Sec. 303) Prescribes reporting requirements for transactions in utility operations-related swaps. Requires the CFTC, in determining whether to exempt from designation as a swap dealer an entity that engages in a de minimis quantity of swap dealing, to treat a utility operations-related swap entered into with a utility special entity as if the entity were not a special entity. (Sec. 304) Defines "utility special entity" as a special entity, or any instrumentality, department, or corporation of or established by a state or political subdivision, that: owns or operates, or anticipates owning or operating, an electric or natural gas facility or an electric or natural gas operation; supplies, or anticipates supplying, natural gas and or electric energy to another utility special entity; has, or anticipates having, public service obligations under federal, state, or local law or regulation to deliver electric energy or natural gas service to customers; or is a federal power marketing agency. (Sec. 305) Defines "utility operations-related swap" as a swap that: is entered into by a utility to hedge or mitigate a commercial risk; is not a contract, agreement, or transaction based on, derived on, or referencing an interest rate, credit, equity, or currency asset class, or a metal, agricultural commodity, or crude oil or gasoline commodity of any grade (except as these are used for fuel for electric energy generation); and is associated with the generation, production, purchase, or sale of natural gas or electric energy, the supply of natural gas or electric energy to a utility, or the delivery of natural gas or electric energy service to utility customers, and meets certain other related criteria. (Sec. 306) Excludes from the definition of a financial entity subject to clearing requirements specified entities that are not supervised by a prudential regulator, yet are commercial market participants deemed to be a financial entity because they: (1) predominantly engage in physical delivery contracts; or (2) enter into swaps, contracts for future delivery, and other derivatives on behalf of, or to hedge or mitigate the commercial risk of affiliates that are not so supervised or described. (Sec. 307) Directs the CFTC to: provide by rule for the public reporting of swap transactions in illiquid markets that are not cleared and entered into by a non-financial entity that is hedging or mitigating commercial risk; and ensure that certain swap transaction information is publicly available no sooner than 30 days after the swap transaction has been executed, or at such later date as the CFTC determines appropriate to protect the identity of participants and positions in illiquid markets and to prevent the elimination or reduction of market liquidity. (Sec. 308) Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for a member of a designated contract market or a swap execution facility that is neither registered with the CFTC nor required to be so registered. (Sec. 309) Excludes from the definition of “swap” any purchase or sale of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled (as under current law). (Sec. 310) Requires a new affirmative CFTC rule or regulation in order to amend or reduce the de minimis quantity of swap dealing that is currently set at $8 billion. (Sec. 311) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act to direct the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), respectively, to the extent that swap dealers and major swap participants, on the one hand, and securities-based swap dealers and major securities-swap participants, that are banks are permitted by the regulators, the SEC, or the CFTC to use approved financial models to calculate minimum capital requirements and minimum initial and variation margin requirements, including the use of non-cash collateral, to permit the use of comparable financial models by such dealers and participants that are not banks. (Sec. 312) Directs the CFTC to amend regulations regarding criteria that qualify certain registered commodity pool operators for exemption from requirements for specified risk disclosures, performance disclosures, periodic reporting, annual reporting, and recordkeeping. Alters one criterion for qualification for such exemptions currently granted to: (1) registered commodity pool operators who sell participations in a pool solely to qualified eligible persons in an offering which qualifies for exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (2) certain banks registered as commodity pool operators in connection with a pool that is a collective trust fund whose securities are exempt from registration under the Securities Act . (Sec. 313) Authorizes the CFTC to define a bona fide hedging transaction, consistent with certain CEA requirements. (Sec. 314) Directs the CFTC to promulgate rules governing cross-border regulation of derivatives transactions. Considers the swaps regulatory requirements of certain foreign jurisdictions with the largest swaps markets to be comparable to and as comprehensive as those of the U.S. Exempts from U.S. swaps requirements either a non-U.S. person or a transaction between two non-U.S. persons if the person or transaction is in compliance with the swaps regulatory requirements of specified foreign jurisdictions. Authorizes the CFTC, however, to suspend its determination of foreign swaps regulatory comparability if the foreign jurisdiction is not providing equivalent recognition of, or substituted compliance for, registered entities domiciled in the United States. Provides for expedited CFTC consideration of a petition for review that is requested by either a registered entity, commercial market participant, or CFTC registrant with respect to a CFTC determination regarding foreign jurisdiction regulatory requirements. (Sec. 315) Excludes from the definition of "commodity pool" certain investment trusts and syndicates that are excluded from the definition of "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Exempts certain qualified charitable organizations and their employees, acting within the scope of their employment or duties, from designation and regulation as commodity pool operators subject to registration requirements. (Sec. 316) States that any CFTC determination exempting a small bank or savings association from the treatment as a financial entity also applies to the bank's or association's holding company if the holding company's total consolidated assets do not exceed the asset threshold set by the CFTC for defining a small bank and savings association. (Sec. 317) Repeals the requirement that a swap execution facility provide by its rules that, when a swap dealer or major swap participant enters into or facilitates a swap subject to the mandatory clearing requirement, the swap dealer or major swap participant shall be responsible for compliance with a specified mandatory trading requirement. Grants a swap execution facility, instead, discretion in establishing and enforcing its rules concerning trade practice surveillance, market surveillance, real-time marketing monitoring, and audit trail given that a swap execution facility may offer a trading system or platform to execute or trade swaps through any means of interstate commerce . Makes a swap execution facility responsible for monitoring trading in swaps only on its own facility. Repeals the requirement that a swap execution facility set its position limitation at a level no higher than the CFTC limit. Makes a swap execution facility responsible for monitoring positions only on its own facility. Repeals swap execution facility authority, in an emergency, to liquidate or transfer open positions in any swap. Deems the financial resources of a swap execution facility to be adequate if the value of such resources exceeds the total amount that would enable the facility to cover its operating costs for a 90-day period, as calculated on a rolling basis, or (as under current law) conduct an orderly wind-down of its operations, whichever is greater. Requires the chief compliance officer of a swap execution facility to establish and administer policies and procedures that: (1) are designed to resolve potential conflicts of interest; and (2) ensure compliance with this Act and with rules prescribed by the CFTC. (Sec. 318) Makes the Federal Housing Finance Agency the appropriate federal banking agency for any Federal Home Loan Bank (thereby exempting any Federal Home Loan Bank loan from regulation as a swap). Amends the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000 to define any Federal Home Loan Bank as a bank for purposes of its prohibitions and requirements. (Sec. 319) Excludes from the meaning of "commodity pool operator" any person who serves as an investment adviser to a registered investment company or its subsidiary, if the company or subsidiary invests, reinvests, owns, holds, or trades in commodity interests limited exclusively to financial commodity interests. Defines "financial commodity interest' as a futures contract, an option on a futures contract, or a swap involving a commodity that is not an exempt commodity or an agricultural commodity, including any index of financial commodity interests, whether cash settled or involving physical delivery. Excludes from the meaning of this kind of "commodity" any security issued by a real estate investment trust, business development company, or issuer of asset-backed securities, including any index of such securities. Excludes from the definition of "Commodity Trading Advisor" any person who serves as an investment adviser to a registered investment company or its subsidiary, if the commodity trading advice relates only to a financial commodity interest. TITLE IV--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS (Sec. 401) Makes technical and conforming corrections to the CEA. (Sec. 402) Eliminates obsolete references to dealer options. (Sec. 403) Requires each designated contract market and swap execution facility (under current law, the exchange) to publicize, each trading day, the volume of trading on each type of contract for the previous day and any other information the CFTC deems necessary in the public interest. (Sec. 405) Eliminates obsolete references to electronic trading facilities and alternative swap execution facilities. (Sec. 408) Authorizes the CFTC to alter or supplement rules of a registered entity if it finds that the entity has not made changes requested for the protection of swaps traders and to assure fair dealing in swaps. (Sec. 409) Eliminates obsolete references to the Commodity Exchange Commission, derivatives transaction execution facilities, and exempt boards of trade. (Sec. 413) Requires mandatory compliance reports to certify that they are materially accurate and complete (under current law, merely accurate and complete). Repeals the requirement that a compliance report accompany each appropriate financial report of the swap dealer or major swap participant required to be furnished to the CFTC. Requires the furnishing of a compliance report only at such time the CFTC determines by rule, regulation, or order, to be appropriate. (Sec. 414) Makes specified miscellaneous technical corrections to the CEA.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2289.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 171 (Roll no. 309). (text: CR H3940-3948)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 171 (Roll no. 309).(text: CR H3940-3948)
HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3963-3964)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Peterson (MN) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of passage of H.R. 2289 until a time to be announced.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute 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 H3940-3948)
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2017 · first_quarter · Banking
Loans for component suppliers PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 601 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act S. 423 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1233 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2015 H.R. 1265 Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 2289 Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 1737 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S. 2663 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 5453 Financial Choice Act of 2016
Client expense: $1,119,717 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2017 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 601 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act S. 423 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1233 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2015 H.R. 1265 Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 2289 Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 1737 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S. 2663 Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 5453 Financial Choice Act of 2016
Client expense: $1,119,717 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289; HR 2041; S1111 (section 301)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289; HR 2041; S1111 (section 301)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Agriculture
H.R. 2289, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act" (CEURA).
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2289.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Takai amendment No. 3.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Plaskett amendment No. 2.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3950-3952)
ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Ms. Plaskett asked unanimous consent that amendments Nos. 2 and 3 to H.R. 2289 and made in order pursuant to H. Res. 288, may be offered out of sequence. Agreed to without objection.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2289 as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Conaway moved that the Committee rise.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walorski amendment No. 5.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Moore (WI) amendment No. 4.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 288, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment No. 1.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2289.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael K. Simpson 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. 288 and Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2289 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Resolution provides authority for the Committee on Appropriations to have until 5 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2015, to file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 288. (consideration: CR H3932-3950)
Rule H. Res. 288 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 288 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2289 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Resolution provides authority for the Committee on Appropriations to have until 5 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2015, to file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 114-134.
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
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H.R. 2289, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections); Discussion draft of reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act relating to derivative end-user protections.
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Utilities
CFTC Procedural Reform. Dodd-Frank end-users recordkeeping reform. Commodity end user reform, judicial review of CFTC regulations and the applicable APA review. These issues arose in: H.R.2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act This legislation would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). H.Res.927, Expressing support for the designation of the third Wednesday of November as "Utility Scam Awareness Day"; H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Facilitate vegetation management on rights-of-way across federal land to the benefit of electric reliability and forest fire risk reduction); H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections); S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections). S 337,A bill to improve the Freedom of Information Act S 1140,bill to require the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of the term "waters of the United States", and for other purposes. S. 1363,A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy. S 2461,A bill to enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions, to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science, and for other purposes. S 2795,A bill to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy. HR 1732,To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes. HR 4066,To enable high-performance computation and supportive research and nuclear energy innovation. HR 4084,To enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science. HR 4979,To foster civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies and enhance the licensing and commercial deployment of such technologies. HR 5879,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
H.R. 2289, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act" (CEURA).
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections); Commodity End-User Relief Act.
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289 and S. 2917, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections); Commodity End-User Relief Act.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289 and S. 2917, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections); Commodity End-User Relief Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 5393, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY17. S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY17. S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY17. H.R. 5926, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY17. H.R.5325, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017. Monitor funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Congressional outreach related to funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Congressional outreach related to funding and research for Antarctic science and marine seismology. H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act. S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Provisions relating to aluminum market reforms in H.R. 2289, the Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $1,620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
DAVID GILBERT: House / Senate HR 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act / S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
DAVID GILBERT: House HR 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act / S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Legislative oversight of implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Commodity Exchange Act Reauthorization issues, including: -Protection of Customer Collateral -Oversight of Commodity Pool Operators -Protections for Sensitive and Proprietary Data -Position Limits -International Coordination -CFTC/SEC Coordination of CTA, CPO Oversight and Data Collection H.R. 1954 - To align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. H.R. 2289 - To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes. S. 2917 - To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to ensure protections of futures customers, to provide relief for farmers, ranchers, and end-users that manage risk to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Issues pertaining to CEA reauthorization including H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act; H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, all provisions.
Client expense: $1,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 2289 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 5592 (Derivatives Oversight and Taxpayer Protection Act); H.R. 5983 (Financial CHOICE Act of 2016); S. 174 (Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act); S. 2917 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); S. 3118 (Derivatives Oversight and Taxpayer Protection Act); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Regulatory rulemaking regarding swap dealer capital requirements and margin segregation); Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) Reauthorization; Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Block trades; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) as it relates to commodities; Commodities (general); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Dodd-Frank Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); Federal Reserve commodities advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Inter-affiliate swap transaction; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; Federal Reserve proposed rule on merchant banking and commodities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed rule on commodities; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants.
Client expense: $2,560,000 · 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 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections); S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections).
Client expense: $2,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Expressed thoughts and concerns regarding the proposed rule to establish position limits for commodities (RIN 3038-AD99). Opposed the Commodity End-user Relief Act, H.R.2289 and S.2917.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Implementation of P.L. 111203, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R.2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, entire bill. H.R. 5983, Financial CHOICE Act of 2016, entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of P.L. 111203, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (no specific bill). H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, entire bill. Policy issues pertaining to cybersecurity.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289, Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization (relating to derivative end-user protections)
Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289 and S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289 - "Commodity End-User Relief Act" Dodd-Frank end-users recordkeeping reform Commedity end-user reform
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General financial services issues. General banking issues. General derivatives issues. On-going implementation of the Dodd Frank Act. Market structure issues; NMS Governance. Commodities Future Trading Commission Reauthorization. Implementation of title VII of Dodd Frank Act, including cross border regulations, margin and capital requirements. S. 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. H.R. 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. H.R. 2289 Commodity End-User Relief Act.S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act Tax treatment of foreign companies in the U.S.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Utilities
CFTC Procedural Reform. Dodd-Frank end-users recordkeeping reform. Commodity end user reform, judicial review of CFTC regulations and the applicable APA review. These issues arose in: H.R.2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act This legislation would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). H.Res.927, Expressing support for the designation of the third Wednesday of November as "Utility Scam Awareness Day"; H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act (Facilitate vegetation management on rights-of-way across federal land to the benefit of electric reliability and forest fire risk reduction); H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections); S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections). S 337,A bill to improve the Freedom of Information Act S 1140,bill to require the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of the term "waters of the United States", and for other purposes. S. 1363,A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy. S 2461,A bill to enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions, to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science, and for other purposes. S 2795,A bill to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy. HR 1732,To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for other purposes. HR 4066,To enable high-performance computation and supportive research and nuclear energy innovation. HR 4084,To enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and to expand theoretical and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science. HR 4979,To foster civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies and enhance the licensing and commercial deployment of such technologies. HR 5879,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Government-sponsored enterprise reform and its effect on federal home loan banks. Housing finance reform. Matters relating to specified recourse debt obligations of an eligible issuer (covered bonds) and their effect on federal home loan banks. Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, provisions relating to federal home loan banks, sections 102 and 124. H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, amendment relating to advances made by financial institutions to federal home loan banks. H.R. 3808, directing the Federal Housing Finance Agency to withdraw its proposed rule entitled "Members of Federal Home Loan Banks." H.R. 5485, Fiscal Year 2017, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, relating to the Federal Housing Finance Agency rule establishing membership standards for federal home loan banks. H.R. 5983, Financial CHOICE act, provisions affecting federal home loan banks.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - end-user protections and treatment of physical commodity forward contracts with embedded volumetric optionality S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - end-user protections and treatment of physical commodity forward contracts with embedded volumetric optionality FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - Swap dealer de minimus exception, bona fide hedging exemption, treatment of forward contacts with volumetric optionality General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission record-keeping and reporting requirements General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward contracts with volumetric optionality Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed rule regarding position limits Commodity Futures Trading Commission amended proposed regarding aggregation of positions
Client expense: $580,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Implementation of the Agricultural Act of 2014; provisions impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protections Act; implementation and provisions related to Title 7. H.R. 2289 and S.3118, Re-authorization of the CFTC; issues impacting co-ops and their farmer-owners. Agricultural Biotechnology; issues impacting co-ops and their farmer-owners. FY2017 Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation; provisions relating to agriculture and farmer cooperatives. Federal Crop Insurance Program; issues impacting agriculture and farmer cooperatives. S. 764 A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act; as amended to include Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.
Client expense: $253,743 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 554 - Enhancing Educational Opportunities for All Students Act; entire bill H.R. 1098 - The Investor Choice Act; entire bill H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act; entire bill H.R. 1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 2205 - Data Security Act; entire bill H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act; entire bill H.R. 2356 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2896 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2015 or the TAILOR Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 3524 - Equal Employment for All Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 5143 - the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 5311 - the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act; entire bill H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017; provisions relating to SECs proposed Rule 30e-3 on e-delivery of shareholder reports H.R. 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 6392 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016; entire bill S. 177 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1086 - The International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act, entire bill S. 1158 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1560 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide end-users with a reasonable amount of time to meet their margin requirements and to repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities; entire bill S. 1722 - Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act; entire bill S. 3092 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016; entire bill S. 3153 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2016 or TAILOR Act of 2016; entire bill Administrations package of legislative and regulatory initiatives designed to improve U.S. cybersecurity and protect customers from data breaches Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 Discussion Draft; provisions relating to SIFI designation, international capital standards, FIO restructuring, Senior$afe Act, DOL ERISA Fiduciary rule
Client expense: $770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
1. Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, PL111-203) -Title VII Wall Street Transparency and Accountability: Issues related to regulation of clearinghouses, swap data repositories, swap execution facilities and designated contract markets 2. Commodity End User Relief Act (HR 2289, 114th Congress) -Issues related to the reauthorization of the CFTC 3. Issues related to Cattle Market Volatility
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
H.R. 2289 -- Commodity End-User Relief Act - A bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to ensure protections of future customers, to provide relief for farmers, rancher, and end-users that manage risk to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes. Support for Section 315 - Exemption of qualified charitable organizations from designation and regulation as a commodity pool operators.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
H.R. 2289, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Loans for component suppliers PL 111-203: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1233 - Community Lending Enhancement And Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2015 H.R. 1265 - Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 37 - Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 26 - Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 2289 Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S. 2663 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act
Client expense: $1,134,183 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
PL 111-203: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1233 - Community Lending Enhancement And Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2015 H.R. 1265 - Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 37 - Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 26 - Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act S. 2663 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act
Client expense: $1,134,183 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
CFTC administrative procedure and judicial review reform; judicial review of CFTC regulations and the applicable APA review. Dodd-Frank end-users record keeping reform. Commodity end user reform. These issues arose in: H.R.2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act S. 2917 - Commodity End-User Relief Act This legislation would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Language in both bill clarifies that commodity end-users, including gas utilities, are not treated as financial entities for the purpose of Dodd-Frank financial recordkeeping rules. More specifically, the legislation clarifies that physical natural gas contracts with delivery optionality are not treated the same as sophisticated derivatives trading or swaps. The bill also includes AGA supported language that would subject CFTC decision-making to standard administrative procedures and judicial review proceedings (note: The Senate version does not include administrative procedures reform).
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L.111-203), regulatory reform and derivative markets. H.R.2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act; issues related to CFTC reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 1261, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act of 2015 Commodity End User Relief Act HR 3340 HR 2289, The Commodity End User Relief Act S. 2790, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2016 S. 2663, the so-called Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act. Investment Advisors Modernization Act of 2016 the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. HR 5112, Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Uniformity Act HR 4139, the Fostering Innovation Act H.R. 4850, the Micro Offering Improvement Act H.R. 4852, the Private Placement Improvement Act H.R. 4854, the Supporting Americas Innovators Act H.R. 4855, the Fix Crowdfunding Act H.R. 5311, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act H.R. 5421, the National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act H.R. 5424, the Investment Advisers Modernization Act H.R. 5429, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HJ Res 88 HR 5485, The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2017 The Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 5211 - CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act HR 2889 Carried Interest Fairness Act HR 2103 -Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act HR 4018 - Consumer Protection and Choice Act HR 4737 - State and Tribal Government Sovereignty Protection Act of 2016 S. 1686 Carried Interest Fairness Act Non-profit depository institutions HR 5745 Putting Main Street FIRST Act CEO Bonus Loophole Bank worker issues Postal Banking The Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility plan Financial Policy Riders Payday Lending Reform CFPB Arbitration Rule/Forced Arbitration Private Equity tax loophole CFPB Defense DoL Fiduciary Rule Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act OCC Chartering of Fintechs H.R. 6392 H.R. 5491 and H.R. 5413 (the CFPB Data Accountability Act) H.R. 5424 H.R. 5063 CFPB status as independent agency Removal protections for CFPB director H.R. 4172 - Credit Access and Inclusion Act PACE Loans Wells Fargo arbitration HR 5982 - Midnight Rules Relief Act
Client expense: $335,275 · 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 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
H.R.2289: Commodity End-User Relief Act (CEURA) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Discussion draft of reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act relating to derivative end-user protections; H.R. 2289, reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act (relating to derivative end-user protections); S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 (Hoeven-Manchin revision of S. 1803) and Inhofe-Boxer substitute language (incorporated into Senate WRDA package).
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Agriculture/food-related provisions of: H.R.2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R.4353, To extend the exemption of small banks and savings associations from classification as a financial entity for purposes of the swaps clearing requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act to their holding companies S.2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act Issues other than legislation: Bankruptcy, Agriculture credit. Small business credit.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
GSE reform Dodd-Frank. CFTC Reauthorization (H.R. 2289) re: treatment of FHL Bank products.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
H.R.2289/S.2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act; S.1560, A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide end-users with a reasonable amount of time to meet their margin requirements and to repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities; issues related to Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289 Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions impacting the electric utility industry. S. 2917 Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions impacting the electric utility industry.
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Bank regulation including structure, prudential regulation and resolution. CEA Reauthorization Bill, (H.R. 2289) regarding Internal Risk Management transactions. Ex-Im Bank.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections); S. 2917, Commodity End-User Relief Act (End-user protections).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application, and H.R. 2289, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application, and H.R. 2289, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application, and H.R. 2289, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE