Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act

Issues related to, The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act S. 2505 "SAVERS Act of 2015" H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, SAVERS Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: $860,053 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

S2333 - Taxpayer rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

S2333 - Taxpayer rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

S2333 - Taxpayer rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2016); H.R. 5019 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016); H.R. 5485 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017); H.R. 5592 (Derivatives Oversight and Taxpayer Protection Act); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 2216 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); S. 2497 (Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016); S. 3092 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; Municipal securities disclosure regulation; Financial CHOICE Act.

Client expense: $1,620,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act S. 2505 "SAVERS Act of 2015"

Client expense: $456,043 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (H.R. 414); Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act (S. 1722); Sec. 913 of S. 1269 Trade Facilitation & Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act (H.R. 5311)

Client expense: $30,011 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Corporate Tax Reform - No bill number at this time PL 111-152, Sec. 1405 - Medical Device Excise Tax; H.R.160 - Protect Medical Innovations Act of 2015; S.149 - Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act of 2015 S.198: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 HR.414: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 S.2666 - Corporate Inverters Earning Stripping Reform Act of 2016 HR.4581 - Stop Corporate Earnings Stripping Act of 2016 International tax reform Sec. 385 Related Party Debt Transactions proposed rule

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act S. 2505 "SAVERS Act of 2015"

Client expense: $361,431 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2016); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 2216 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); S. 2497 (Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; Municipal securities disclosure regulation; Financial CHOICE Act.

Client expense: $1,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

General defense of CFPB. SEC clawback rule; Dodd Frank Section 954. Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-retaliation Act (WARN Act). S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act. Closing the IRS 162(m) loophole. H.R. 381, Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015. H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act:executive compensation issue. H.R. 3054/ S. 1709, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015. H.R. 1464/ S. 1371, Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2015. H.R. 2889/ S. 1686, Carried Interest Fairness Act. H.R. 2103/ S. 1127, Stop Subsidizing Million Dollar Bonuses Act.

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (H.R. 414); Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act (S. 1722); Sec. 913 of S. 1269 Trade Facilitation & Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act (H.R. 5311)

Client expense: $33,330 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Corporate Tax Reform - No bill number at this time PL 111-152, Sec. 1405 - Medical Device Excise Tax; H.R.160 - Protect Medical Innovations Act of 2015; S.149 - Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act of 2015 S.198: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 HR.414: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 S.2666 - Corporate Inverters Earning Stripping Reform Act of 2016 HR.4581 - Stop Corporate Earnings Stripping Act of 2016 International tax reform Sec. 385 Related Party Debt Transactions proposed rule

Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2016); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 2216 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); S. 2497 (Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Client expense: $1,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act S. 2505 "SAVERS Act of 2015"

Client expense: $517,755 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

General defense of CFPB. SEC clawback rule; Dodd Frank Section 954. Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-retaliation Act (WARN Act). S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act. Closing the IRS 162(m) loophole. H.R. 381, Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015. H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act:executive compensation issue. H.R. 3054/ S. 1709, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015. H.R. 1464/ S. 1371, Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2015. H.R. 2889/ S. 1686, Carried Interest Fairness Act. H.R. 2103/ S. 1127, Stop Subsidizing Million Dollar Bonuses Act.

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (H.R. 414); Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act (S. 1722); Sec. 913 of S. 1269 Trade Facilitation & Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

Client expense: $29,653 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 432/S. 1978, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957/S. 510, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2287 /S. 924, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3857, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 4166, Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 H.R. 4450/S. 2489, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act H.R. 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 4620, Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016 H.R. 4718, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2016 S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 876, A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act S. 2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; conflict of interest rule, retirement investment advice; international capital standards for non-banks and insurance companies; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Federal Reserve reform; universal ballot; proxy voting system; impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers; case law arising under Section 316 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (P.L. 76-253)

Client expense: $15,750,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Corporate Tax Reform - No bill number at this time PL 111-152, Sec. 1405 - Medical Device Excise Tax; H.R.160 - Protect Medical Innovations Act of 2015; S.149 - Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act of 2015 S.198: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 HR.414: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2015 S.2666 - Corporate Inverters Earning Stripping Reform Act of 2016 HR.4581 - Stop Corporate Earnings Stripping Act of 2016 International tax reform

Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE

H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act

Client expense: $442,811 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Federal Reserve, discussion, Yellen hearing; raise of interest rates Federal Reserve Discussion: Wage growth, monetary policy International Tax Reform; Senators Schumer, Menendez, and Brown H.R. 414: Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act; opposed H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 2354: Streamlining excessive and costly regulations review act H.R. 3065: Financial services conflict of interest act H.R. 1266: Financial product safety commission act S. 1686: Carried Interest fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 1480: SAFE Act

Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong prepaid card rules, strengthen complaint database, regulate forced arbitration, regulate payday and other high-cost loans and take other steps to protect consumers. (2) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB. Oppose all bills to weaken CFPB including HR 1262, Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; HR 1263, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; HR 1264, CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2015; HR 1265, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act; HR 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015; and any similar bills or budget or Appropriations riders to weaken the CFPB. (3) Oppose all bills to weaken Wall Street reform including HR 414, the Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act; and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders designed tow eaken, consumer, investor or taxpayer protections. (4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders. Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from repeal. (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including HR 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act; H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act;the REINS Act, HR 427, which harms consumer health, safety and pocketbooks and any similar bills or budget riders, including bills and riders to impose additional (often redundant) OMB cost-benefit rules on independent agencies including the CFPB and others. (7) Support full funding and authority for all other financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer and investor contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act and the Investor Choice Act. (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms, such as the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. (12) Oppose efforts (testimony/letters/lobbying) to impose uniform federal data breach notice legislation or any privacy bill of rights or other purportered cybersecurity legislation that would preempt state data security, privacy, or consumer protection rights and authorities. (13) Support efforts by Department of Labor to enact strong fidicuary standard for retirement advisors and, similarly, by SEC for other investment advisors. (14) Support efforts by Dept of Education and CFPB to protect students from prepaid card, loan disbursement and other campus card fees and other account fees derived from unfair financial relationships between colleges and banks or other financial firms. (15) Urged FDIC in group letter to express concern about Sallie Mae Bank's CRA performance. (16) Urged House in group lette to reject 2016 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill which includes rider restricting DoLabor completion of retirement savings rule and in separate letter urged House to oppose HR 1090 (Wagner) to eliminate DoLabor authority to issue the retirement rule. (17) Urged House to oppose FSGG Approps. bill for numerous unfair riders, specifically to eliminate CFPB independent funding. (18) In group letters, urge president to nominate commissioners/governors of SEC and FRB that reflect consumer/community values, eg, not Wall Street revolving door. (19) Supported in letters, Do Not Track Kids Act (Markey, S 1563). (20) Urged Education Dept. to take strong action to protect Corinthian and other for-profit college students facing high student loans and no hope of jobs. (20) Opposed S. 1484 (Shelby) sweeping financial reform rollback proposal and expressed general support for alternate proposals. (21) In comments to CFPB, urge strong CFPB rules on arbitration, mortgage complaint handling, payday lending, and student banking as well as improved complaint narratives. (22) Support (meetings/letters) Duckworth amendment to HR 1735, National Defense Authorization Act to strike language eliminating servicemember financial protections. (23) Urge House, in letters and meetings, not to weaken Department of Justice anti-criminal project know as Operation Choke Point, including HR 1413/S142 and any amendments to appropriations and other bills. (24) Urge CMS/HHS to protect elders from unfair forced arbitration clauses in long-term care facility contracts. (25) Urge Congress to support "Equal Employment for All Act" to restrict use of credit reports for employment purposes. (26) urge House to oppose H.R. 3035, Credit Access and Inclusion Act, which undercuts Fair Credit Reporting Act protections. (27) Urge Federal Housing Finance Agency to enforce FCRA protections in mortgage payment and other disputes. (28) Urge HUD to retain longstanding form language that explicitly limits a lenders right to foreclose. (29) Oppose H.R. 1737, the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act" to weaken CFPB authority to protect car buyers. (30) Urge House to oppose HR 1266, to eliminate the CFPB's single director structure and replace it with a 5-member commission. (31) Urge Congress to oppose H.R. 3192, which insulates lenders from accountability when they make misleading disclosures to homeowners. (32) Support strong Departnment of Education amendments to the Cash Management Rule. (33) Urge HUD to maintain strong certification rules to obtain Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan. (34) Urge Department of Labor to enact a strong "consumer first" fiduciary rule re retirement spending. (35) Join 22 October 2015 group letters urging the President and Vice President to require new executive branch officials from Wall Street/financial sector to " forego compensation offered by their former employers in exchange for their decisions to enter into public service." (36) Join 18 Nov 2016 group letter from Americans for Financial Reform to President and Treasury Secretary urging that "nominees to open seats as Commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have the publicly demonstrated commitment to financial reform and expertise. (37) Join 4 November Americans for Financial Reform letter to Congress opposing Hensarling (TX) amendment to Highway Trust Fund bill. Amendment unrelated to underlying bill, contains a variety of amendments exempting various business from full SEC supervision and authority. (38) Join 26 Oct 2015 letter led by National Consumer Law Center urging Chair Yellen (FRB), Director Cordray (CFPB) and Comptroller Curry (OCC) to fully investigate RushCard prepaid card debacle, hold firm accountable and make customers whole. (39) Join 19 October group letter led by Americans for Financial Reform urging financial regulators (Chairs Yellen (FRB), Gruenberg (FDIC) and White (SEC), Comptroller Curry (OCC) and Secretary Lew (Treasury) to fully implement Section 956(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act prohibiting large financial institutions from using execeutive compensation schemes that promote risky practices. (40) Join 5 October 2015 group letter to all members of Congress urging opposition to HR 3192, the so-called Homebuyers Assistance Act, but which would "undermine compliance with the new CFPB mortgage disclosure rules by letting lenders off the hook even where homeowners have been harmed." (41) Upon invitation of House Small Business Committee, testify at 21 October 2015 hearing on the "EMV Transition" by banks and merchants to "CHIP" enabled credit cards to reduce fraud. Testimony reiterated longstanding positions against any data breach/privacy legislation that would preempt stronger state consumer laws.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong prepaid card rules, strengthen complaint database, regulate forced arbitration, regulate payday and other high-cost loans and take other steps to protect consumers. (2) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB. Oppose all bills to weaken CFPB including HR 1262, Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; HR 1263, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; HR 1264, CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2015; HR 1265, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act; HR 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015; and any similar bills or budget or Appropriations riders to weaken the CFPB. (3) Oppose all bills to weaken Wall Street reform including HR 414, the Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act; and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders designed tow eaken, consumer, investor or taxpayer protections. (4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders. Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from repeal. (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including HR 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act; H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act;the REINS Act, HR 427, which harms consumer health, safety and pocketbooks and any similar bills or budget riders, including bills and riders to impose additional (often redundant) OMB cost-benefit rules on independent agencies including the CFPB and others. (7) Support full funding and authority for all other financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer and investor contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act and the Investor Choice Act. (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms, such as the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. (12) Oppose efforts (testimony/letters/lobbying) to impose uniform federal data breach notice legislation or any privacy bill of rights or other purportered cybersecurity legislation that would preempt state data security, privacy, or consumer protection rights and authorities. (13) Support efforts by Department of Labor to enact strong fidicuary standard for retirement advisors and, similarly, by SEC for other investment advisors. (14) Support efforts by Dept of Education and CFPB to protect students from prepaid card, loan disbursement and other campus card fees and other account fees derived from unfair financial relationships between colleges and banks or other financial firms. (15) Urged FDIC in group letter to express concern about Sallie Mae Bank's CRA performance. (16) Urged House in group lette to reject 2016 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill which includes rider restricting DoLabor completion of retirement savings rule and in separate letter urged House to oppose HR 1090 (Wagner) to eliminate DoLabor authority to issue the retirement rule. (17) Urged House to oppose FSGG Approps. bill for numerous unfair riders, specifically to eliminate CFPB independent funding. (18) In group letters, urge president to nominate commissioners/governors of SEC and FRB that reflect consumer/community values, eg, not Wall Street revolving door. (19) Supported in letters, Do Not Track Kids Act (Markey, S 1563). (20) Urged Education Dept. to take strong action to protect Corinthian and other for-profit college students facing high student loans and no hope of jobs. (20) Opposed S. 1484 (Shelby) sweeping financial reform rollback proposal and expressed general support for alternate proposals. (21) In comments to CFPB, urge strong CFPB rules on arbitration, mortgage complaint handling, payday lending, and student banking as well as improved complaint narratives. (22) Support (meetings/letters) Duckworth amendment to HR 1735, National Defense Authorization Act to strike language eliminating servicemember financial protections. (23) Urge House, in letters and meetings, not to weaken Department of Justice anti-criminal project know as Operation Choke Point, including HR 1413/S142 and any amendments to appropriations and other bills. (24) Urge CMS/HHS to protect elders from unfair forced arbitration clauses in long-term care facility contracts. (25) Urge Congress to support "Equal Employment for All Act" to restrict use of credit reports for employment purposes. (26) urge House to oppose H.R. 3035, Credit Access and Inclusion Act, which undercuts Fair Credit Reporting Act protections. (27) Urge Federal Housing Finance Agency to enforce FCRA protections in mortgage payment and other disputes. (28) Urge HUD to retain longstanding form language that explicitly limits a lenders right to foreclose. (29) Oppose H.R. 1737, the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act" to weaken CFPB authority to protect car buyers. (30) Urge House to oppose HR 1266, to eliminate the CFPB's single director structure and replace it with a 5-member commission. (31) Urge Congress to oppose H.R. 3192, which insulates lenders from accountability when they make misleading disclosures to homeowners. (32) Support strong Departnment of Education amendments to the Cash Management Rule. (33) Urge HUD to maintain strong certification rules to obtain Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan. (34) Urge Department of Labor to enact a strong "consumer first" fiduciary rule re retirement spending

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Federal Reserve, discussion, Yellen hearing; raise of interest rates Federal Reserve Discussion: Wage growth, monetary policy International Tax Reform; Senators Schumer, Menendez, and Brown H.R. 414: Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act; opposed H.R. 1529: Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 2354: Streamlining excessive and costly regulations review act H.R. 3065: Financial services conflict of interest act H.R. 1266: Financial product safety commission act S. 1686: Carried Interest fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 1480: SAFE Act

Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S2333 - Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015, HR414 - Taxpayer Return Preparer Competency Act, HR22 - Surface Transportation Reauthorization, HR2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); H.R. 37 (Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act); H.R. 50 (Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015); H.R. 234 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act); H.R. 414 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 432 (SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015); H.R. 644 (Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015); H.R. 686 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 897 (Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015); H.R. 989 (Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act); H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); H.R. 1163 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 1295 (Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015); H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015); H.R. 1334 (Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015); H.R. 1525 (Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015); H.R. 1550 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015); H.R. 1659 (Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act); H.R. 1675 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015); H.R. 1723 (Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015); H.R. 1890 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 1982 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); H.R. 2356 (Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015); H.R. 2995 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); H.R. 3738 (Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015); H.R. 3340 (Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act); S. 67 (Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act); S. 115 (Fair Tax Act of 2015); S. 153 (I-Squared Act of 2015); S. 161 (Paying a Fair Share Act of 2015); S. 305 (American Job Protection Act); S. 576 (Encouraging Employee Ownership Act); S. 754 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015); S. 995 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015); S. 1484 (Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015); S. 1910 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); China - strategic and economic dialogue; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India, China; Transpacific Partnership; India Market Access Issues; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Basel Capital Rules; Basel Securitization Framework; G-20; TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); FSOC consideration of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs); FSOC Transparency Policy; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; CFTC recordkeeping requirements (CEA Section 23.201); Leverage capital requirements; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Bankruptcy code reform; Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative; Recordkeeping Requirements; Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority); Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); CFTC proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Prudential Regulator's proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; Trade policy issues (general); Market data (Exchange Act Section 19 and related rules); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations. Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules; Municipal Advisor Regulation; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board small broker/dealer exemption; U.S./EU financial markets regulatory dialogue; Trade and international issues (general); Diversity (general); National Market System (NMS) discussion draft.

Client expense: $2,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong prepaid card rules, strengthen complaint database, regulate forced arbitration, regulate payday and other high-cost loans and take other steps to protect consumers. (2) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB. Oppose all bills to weaken CFPB including HR 1262, Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015; HR 1263, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; HR 1264, CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2015; HR 1265, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act; HR 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015; and any similar bills or budget or Appropriations riders to weaken the CFPB. (3) Oppose all bills to weaken Wall Street reform including HR 414, the Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act; and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders designed tow eaken, consumer, investor or taxpayer protections. (4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders. Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from repeal. (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including HR 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act; H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act;the REINS Act, HR 427, which harms consumer health, safety and pocketbooks and any similar bills or budget riders, including bills and riders to impose additional (often redundant) OMB cost-benefit rules on independent agencies including the CFPB and others. (7) Support full funding and authority for all other financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer and investor contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act and the Investor Choice Act. (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms, such as the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. (12) Oppose efforts (testimony/letters/lobbying) to impose uniform federal data breach notice legislation or any privacy bill of rights or other purportered cybersecurity legislation that would preempt state data security, privacy, or consumer protection rights and authorities. (13) Support efforts by Department of Labor to enact strong fidicuary standard for retirement advisors and, similarly, by SEC for other investment advisors. (14) Support efforts by Dept of Education and CFPB to protect students from prepaid card, loan disbursement and other campus card fees and other account fees derived from unfair financial relationships between colleges and banks or other financial firms. (15) Urged FDIC in group letter to express concern about Sallie Mae Bank's CRA performance. (16) Urged House in group lette to reject 2016 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill which includes rider restricting DoLabor completion of retirement savings rule and in separate letter urged House to oppose HR 1090 (Wagner) to eliminate DoLabor authority to issue the retirement rule. (17) Urged House to oppose FSGG Approps. bill for numerous unfair riders, specifically to eliminate CFPB independent funding. (18) In group letters, urge president to nominate commissioners/governors of SEC and FRB that reflect consumer/community values, eg, not Wall Street revolving door. (19) Supported in letters, Do Not Track Kids Act (Markey, S 1563). (20) Urged Education Dept. to take strong action to protect Corinthian and other for-profit college students facing high student loans and no hope of jobs. (20) Opposed S. 1484 (Shelby) sweeping financial reform rollback proposal and expressed general support for alternate proposals. (21) In comments to CFPB, urge strong CFPB rules on arbitration, mortgage complaint handling, payday lending, and student banking as well as improved complaint narratives. (22) Support (meetings/letters) Duckworth amendment to HR 1735, National Defense Authorization Act to strike language eliminating servicemember financial protections. (23) Urge House, in letters and meetings, not to weaken Department of Justice anti-criminal project know as Operation Choke Point, including HR 1413/S142 and any amendments to appropriations and other bills. (24) Urge CMS/HHS to protect elders from unfair forced arbitration clauses in long-term care facility contracts. (25) Urge Congress to support "Equal Employment for All Act" to restrict use of credit reports for employment purposes. (26) urge House to oppose H.R. 3035, Credit Access and Inclusion Act, which undercuts Fair Credit Reporting Act protections. (27) Urge Federal Housing Finance Agency to enforce FCRA protections in mortgage payment and other disputes. (28) Urge HUD to retain longstanding form language that explicitly limits a lenders right to foreclose. (29) Oppose H.R. 1737, the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act" to weaken CFPB authority to protect car buyers. (30) Urge House to oppose HR 1266, to eliminate the CFPB's single director structure and replace it with a 5-member commission. (31) Urge Congress to oppose H.R. 3192, which insulates lenders from accountability when they make misleading disclosures to homeowners. (32) Support strong Departnment of Education amendments to the Cash Management Rule. (33) Urge HUD to maintain strong certification rules to obtain Federal Housing Administration insurance on a mortgage loan. (34) Urge Department of Labor to enact a strong "consumer first" fiduciary rule re retirement spending. (35) Join 22 October 2015 group letters urging the President and Vice President to require new executive branch officials from Wall Street/financial sector to " forego compensation offered by their former employers in exchange for their decisions to enter into public service." (36) Join 18 Nov 2016 group letter from Americans for Financial Reform to President and Treasury Secretary urging that "nominees to open seats as Commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have the publicly demonstrated commitment to financial reform and expertise. (37) Join 4 November Americans for Financial Reform letter to Congress opposing Hensarling (TX) amendment to Highway Trust Fund bill. Amendment unrelated to underlying bill, contains a variety of amendments exempting various business from full SEC supervision and authority. (38) Join 26 Oct 2015 letter led by National Consumer Law Center urging Chair Yellen (FRB), Director Cordray (CFPB) and Comptroller Curry (OCC) to fully investigate RushCard prepaid card debacle, hold firm accountable and make customers whole. (39) Join 19 October group letter led by Americans for Financial Reform urging financial regulators (Chairs Yellen (FRB), Gruenberg (FDIC) and White (SEC), Comptroller Curry (OCC) and Secretary Lew (Treasury) to fully implement Section 956(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act prohibiting large financial institutions from using execeutive compensation schemes that promote risky practices. (40) Join 5 October 2015 group letter to all members of Congress urging opposition to HR 3192, the so-called Homebuyers Assistance Act, but which would "undermine compliance with the new CFPB mortgage disclosure rules by letting lenders off the hook even where homeowners have been harmed." (41) Upon invitation of House Small Business Committee, testify at 21 October 2015 hearing on the "EMV Transition" by banks and merchants to "CHIP" enabled credit cards to reduce fraud. Testimony reiterated longstanding positions against any data breach/privacy legislation that would preempt stronger state consumer laws.

Client expense: $20,411 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

SEC Pay Ratio Rule: Dodd Frank Section 953(b). General defense of CFPB. SEC clawback rule; Dodd Frank Section 954. Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-retaliation Act (WARN Act). Vacancies at SEC. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act. Closing the IRS 162(m) loophole. H.R. 381, Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015. H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act:executive compensation issue. H.R. 3054/ S. 1709, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015. H.R. 1464/ S. 1371, Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2015.

Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act

Client expense: $785,869 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE