Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015
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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 23, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from collecting a guarantee fee in connection with a loan made under the SBA Express Program to a veteran or the spouse of a veteran on or after October 1, 2015, except during any upcoming fiscal year for which the President's budget, submitted to Congress, includes a cost for the Program that is above zero. (Sec. 3) Requires the SBA to assess for Congress the level of outreach to and consultation with female veterans regarding access to capital by women's business centers and Veterans Business Outreach Centers. (Sec. 4) Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 to increase the limit from $18.75 billion to $23.5 billion for FY2015 commitments for general business loans for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans. Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the SBA, starting October 1, 2015, from guaranteeing a loan if: the lender determines that the borrower is unable to obtain credit elsewhere solely because the lender's liquidity depends upon the guaranteed portion of the loan being sold on the secondary market, or the sole purpose for requesting the guarantee is to allow the lender to exceed its legal lending limit.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
Became Public Law No: 114-38.
Became Public Law No: 114-38.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5508)
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5508)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2499.
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H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act H.R. 601 - the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export - Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731 - the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 - Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038 - The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 - Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 HR 1090 - DOL - Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 754 - CISA, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 HR 2896 - TAILOR Act H. J. Res. 88 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary". HR 5027- Amend the Federal Reserve Act to adjust the circumstances under which Federal reserve bank stock is callable, and for other purposes. HR 5465 - To repeal section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 relating to rules for payment card transactions, and for other purposes. HR 6287 - MOBILE Act HR 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act HR 5660 - Retail Checking Account Protection Act HR 5983 - Financial CHOICE Act HR 6162 - Protect Prepaid Accounts Act Print Save as PDF Close this Window Clerk of the House of Representatives Legislative Resource Center 135 Cannon Building Washington, DC 20515 http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.govSecretary of the Senate Office of Public Records 232 Hart Building Washington, DC 20510 http://www.senate.gov/lobbyLOBBYING REPORT Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page 1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual Compass Bank 2. Address Address1 15 South 20th Street Address2 ​Suite 1802 City Birmingham State AL Zip Code 35233 Country USA 3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2) City ​ State ​ Zip Code ​ Country ​ 4a. Contact Nameb. Telephone Numberc. E-mail ​Mr. ​S. Scott Sargent ​2052973880 ​Scott.Sargent@bbva.com 5. 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Specific lobbying issues S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act H.R. 601 - the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export - Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731 - the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 - Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038 - The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 - Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 HR 1090 - DOL - Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 754 - CISA, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 HR 2896 - TAILOR Act H. J. Res. 88 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary". HR 5027- Amend the Federal Reserve Act to adjust the circumstances under which Federal reserve bank stock is callable, and for other purposes. HR 5465 - To repeal section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 relating to rules for payment card transactions, and for other purposes. HR 6287 - MOBILE Act HR 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act HR 5660 - Retail Checking Account Protection Act HR 5983 - Financial CHOICE Act HR 6162 - Protect Prepaid Accounts Act HR 6392 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act (reintroduced version of HR 1309)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUAs budget; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Impact of Federal Regulations on Credit Unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs interim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Accuracy of advertising and notice of insured status; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernization to obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; NCUAs usury ceiling under the FCU Act; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; FCCs Declaratory Ruling and Order on TCPA; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; H.R. 5465 - to repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; FFIEC proposed revision to the Uniform Interagency Consumer Compliance Rating System; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); FinTech and online marketplace lending; Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act; NCUAs proposed rule on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangement; NCUAs Exam Flexibility Initiative; issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; NCUAs Regulatory Review; seeking guidance from NCUA on interpretation of overall financial performance; NCUAs Revised Examiner Guidance; NCUA to revise CUSO reporting requirements; CUSO accounting standards, Amend NCUA thresholds for supervisory committee audits and verifications; NCUA to address duplicative nature of Fair Credit Reporting regulations; Incidental Powers; requirements for share insurance; Update call reports; DOJs ANPR on accessibility of web information and services of State and Local Government entities; CFPBs amendment to Regulation Ps Annual Privacy Notice Requirement; NCUAs modernization of data collection for regulatory oversight of credit unions; CFPBs proposed rule on arbitration agreements; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans; NCUAs proposed amendments to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; modernization of Federal Credit union Bylaws; FHFAs development of a Common Securitization Platform; NIST request for comment on current and future states of cybersecurity in the digital economy; DOD to give better guidance and extend effective date on Military Lending Act Rule; comments on CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered regarding Third-Party debt collection practices; comments on Consumer Response Company Response Survey; H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act; H.R. 4038, the Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 6094, Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Non-Profits Act; CFPBs proposed rule related to Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans; Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer and proposals to adopt additional front-end credit risk transfer structures; rebates to credit unions related to the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund; CFPB request for comment on Amendments Relating to Disclosure of Records and Information; NCUAs 2017 and 2018 proposed budgets; NCUAs Equity Fund Ratio and 2017 Projections; Changes to NCUAs Chartering and Field of Membership Manual.
Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUAs budget; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Impact of Federal Regulations on Credit Unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs interim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Accuracy of advertising and notice of insured status; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernization to obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; NCUAs usury ceiling under the FCU Act; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; FCCs Declaratory Ruling and Order on TCPA; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; H.R. 5465 - to repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; FFIEC proposed revision to the Uniform Interagency Consumer Compliance Rating System; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); FinTech and online marketplace lending; Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act; NCUAs proposed rule on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangement; NCUAs Exam Flexibility Initiative; issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; NCUAs Regulatory Review; seeking guidance from NCUA on interpretation of overall financial performance; NCUAs Revised Examiner Guidance; NCUA to revise CUSO reporting requirements; CUSO accounting standards, Amend NCUA thresholds for supervisory committee audits and verifications; NCUA to address duplicative nature of Fair Credit Reporting regulations; Incidental Powers; requirements for share insurance; Update call reports; DOJs ANPR on accessibility of web information and services of State and Local Government entities; CFPBs amendment to Regulation Ps Annual Privacy Notice Requirement; NCUAs modernization of data collection for regulatory oversight of credit unions; CFPBs proposed rule on arbitration agreements; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans; NCUAs proposed amendments to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; modernization of Federal Credit union Bylaws; FHFAs development of a Common Securitization Platform; NIST request for comment on current and future states of cybersecurity in the digital economy; DOD to give better guidance and extend effective date on Military Lending Act Rule; comments on CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered regarding Third-Party debt collection practices; comments on Consumer Response Company Response Survey; H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act; H.R. 4038, the Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 6094, Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Non-Profits Act; CFPBs proposed rule related to Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans; Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer and proposals to adopt additional front-end credit risk transfer structures; rebates to credit unions related to the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund; CFPB request for comment on Amendments Relating to Disclosure of Records and Information; NCUAs 2017 and 2018 proposed budgets; NCUAs Equity Fund Ratio and 2017 Projections; Changes to NCUAs Chartering and Field of Membership Manual.
Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act H.R. 601 - the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export - Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731 - the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 - Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038 - The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 - Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 HR 1090 - DOL - Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 754 - CISA, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 HR 2896 - TAILOR Act H. J. Res. 88 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary". HR 5027- Amend the Federal Reserve Act to adjust the circumstances under which Federal reserve bank stock is callable, and for other purposes. HR 5465 - To repeal section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 relating to rules for payment card transactions, and for other purposes. HR 6287 - MOBILE Act HR 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act HR 5660 - Retail Checking Account Protection Act HR 5983 - Financial CHOICE Act HR 6162 - Protect Prepaid Accounts Act
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · third_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUAs budget; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Impact of Federal Regulations on Credit Unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs inerim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Accuracy of advertising and notice of insured status; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernization to obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; FCCs Declaratory Ruling and Order on TCPA; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; H.R. 5465 - to repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; FFIEC proposed revision to the Uniform Interagency Consumer Compliance Rating System; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); FinTech and online marketplace lending; Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act; NCUAs proposed rule on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangement; NCUAs Exam Flexibility Initiative; issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; NCUAs Regulatory Review; seeking guidance from NCUA on interpretation of overall financial performance; NCUAs Revised Examiner Guidance; NCUA to revise CUSO reporting requirements; CUSO accounting standards, Amend NCUA thresholds for supervisory committee audits and verifications; NCUA to address duplicative nature of Fair Credit Reporting regulations; Incidental Powers; requirements for share insurance; Update call reports; DOJs ANPR on accessibility of web information and services of State and Local Government entities; CFPBs amendment to Regulation Ps Annual Privacy Notice Requirement; NCUAs modernization of data collection for regulatory oversight of credit unions; CFPBs proposed rule on arbitration agreements; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans; NCUAs proposed amendments to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; modernization of Federal Credit union Bylaws; FHFAs development of a Common Securitization Platform; NIST request for comment on current and future states of cybersecurity in the digital economy; DOD to give better guidance and extend effective date on Military Lending Act Rule; comments on CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered regarding Third-Party debt collection practices; comments on Consumer Response Company Response Survey; H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act; H.R. 4038, the Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 6094, Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Non-Profits Act.
2016 · third_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUAs budget; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Impact of Federal Regulations on Credit Unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs inerim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Accuracy of advertising and notice of insured status; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernization to obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; FCCs Declaratory Ruling and Order on TCPA; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; H.R. 5465 - to repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; FFIEC proposed revision to the Uniform Interagency Consumer Compliance Rating System; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); FinTech and online marketplace lending; Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act; NCUAs proposed rule on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangement; NCUAs Exam Flexibility Initiative; issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; NCUAs Regulatory Review; seeking guidance from NCUA on interpretation of overall financial performance; NCUAs Revised Examiner Guidance; NCUA to revise CUSO reporting requirements; CUSO accounting standards, Amend NCUA thresholds for supervisory committee audits and verifications; NCUA to address duplicative nature of Fair Credit Reporting regulations; Incidental Powers; requirements for share insurance; Update call reports; DOJs ANPR on accessibility of web information and services of State and Local Government entities; CFPBs amendment to Regulation Ps Annual Privacy Notice Requirement; NCUAs modernization of data collection for regulatory oversight of credit unions; CFPBs proposed rule on arbitration agreements; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loans; NCUAs proposed amendments to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; modernization of Federal Credit union Bylaws; FHFAs development of a Common Securitization Platform; NIST request for comment on current and future states of cybersecurity in the digital economy; DOD to give better guidance and extend effective date on Military Lending Act Rule; comments on CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered regarding Third-Party debt collection practices; comments on Consumer Response Company Response Survey; H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act; H.R. 4038, the Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 6094, Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Non-Profits Act.
2016 · third_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act H.R. 601 - the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export - Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731 - the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 - Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038 - The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 - Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 HR 1090 - DOL - Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 754 - CISA, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205 - the Data Security Act of 2015 HR 2896 - TAILOR Act H. J. Res. 88 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary". HR 5027- Amend the Federal Reserve Act to adjust the circumstances under which Federal reserve bank stock is callable, and for other purposes. HR 5465 - To repeal section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 relating to rules for payment card transactions, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs inerim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernizationobtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act.
2016 · second_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPB Proposals; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; CFPBs inerim final rule amending Regulation Z; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; Federal Credit Union Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; Dodd-Frank 1022 Authority; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility (CLF); CLF information collection; CLF modernizationobtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; prevent arbitration restrictions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; Student Loan Borrower Communication ;CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA); Periodic Statements for Borrowers who have filed for bankruptcy; Statement production systems and CFPBs servicing regulations; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Improve agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB and NCUA; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; Telephone Consumer Protection Act; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Repeal Durbin Amendment; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Department of Labor overtime Rule; Administrative Procedures Act; Regulatory Flexibility for credit unions; Promote Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy; Financial Technology (FinTech); Transparency for NCUAs Overhead Transfer Rate methodology; Transparency for NCUAs Operating Fee methodology; FY 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; Community Development Financial Institution funding (CDFI); CDFI certification and reporting requirements; Dept. of Treasurys National Strategy for financial literacy and education; NCUAs information collection on investment and deposit activities; allow credit unions to purchase loans from other originators for purposes of issuing securities; mortgage servicing rights; extend exemption for consumer credit cards from MLA Rule requirements; Secondary Capital for low-income designated credit unions(LICU); LICU information collection burdens; Loan Level Price adjustments and Guaranty Fees; HR5541, Financial Services for the Underserved Act of 2016; NCUAs proposed rule regarding FCU occupancy, planning, and disposal of acquired and abandoned premises; HR 1486, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending Act (TABS); HR 4773, the Protection Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; HR 4538, the Senior$afe Act.
2016 · first_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Privacy Notice Modernization Act, S. 423 H.R. 601, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038, The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 HR 1090 - DOL H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - ExIm Bank S. 754 - CISA H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015 HR 2896 - TAILOR Act
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · first_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; Department of Labor Overtime Rule; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule.
2016 · first_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Comments responding to request for information on the FHFAs proposed collection of information relating to the NSEMB; Comments on Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, RIN 1506-AB25; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act; H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; NCUAs member business lending rule: update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures, consider good faith efforts to comply with TRID; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Protect responsible overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; Ensure an Effective Payments system; Fairness under FCC ruling on autodialing and FCC oversight; modernize online lending laws and regulations; give NCUA greater flexibility with credit union lending including the ability to establish longer maturities for certain loans; preventing g-fees charged by Fannie and Freddie from being used as funding offset; NCUA 18-month Exam Cycle; Military Lending Act Database; Credit Losses Accounting Standard; FASB Accounting Standards; CFPBs expansion of data collection under Reg C, Privacy protections for data collected by CFPB; NIST notice and request for information on views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; Comments on Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding field of membership and chartering; CBSA population limit, combined statistical area, well defined local communities, rural population limits, multiple common bond charters, underserved areas, TIP charters; CFPB information collection on compliance costs and other effects of regulation; Duty to serve underserved markets; interchange rates as related to the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserves EGRPRA review process; FHFAs principal reduction consideration; FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; Department of Labor Overtime Rule; Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule.
2015 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $910,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Privacy Notice Modernization Act, S. 423 H.R. 601, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038, The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 HR 1090 - DOL H.R. 3808 - FHLB Membership rule HR 597 - ExIm Bank S. 754 - CISA H.R. 22 - The DRIVE Act (Highway funding bill) H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2015 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration; H.R. 601: the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act;H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption.
2015 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) Notice and Request for Comment on Web-Based Quantitative Testing Point of Sale/ATM (POS/ATM) Overdraft Disclosure Forms; Concerns with CFPB future payday lending rulemakings; payday lending as related to the CFPBs Outline of Proposals Under Consideration; H.R. 601: the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; NCUA budget transparency; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ raising MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896: the TAILOR Act of 2015; S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; NCUAs efforts to allow credit unions to better serve rural areas; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act;H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Regulatory Burdens; Qualified Mortgage Rule; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; H.R. 3738: the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 3557: the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R. 1660: the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act; Improve the federal charter of credit unions through the FCU Act; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; H.R. 22: the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015; NCUAs proposed Field of Membership Amendments; H.R. 2995: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act; Require the CFPB to conduct a fair, comprehensive study before adopting a rule that would restrict arbitration and open the door to abusive class actions; NCUA third party vendor authority; CFPB request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures; financial regulators must level the playing field and promulgate rules that require non-traditional market lenders to meet basic consumer protection requirements such as those of TILA, underwriting standards for loans, and applicable state usury laws; FSOC should facilitate regulatory coordination among its member regulators; preserve the credit union tax exemption; regulatory relief including CFPB using their exemption authority more; Housing Finance Reform - it is vital that credit unions continue to have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market and any reforms should have emphasis on fair pricing that reflects loan quality rather than quantity; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1155: the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; prepaid cards - CFPB efforts to ensure that consumers using prepaid products are sufficiently informed and protected - they should find appropriate balance between adequate consumer protection and allowing consumers access to products they demand; compliance burdens related to CFPB amendments to Regulation C, HMDA; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption.
2015 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 203 Support Moran (KS) amendment #356 to S. Con. Res. 11 Support HR 2499 Support HR 251
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Small Business
S.2709 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 - NSBA supports S.2262 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act - NSBA supports S.1827 - Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.1697 Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - NSBA supports S.1647 - Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act -- NSBA monitoring S.1607 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.1140 Federal Water Quality Protection Act - NSBA supports S.1137 PATENT Act - NSBA opposes S.995 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act - NSBA supports S.949 Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.860 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.824 Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.819 Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.720 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.698 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring S.632 Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth (STRONG) Patents Act - NSBA supports S.552 Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.535 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S. 426 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 -NSBA supports S.379 Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act - NSBA supports S.1 Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act - NSBA supports H.R.3979 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.3132 - To increase the amount of funding available for FY2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act - NSBA supports H.R.2911 Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - NSBA supports H.R.2775 Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring H.R.2670 Microloan Modernization Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2586 Export Coordination Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R. 2499 Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2239 To increase Ex-Im financing of exports by small business - NSBA supports H.R.2045 Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2177 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2131 The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act H.R.1907 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1890 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1828 Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1735 National Defense Authorization Act for 2016 - NSBA supports H.R.1731 National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1624 - Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act - NSBA supports H.R.1560 Protecting Cyber Networks Act - NSBA supports H.R.1481 Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1105 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1031 Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1030 Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1029 EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1023 Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R. 880 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.762 Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act - NSBA supports H.R.637 Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.636 America's Small Business Tax Relief Act - NSBA supports H.R.630 Permanent S Corporation Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.629 Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gains Recognition Period Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.622 State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.597 Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act - NSBA supports H.R.527 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act - NSBA supports H.R.185 Regulatory Accountability Act - NSBA supports H.R.160 Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.50 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.25 Fair Tax Act - NSBA supports H.R.9 Innovation Act - NSBA opposes. H.R.3 Keystone XL Pipeline Act - NSBA supports H.R.2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring
2015 · third_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 203 Support Moran (KS) amendment #356 to S. Con. Res. 11 Support HR 2499 Support HR 251
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 2499 - Discussed Small Business lending issues and access to capital for veterans.
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Privacy Notice Modernization Act, S. 423 H.R. 601, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 S.819 Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 S.456 Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015 S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 HR 1266 - Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 HR 1737 - Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act HR 2213 - Would provide a short safe-harbor period with respect to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule until January 1, 2016 HR 1210 - Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 1295 - Trade Preferences Bill H.R. 3038, The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 H.R. 2499 - Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2015 · third_quarter · Small Business
Small Business Administration 7(a) loan program - program policy, appropriations and authorization level; H.R. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; S. 957, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2015 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures; U.S. Department of Education rule making on student accounts in receipt of Title IV Higher Education Act program funds; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; Federal Housing Finance Agencys calculation to the Housing Price Index; Federal Reserve Boards proposed enhancements to the Federal Reserve Banks Automated Cleaning House Service; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on its proposed revisions to the HUD Addendum to Uniform Residential Loan Application; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule to the Federal Housing Administrations single-family procedures for filing and calculating claims under the insurance program; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NCUAs request for comment on the collection of information related to the final interagency policy statement on diversity policies and practices; NCUAs 2015 Regulatory Review; NCUAs mid-year budget review; NCUAs rules and regulations governing share insurance coverage; NCUAs risk-based capital proposal; Retention of the credit union tax exemption; Cyber security; Data security;S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; H.R. 3038: Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2015; Funding for the Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2015; Additional mortgage reporting requirements for lenders to the Internal Revenue Service; NCUA budget transparency; NCUA third party vendor authority; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S.A. 2607 to Senate cybersecurity legislation that would allow NCUA to regulate and examine service providers to credit unions; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 601: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees;H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ Lifting MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1233: CLEARR Act of 2015; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act;H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; H.R. 2213: To provide for a safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for TILA/RESPA; H.R. 2287: To require public hearings on NCUAs budget; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; H.R. 3048: Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; S. 482: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2015; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 812: CLEAR Relief Act of 2015; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; S. 1711: to provide a temporary safe harbor from enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under TILA-RESPA; FHFA membership access proposal; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015; H.R. 2896 TAILOR Act of 2015.
2015 · third_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) request for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a national web-based survey relative to overdraft protection services; CFPB consumer complaint narrative database; CFPB and the student loan servicing market; CFPB integration of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) disclosures; U.S. Department of Education rule making on student accounts in receipt of Title IV Higher Education Act program funds; Department of Labors proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act for certain full-time salaried works to be eligible for overtime protections; Federal Communication Commission clarification for free end user calls made by financial institutions; Federal Communication Commission clarification regarding clarifications to the interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; Federal Housing Finance Agencys calculation to the Housing Price Index; Federal Reserve Boards proposed enhancements to the Federal Reserve Banks Automated Cleaning House Service; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on its proposed revisions to the HUD Addendum to Uniform Residential Loan Application; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule to the Federal Housing Administrations single-family procedures for filing and calculating claims under the insurance program; National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Cybersecurity Assessment Tool; NCUA proposed rulemaking on a federal insured credit unions member business lending; NCUAs exam scheduling policy; NCUAs request for comment on the collection of information related to the final interagency policy statement on diversity policies and practices; NCUAs 2015 Regulatory Review; NCUAs mid-year budget review; NCUAs rules and regulations governing share insurance coverage; NCUAs risk-based capital proposal; Retention of the credit union tax exemption; Cyber security; Data security;S. 754: Cyber Security Information Sharing Act; NAFCUs Five Point Plan for Regulatory Relief (capital reforms for credit unions; field of membership improvements for credit unions; reduced consumer financial protection bureaus on credit unions; operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards); Regulatory relief for credit unions; H.R. 3038: Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2015; Funding for the Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2015; Additional mortgage reporting requirements for lenders to the Internal Revenue Service; NCUA budget transparency; NCUA third party vendor authority; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; H.R. 2499: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; H.R. 427: Regulations for the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015; NAFCUs Top Ten Regulations for Eliminate of Amend (improve process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; provide more meaningful exemptions for small institutions; expand credit union investment authority; allowing more transfers per month from savings accounts per Federal Reserve Regulation D; flexibility for credit unions making member business loans; update requirement to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; update advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; seek improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility; obtain flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; update simplify and make improvements to regulations governing check processing funds); S.A. 2607 to Senate cybersecurity legislation that would allow NCUA to regulate and examine service providers to credit unions; Agency use of regulatory guidance; Overdraft services; Changes to requirements under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; H.R. 957: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act; Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Credit risk-guarantee fees; Military Lending Act; H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016; Cost-benefit analysis at federal regulatory agencies; Regulatory coordination; Regulations related to remittance transfers; Legal opinion letters at the CFPB; H.R. 9: Innovation Act; H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 527: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015; H.R. 601: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 650: Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015/ Points and Fees;H.R. 766: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act/ Ending Operation Choke Point; H.R. 989: Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act/ Supplemental Capital; H.R. 1133: To exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan under the Federal Credit Union Act; H.R. 1176: NCUA Budget Transparency Act/ GAO Study of NCUA budgeting practices; H.R. 1188: Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act/ Lifting MBL cap; H.R. 1195: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act; H.R. 1210: Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1233: CLEARR Act of 2015; H.R. 1259: Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act;H.R. 1261: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act/ Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; H.R. 1262: Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; H.R. 1263: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act/ Changes veto authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act/ Making credit union advisory council meetings public; H.R. 1266: Financial Product Safety Commission Act/ Replacing CFPB Director with Commission; H.R. 1309: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 1408: Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act; H.R. 1422: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015; H.R. 1941: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; H.R. 2205: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; H.R. 2213: To provide for a safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for TILA/RESPA; H.R. 2287: To require public hearings on NCUAs budget; H.R. 2769: Risk-Based Capital Study Act; H.R. 3048: Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; H.R. 3192: Homebuyers Assistance Act; S. 423: Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015; S. 482: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2015; S. 774: Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 812: CLEAR Relief Act of 2015; S. 871: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2015/ CFPB Rural Definition; S. 881: Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act of 2015; S. 924: To require public hearings on NCUA's budget; S. 961: Data Security Act of 2015/ Subjects retailers to robust federal safekeeping standard; S. 1137: PATENT Act; S. 1440: Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act/ MBL 1-4 exemption; S. 1484: Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 2028: A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; S. 1711: to provide a temporary safe harbor from enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under TILA-RESPA; FHFA membership access proposal; H.R. 2473: Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act of 2015;H.R. 2896 TAILOR Act of 2015.
2015 · third_quarter · Banking
HR 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 (all provisions). S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 (all provisions). HR 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 (all provisions). HR 2213/S. 1711, 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 (all provisions). HR 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 (all provisions). HR 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (all provisions). HR 3192 Homebuyers Assistance Act (all provisions). HR 22, Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (Senate Highway funding bill, amendments and provisions related banking and Federal Reserve Dividends). FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, provisions related to federal banking regulatory reform. General discussion and issues related to cyber-security (chip and pin), data breach and privacy, protecting consumer information, general discussions (no specific bill). Draft legislation that amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision and prudential standards, and for other purposes (no specific bill). General discussions and issues related to mortgages (disclosure rule), QM, TRID and TILA-RESPA (no specific bill). General discussions and issues related to Export Import Bank reauthorization (no specific bill). Issues related to bank fees, card fees and rate caps, and credit card interchange and debit card interchange (Senator Durbin amendment, electronic debit card transactions) (no specific bill). General discussions and issues related to policy development, legislative and regulatory implementation, process, systems and structures, general discussions and issues related to product new development, Volcker rule, CCAR and capital planning, resolution planning and stress test, living wills, bank liquidity (LCR), CLO, end user margins, point/fees and Basel, SIFI designation, corporate governance and general banking matters (no specific bill). H.R. 4173 (111th Congress, P.L. 111-203): Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act); regulatory implementation discussions covering rules and regulations, including discussions with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and banking regulatory agencies, on structure, regulatory implementation, oversight, process, enforcement and compliant handling. General discussions covering the Dodd-Frank Act and provisions (Act repeal, amending and technical fixes), Volcker rule, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Office of Financial Research, systemically important financial institutions designations, prudential regulations, mortgage regulations (qualified mortgages, qualified residential mortgages), corporate governance, enhanced prudential standards (165/166), stress testing, capital planning, living will, remittance, 716, push-out, Title VII (swaps/derivatives), Title II, section 1071, overdraft, pre-paid cards, examinations and other banking and financial services related provisions.
2015 · second_quarter · Small Business
S.2709 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2014 - NSBA supports S.2262 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act - NSBA supports S.1697 Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - NSBA supports S.1607 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.1140 Federal Water Quality Protection Act - NSBA supports S.1137 PATENT Act - NSBA opposes S.995 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act - NSBA supports S.949 Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.860 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.824 Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.819 Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.720 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.698 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring S.632 Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth (STRONG) Patents Act - NSBA supports S.552 Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S.535 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports S. 426 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 -NSBA supports S.379 Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act - NSBA supports S.1 Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act - NSBA supports H.R.3979 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2911 Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - NSBA supports H.R.2775 Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring H.R.2670 Microloan Modernization Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2586 Export Coordination Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R. 2499 Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2239 To increase Ex-Im financing of exports by small business - NSBA supports H.R.2045 Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2177 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.2131 The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act H.R.1907 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1890 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1828 Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1735 National Defense Authorization Act for 2016 - NSBA supports H.R.1731 National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1560 Protecting Cyber Networks Act - NSBA supports H.R.1481 Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1105 Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1031 Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1030 Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1029 EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.1023 Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R. 880 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.762 Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act - NSBA supports H.R.637 Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.636 America's Small Business Tax Relief Act - NSBA supports H.R.630 Permanent S Corporation Charitable Contribution Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.629 Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gains Recognition Period Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.622 State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.597 Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act - NSBA supports H.R.527 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act - NSBA supports H.R.185 Regulatory Accountability Act - NSBA supports H.R.160 Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.50 Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 - NSBA supports H.R.25 Fair Tax Act - NSBA supports H.R.9 Innovation Act - NSBA opposes. H.R.3 Keystone XL Pipeline Act - NSBA supports H.R.2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 - NSBA is monitoring
2015 · second_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 203 Support Moran (KS) amendment #356 to S. Con. Res. 11 Support HR 2499 Support HR 251
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Small Business
Issues relating to Small Business Administration 7(a) loan program - program policy, appropriations and authorization level; HR. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 S. 957, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act S. 1001, Small Business Lending Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2015 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues relating to Small Business Administration 7(a) loan program - program policy, appropriations and authorization level; HR. 2499, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 S. 957, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act S. 1001, Small Business Lending Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2015 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Improvements National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) credit union share insurance fund; NCUAs initiatives to address perceived risk in the credit union system; NCUAs risk-based capital proposals; Credit union ownership of fixed assets; NCUAs changes to small entity status; NCUAs field-of-membership regulations; Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) request for comment on the credit card market; CFPBs consumer complaint database; NCUAs interest rate ceiling policy; NCUA and member business lending reform; NCUA regulations related to corporate credit unions; Financial Accounting Standard Boards exposure draft specifying how card issuers should recognize breakage for prepaid stored-value cards; Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (S. 871/ H.R. 1259); Data security; EMV liability shift; Credit union tax exemption; Senate Finance Committee tax reform working groups; Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 601); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 423); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 482); SAFE Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 1480); Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act (H.R. 1265); Patent reform; PATENT Act (S. 1137); Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 650); Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 685); Changes to CFPBs points and fees definition under the Qualified Mortgage rule; Changes to the CFPBs Qualified Mortgage rule - loans held in portfolio; 40 year loan product; debt-to-income ratio); CFPBs definition of rural area; CFPB exemption authority under Section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Integration of the TILA-RESPA mortgage disclosures; FHFA proposal relative to Federal Home Loan Bank membership; Targeting Rouge and Opaque Letter Act; NCUAs risk-based capital proposals; Mortgage servicing assets; Data security; Cyber security; Liability in the event of a data breach; Data safe keeping standards; Data Security and Breach Notification Act (H.R. 1770); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205/S.961); Lankford-Heitkamp #CutRedTape Initiative; Regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1941/ S.774); Department of Defense proposal regarding the Military Lending Act; Credit union member business lending; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 1188); Excluding loans made to veterans from the member business lending cap (H.R. 1133); Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 989); Credit union tax exemption; Senate Finance Business Income Tax Working Group; Credit union small business lending; Small Business Administration patriot express loan program; Financial Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 1484) - (NCUA budget hearings; access to the Federal Home Loan Banks; indexing asset thresholds in the Dodd-Frank Act; exam fairness and an ombudsman at the FFIEC; capital requirement and mortgage servicing assets; relief from mailing annual privacy notices; Qualified Mortgages and loans held in portfolio; rural designation process at the CFPB; privacy and data fields in HMDA; issues related to TILA/RESPA integration; CFPB and the EGRPRA process); Reform of the government sponsored enterprises; Credit union access and pricing in the secondary mortgage market; Better and more accurate cost-benefit analysis for regulations impacting credit unions; Veterans Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 2499); NCUA budget transparency; National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act (H.R. 2287/ S.924); NCUA Budget Transparency Act (H.R. 1176); Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1266); Financial Institution Customer Protection Act (H.R. 766); Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (H.R. 1210); Legislation related to the integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loans (H.R. 2213); Credit Union Risk-Based Capital Study Act (H.R. 2769); Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act (H.R. 1422); Lack of regulatory coordination at the Financial Stability Oversight Council; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; Capital reform for credit unions; Field of membership improvements for credit unions; Reduced Consumer Financial Protection Bureau burdens on credit unions; Operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards; Expanding credit union investment authority; Federal Reserve Regulation D and eliminating transfers limits from savings accounts; Regulatory flexibility relative to credit union ability to make member business loans; Periodic statements and requirements to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; Advertising requirements for credit union loan products and share accounts; Improvements to the Central Liquidity Fund; Wavier process to allow credit unions flexibility relative to applicable laws; Update and improve regulations governing check processing and funds; CLEAR Act (H.R. 1233); CLEAR Relief Act (S.812); Military Lending Act; Service members Civil Relief Act; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 1735).
2015 · second_quarter · Banking
Improvements National Credit Union Administrations (NCUA) credit union share insurance fund; NCUAs initiatives to address perceived risk in the credit union system; NCUAs risk-based capital proposals; Credit union ownership of fixed assets; NCUAs changes to small entity status; NCUAs field-of-membership regulations; Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) request for comment on the credit card market; CFPBs consumer complaint database; NCUAs interest rate ceiling policy; NCUA and member business lending reform; NCUA regulations related to corporate credit unions; Financial Accounting Standard Boards exposure draft specifying how card issuers should recognize breakage for prepaid stored-value cards; Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (S. 871/ H.R. 1259); Data security; EMV liability shift; Credit union tax exemption; Senate Finance Committee tax reform working groups; Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 601); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 423); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 482); SAFE Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 1480); Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act (H.R. 1265); Patent reform; PATENT Act (S. 1137); Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 650); Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 685); Changes to CFPBs points and fees definition under the Qualified Mortgage rule; Changes to the CFPBs Qualified Mortgage rule - loans held in portfolio; 40 year loan product; debt-to-income ratio); CFPBs definition of rural area; CFPB exemption authority under Section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Integration of the TILA-RESPA mortgage disclosures; FHFA proposal relative to Federal Home Loan Bank membership; Targeting Rouge and Opaque Letter Act; NCUAs risk-based capital proposals; Mortgage servicing assets; Data security; Cyber security; Liability in the event of a data breach; Data safe keeping standards; Data Security and Breach Notification Act (H.R. 1770); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205/S.961); Lankford-Heitkamp #CutRedTape Initiative; Regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1941/ S.774); Department of Defense proposal regarding the Military Lending Act; Credit union member business lending; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 1188); Excluding loans made to veterans from the member business lending cap (H.R. 1133); Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 989); Credit union tax exemption; Senate Finance Business Income Tax Working Group; Credit union small business lending; Small Business Administration patriot express loan program; Financial Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 1484) - (NCUA budget hearings; access to the Federal Home Loan Banks; indexing asset thresholds in the Dodd-Frank Act; exam fairness and an ombudsman at the FFIEC; capital requirement and mortgage servicing assets; relief from mailing annual privacy notices; Qualified Mortgages and loans held in portfolio; rural designation process at the CFPB; privacy and data fields in HMDA; issues related to TILA/RESPA integration; CFPB and the EGRPRA process); Reform of the government sponsored enterprises; Credit union access and pricing in the secondary mortgage market; Better and more accurate cost-benefit analysis for regulations impacting credit unions; Veterans Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 2499); NCUA budget transparency; National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act (H.R. 2287/ S.924); NCUA Budget Transparency Act (H.R. 1176); Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1266); Financial Institution Customer Protection Act (H.R. 766); Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act (H.R. 1210); Legislation related to the integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loans (H.R. 2213); Credit Union Risk-Based Capital Study Act (H.R. 2769); Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act (H.R. 1422); Lack of regulatory coordination at the Financial Stability Oversight Council; FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; Capital reform for credit unions; Field of membership improvements for credit unions; Reduced Consumer Financial Protection Bureau burdens on credit unions; Operational improvements for credit unions; 21st century data security standards; Expanding credit union investment authority; Federal Reserve Regulation D and eliminating transfers limits from savings accounts; Regulatory flexibility relative to credit union ability to make member business loans; Periodic statements and requirements to disclose account numbers to protect privacy of members; Advertising requirements for credit union loan products and share accounts; Improvements to the Central Liquidity Fund; Wavier process to allow credit unions flexibility relative to applicable laws; Update and improve regulations governing check processing and funds; CLEAR Act (H.R. 1233); CLEAR Relief Act (S.812); Military Lending Act; Service members Civil Relief Act; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 1735).
Mr. Chabot moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H5508-5510)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5558)
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 149.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 1 (Roll no. 434). (text: CR H5101)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 1 (Roll no. 434).(text: CR H5101)
HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5104-5105)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2499.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5101-5102)
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 114-187.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| July 13, 2015 |
| Reported in House | June 25, 2015 |
| Introduced in House | May 21, 2015 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
| Republican |
| NY |
| Stephen Knight | Republican | CA |
| Tom Rice | Republican | SC |
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $24,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $24,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office