Senior Safe Act of 2016

No Bill Number: Department of Labor Fiduciary Regulations H.R. 2317: Lifetime Income Disclosure Act H.R. 4067: SAVE Act H.R. 6396: Retirement Security for American Workers Act S. 3471: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act Retirement Improvements and Savings Enhancements Act (Draft Legislation) S. 2216: Senior$afe Act of 2015 H.R. 4538: Senior$afe Act of 2015

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of

Preemption of state securities laws; issues impacting capital formation and investor protection. HR 2205, data security and state securities regulatory enforcement; HR 699, e-mail privacy and state securities regulators enforcement; Senior Safe Act, S. 2216 and H.R. 4538; crowdfunding and SEC rulemaking impact state crowdfunding.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Financial regulatory reform issues including implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Implementation of PL 113-279, S 2270 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. Issue: capital standards. HR 4538 / S 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors' financial security. HR 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. Issue: insurance standards. HR 5143 Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: insurance standards. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. Issue: insurance regulatory reform. HR 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Issue: FSOC procedures. HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: implementation and regulatory reform of financial services industry. No bill number. Issue: covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

P.L. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission Study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016; S. 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2015.

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 506 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 557 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill H.R. 2656 - Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings (RETIRE) Act; entire bill H.R. 4045 - USAccounts: Investing in Americas Future Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 4293 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 4294 - Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act; entire bill H.R. 4773 - Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; entire bill H.R. 4538 - Senior$afe Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 5731 - Secure, Accessible, Valuable, Efficient Universal Pension Accounts Act or SAVE UP Act; entire bill H.R. 6396 - RETIREMENT Security for American Workers Act; entire bill S. 245 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill S. 266 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2015; entire bill S. 2472 - The American Savings Act; entire bill S. 2497 - Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016; entire bill S. 2502 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill S. 2505 - SAVERS Act; entire bill S. 2702 - ABLE to Work Act of 2016; entire bill S. 3307 - To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to avoid duplicative annual reporting, and for other purposes; entire bill S. 3417 -Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act or RETIRE Act; entire bill Appropriations bills for Department of Labor funding; provisions relating to the DOLs ERISA fiduciary regulation Not Yet Introduced: Secure Annuities for Employee Retirement Act, provisions relating to use of private annuities in retirement plans Not Yet Introduced: Draft legislation to allow new multi-employer pension plan designs

Client expense: $770,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Obama Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform. Lifetime Income Disclosure Act of 2015, legislation that proposes to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require disclosure of lifetime income equivalents (114th Cong., H.R. 2137, S.1317). Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Department of Labor rule - Savings Arrangements Established by Qualified State Political Subdivisions for Non-Governmental Employees (29 CFR Part 2510 - RIN 1210-AB76). Department of Labor rule - Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees (29 CFR Part 2510 - RIN 1210-AB71). Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Automatic IRA Act of 2015 (114th Cong., H.R. 506), legislation that Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualified retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation. Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013 (113th Cong.), legislation to improve the rules governing lifetime income products and other retirement savings vehicles. Retirement Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 557, S.266), expand the ability of Americans to better save for their retirement and would encourage the use of private multiple employer plans. Department of Labor rules for states to create retirement savings programs. The Retail Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1090, S.2497), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Retirement Choice Protection Act (H.R. 3922), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act (H.R. 4293, S.2502), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The SAVERS Act (H.R. 4294, S.2505), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 2029), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The SAVE Act (H.R. 4067), improve existing SIMPLE IRA and SIMPLE 401(k) retirement plans to make it easier for small businesses to offer savings plans to their employees. Womens Pension Protection Act (S.2110), strengthen consumer protections to safeguard retirement savings, improve access to retirement savings plans for long-term, part-time workers - the majority of whom are women - and help increase womens financial literacy. The Senior Safe Act (H.R. 4538, S.2216), clarify existing laws to allow and encourage financial service representatives at banks and credit unions, investment advisors, and broker-dealers to report suspected financial fraud targeting seniors to regulators, law enforcement, or adult protective service agencies. The Receiving Electronic Statements to Improve Retiree Earnings Act (H.R. 2656), amends ERISA of 1974 and IRC of 1986 to provide for electronic delivery of pension plan information. The Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 (S.3078), to increase the portability of and access to retirement savings. Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 (H.R. 5983). Secure, Accessible, Valuable, Efficient Universal Pension Accounts (SAVE UPs) Act. Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016 (S.3471). Sen. Wyden Discussion Draft on Retirement Savings and IRAs.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

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

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

H.R. 601- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 888- Dodd-Frank amendment H.R. 1233- Regulatory Relief H.R. 1262- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1264- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1266- Financial Product Safety Commission H.R. 1550- Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) H.R. 1965- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) H.R. 2029- Appropriations H.R. 2099- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 3340- FSOC H.R. 3189- Federal Reserve H.R. 3557- FSOC H.R. 3738- Data Security H.R. 3857- FSOC H.R. 4538- Senior Citizens; Finance H.R. 5983- Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 S. 2038- Finance Reform S. 2216- Senior Citizens; Finance

Client expense: $790,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Issues related to: Anti-Money Laundering (AML); S. 3067 and H.R. 5485 - FY17 Financial Services and General Government appropriations; Credit Card/Interchange Fees; Retirement Security; Data Breach; Automobile Financing; Arbitration; Structure and Activities of the Office of Financial Research; S. 510 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act; S. 774 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; H.R. 185 Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 601 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R.1233 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015; H.R.37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act; S. 961 The Data Security Act; H.R 2205 The Data Security Act; H.R.1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R 1266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act; Federal Reserve Dividend Revenue; S. 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Implications of the Federal Reserve dividend reduction section contained in PL 114-94, the Drive Act; Senior $afe Act (H.R.4538; S.2216); Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340; issues related to cybersecurity and financial services; H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.2251, Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act; Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; H.R. 5983, Financial CHOICE Act,Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs.

Client expense: $950,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Issues related to: Flood Insurance; Retirement Security/Annuities; H.R.1550, To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) designation process, and for other purposes; H.R.1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015; H.R.141 Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015; H.R.1478 The Policy Holder Protection Act; S.1679 Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S.1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016; and H.R.3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340); H.R. 4538 Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act and S. 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2015

Client expense: $950,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to revise the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to prohibit, or impose conditions or limitations on the use of agreements that require customers or clients of any broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer to arbitrate any future dispute between then arising under the federal securities laws, related rules and regulations, or the rules of a self-regulatory organization if it finds that prohibition, imposition of conditions, or limitations are in the public interest and for the protection of investors. H.R. 1266 (Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015); Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System, with an independent Financial Product Safety Commission that is to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services. H.R. 957 (CFPB-IG Act of 2015); Requires Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Lobbying with regard to rulemaking affecting fiduciary responsibilities of retirement advisors. H.J.Res. 88; disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term Fiduciary." S.J.Res. 33; providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term fiduciary and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. H.R. 4293 (Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act); amends ERISA to impose a new best interest standard, requires a rulemaking to be approved by Congress. H.R. 4294 (SAVERS Act); amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax on prohibited transactions: (1) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary to a pension plan, plan participant, or beneficiary which is a best interest recommendation; and (2) any transaction, including a contract for service, between an investment provider and the advice recipient if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such investment advice and certain disclosures are made with respect to the cost of such advice. S. 2216/H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); provides immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens.

Client expense: $1,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE

H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 (Ross) H.R. 4538 - Senior Safe Act of 2016 (Sinema) H.R. 4854 - Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2016 (McHenry) H.R. 5311 - Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016 (Duffy) H.R. 5322 - U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016 (Velazquez) H.R. 5983 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 (Hensarling) S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 (Shelby) S. 3467 - US Territories Investor Protect Act of 2016 (Menendez) FSOC Review of Asset Management Sector for Potential SIFI Designations Financial Stability Board SEC Proposal on Electronic Delivery of Mutual Fund Shareholder Reports SEC Proposal on use of Derivatives by Registered Funds SEC Rule on Liquidity Risk Management CFTC Rule 4.5 Exchange-Traded Funds National Market System Plans

Client expense: $956,400 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

FIN - Fourth Quarter Report - 2016 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to NCUAs rulemaking process Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to CFPBs Leadership Structure and Installing a Board Rather than Director Issues related to funding the CFPB through the Appropriations Process Issues related to increasing the CFPB Examination Threshold Issues related to conducting a cost-benefit analysis of all CFPB Proposals Issues related to codifying the CFPBs Credit Union Advisory Council Issues related to requiring SBREFA Panels for CFPB Rulemakings Issues related to standardizing the definition of mortgage originator Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to credit union loan maturity restrictions Issues related to credit union investment authority Issues related to Regulation of Federal Credit Union by-laws Issues related to credit unions incidental powers Issues related to credit unions ability to offer prepaid cards Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Issues related to the Department of Defense proposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA Issues related to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act process Issues related to indirect auto lending Issues related to fixed assets Issues related to merchant data breaches Issues related to the payments system Issues related to FHFA proposed rules and FHLB eligibility for credit unions Issues related to Federal Reserve Regulatory D Issues related to 1-4 Family Non-Owner Occupied Residential Loan Treatment as Residential Rather than Business Loans Issues related to the use of Eminent Domain to Seize Performing Mortgage Loans Issues related to Housing Finance Reform Issues related to the implementation of the remittances provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act Issues related to NCUAs proposal rule on Member Business Lending Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Issues related to credit union service to unbanked and underbanked consumers Issues related to the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General report related to role of the postal service in financial services Issues related to the Feds implementation of same-day ACH Issues related to the regulation of corporate credit unions Issues related to the CFPBs proposed regulation on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Issues related to the payday, vehicle title, and similar lending Issues related to the CFPBs consumer complaint database Issues related to NCUAs Fixed Assets rule Issues related to NCUAs definition of small entity Issues related to NCUA's Proposed Rule on Member Business Lending Issues related to the Department of Labor's Proposed Rule on the Definition of Fiduciary Issues related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements Issues related to the Department of Labor's Proposed Overtime Eligibility rule Issues related to credit union conversions Issues related to the CFPB's proposal on arbitration Issues related to secure payments Issues related to credit union call report modernization H.R. 9, the Innovation Act, all provisions H.R. 22, the FAST Act, Title LXXV, provisions related to privacy notice requirements; Title LXXXII, provisions related to the eligibility of privately insured credit unions to join a Federal Home Loan Bank; Title LXXXIX, provisions related to the designation of rural areas by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 299, the Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 H.R. 601, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, all provisions H.R. 650, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, all provision H.R. 685, the Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions H.R. 766, Financial Institution Consumer Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 957, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Inspector General Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 989, the Capital Access for Small Businesses Jobs Creation Act, all provisions H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 1176, the NCUA Budget Transparency Act, all provisions H.R. 1188, the Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act, all provisions H.R. 1195, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act, all provisions H.R. 1210, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, H.R. 1233, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 1259, the Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act, all provisions H.R. 1263, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1265, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act, all provision H.R. 1266, the Financial Products Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1408, requiring a study of the capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets H.R. 1422, the Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act H.R. 1480, the SAFE Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act H.R. 1523, Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1529, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act Discussion Draft, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 1660, the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 1941, the Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act H.R. 2213, to provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2287, the National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2473, the Preserving Capital Access and Mortgage Liquidity Act H.R. 2769, the Risk-Based Capital Study Act, all provisions H.R. 2896, the Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act H.R. 3192, the Homebuyer Assistance Act, all provisions H.R. 4538, the Senior $afe Act, all provisions H.R. 4893, the Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act, all provisions H.R. 4997, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act, all provisions H.R. 5465, a bill to repeal section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 relating to rules for payment card transactions, all provisions H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act, all provisions S. 423, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act, all provisions S. 482, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination Reporting Threshold Act of 2015, all provisions S. 774 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 871, the Helping Expand Lending Practices in (HELP) Rural Communities Act S. 924, the National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act S. 961, the Data Security Act S. 1367, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions S. 1440, the Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act, Title I S. 2216, the Senior$afe Act, all provisions The Heck-Stivers Amendment to H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act, related to the Department of Defenses MLA Database Discussion draft of the Financial Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs (CHOICE) Act, all provisions

Client expense: $920,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $1,134,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 601- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 888- Dodd-Frank amendment H.R. 1233- Regulatory Relief H.R. 1262- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1264- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1266- Financial Product Safety Commission H.R. 1550- Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) H.R. 1965- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) H.R. 2029- Appropriations H.R. 2099- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 3340- FSOC H.R. 3189- Federal Reserve H.R. 3557- FSOC H.R. 3738- Data Security H.R. 3857- FSOC H.R. 4538- Senior Citizens; Finance H.R. 5983- Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 S. 2038- Finance Reform S. 2216- Senior Citizens; Finance

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

- P.L. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission Study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; - H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016 - S. 2216 Senior Safe Act of 2015

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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)

H.R. 506 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 557 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill H.R. 2656 - Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings (RETIRE) Act; entire bill H.R. 4045 - USAccounts: Investing in Americas Future Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 4293 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 4294 - Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act; entire bill H.R. 4773 - Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; entire bill H.R. 4538 - Senior$afe Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 5731 - Secure, Accessible, Valuable, Efficient Universal Pension Accounts Act or SAVE UP Act; entire bill S. 245 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill S. 266 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2015; entire bill S. 2472 - The American Savings Act; entire bill S. 2497 - Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016; entire bill S. 2502 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill S. 2505 - SAVERS Act; entire bill S. 2702 - ABLE to Work Act of 2016; entire bill S. 3307 - To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to avoid duplicative annual reporting, and for other purposes; entire bill S. 3417 -Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act or RETIRE Act; entire bill Appropriations bills for Department of Labor funding; provisions relating to the DOLs proposed ERISA fiduciary regulation Not Yet Introduced: Secure Annuities for Employee Retirement Act, provisions relating to use of private annuities in retirement plans Not Yet Introduced: Draft legislation to allow new multi-employer pension plan designs

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Obama Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform. Lifetime Income Disclosure Act of 2015, legislation that proposes to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require disclosure of lifetime income equivalents (114th Cong., H.R. 2137, S.1317). Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Automatic IRA Act of 2015 (114th Cong., H.R. 506), legislation that Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualified retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation. Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013 (113th Cong.), legislation to improve the rules governing lifetime income products and other retirement savings vehicles. Retirement Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 557, S.266), expand the ability of Americans to better save for their retirement and would encourage the use of private multiple employer plans. Department of Labor rules for states to create retirement savings programs. The Retail Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1090, S.2497), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Retirement Choice Protection Act (H.R. 3922), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act (H.R. 4293, S.2502), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The SAVERS Act (H.R. 4294, S.2505), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 2029), DOL fiduciary rulemaking. The SAVE Act (H.R. 4067), improve existing SIMPLE IRA and SIMPLE 401(k) retirement plans to make it easier for small businesses to offer savings plans to their employees. Womens Pension Protection Act (S.2110), strengthen consumer protections to safeguard retirement savings, improve access to retirement savings plans for long-term, part-time workers - the majority of whom are women - and help increase womens financial literacy. The Senior$afe Act (H.R. 4538, S.2216), clarify existing laws to allow and encourage financial service representatives at banks and credit unions, investment advisors, and broker-dealers to report suspected financial fraud targeting seniors to regulators, law enforcement, or adult protective service agencies. The Receiving Electronic Statements to Improve Retiree Earnings Act (H.R. 2656), amends ERISA of 1974 and IRC of 1986 to provide for electronic delivery of pension plan information. The Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 (S.3078), to increase the portability of and access to retirement savings. Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 (H.R. 5983). Secure, Accessible, Valuable, Efficient Universal Pension Accounts (SAVE UPs) Act. Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016. Sen. Wyden Discussion Draft on Retirement Savings and IRAs.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Projection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisors; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016; S. 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2015

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Financial regulatory reform issues including implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Implementation of PL 113-279, S 2270 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. Issue: capital standards. HR 4538 / S 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors' financial security. HR 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. Issue: insurance standards. HR 5143 Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: insurance standards. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. Issue: insurance regulatory reform. HR 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Issue: FSOC procedures. HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: implementation and regulatory reform of financial services industry. No bill number. Issue: covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1098 (Investor Choice Act of 2015); amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to revise the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to prohibit, or impose conditions or limitations on the use of agreements that require customers or clients of any broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer to arbitrate any future dispute between then arising under the federal securities laws, related rules and regulations, or the rules of a self-regulatory organization if it finds that prohibition, imposition of conditions, or limitations are in the public interest and for the protection of investors. H.R. 1266 (Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015); Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System, with an independent Financial Product Safety Commission that is to regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services. H.R. 957 (CFPB-IG Act of 2015); Requires Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. H.R. 1090 (Retail Investor Protection Act); Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Lobbying with regard to rulemaking affecting fiduciary responsibilities of retirement advisors. H.J.Res. 88; disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term Fiduciary." S.J.Res. 33; providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term fiduciary and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. H.R. 4293 (Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act); amends ERISA to impose a new best interest standard, requires a rulemaking to be approved by Congress. H.R. 4294 (SAVERS Act); amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax on prohibited transactions: (1) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary to a pension plan, plan participant, or beneficiary which is a best interest recommendation; and (2) any transaction, including a contract for service, between an investment provider and the advice recipient if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such investment advice and certain disclosures are made with respect to the cost of such advice. S. 2216/H.R. 4538 (Senior$afe Act of 2015); provides immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens.

Client expense: $1,750,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE

P.L. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission Study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016; S. 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2015.

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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.

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

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.

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

FIN - Third Quarter Report - 2016 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $1,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR185; HR 766; HR 957; HR 1133; HR 1176; HR 1188; HR 1266; HR 1422; HR 1486; HR 1529; HR 1550; HR 1660; HR 1661; HR 1941; HR 2099; HR 2213; HR 2473; HR 2642; HR 2769;HR 2896; HR 3557; HR 3738; HR 3808; HR 3857; HR 4099; HR 4210; HR 4248; HR 4500; HR 4538; HR 4647; HR 4894; HR 4913; HR 4997; HR 5112; HR 5211; HR 5413; HR 5419; HR 5453; HR 5465; HR 5490; HR 5491; HR 5521; HR 5522; HR 5523; HR 5527; HR 5569; HR 5724; HR 5869; HR 5991; HR 6118; HR 6162; HR 6244; HR 6266; S. 423; S. 482; S. 726; S. 774; S. 924; S. 970; S. 1383; S. 1440; S. 1484; S. 1491; S. 2038; S. 2216; S. 2315; S. 2663; S. 2722; S. 2760; S. 2790; S. 2995; 2.3083; S. 3153; S. 3196; S. 3215; S. 3219; S. 3321; data security and cybersecurity; patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to: Flood Insurance; Retirement Security/Annuities; H.R.1550, To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) designation process, and for other purposes; H.R.1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015; H.R.141 Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015; H.R.1478 The Policy Holder Protection Act; S.1679 Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S.1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016; and H.R.3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340); H.R. 4538 Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act and S. 2216 SAFE Benefits Act

Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Issues related to: Anti-Money Laundering (AML); S. 3067 and H.R. 5485 - FY17 Financial Services and General Government appropriations; Credit Card/Interchange Fees; Retirement Security; Data Breach; Automobile Financing; Arbitration; Structure and Activities of the Office of Financial Research; S. 510 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act; S. 774 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; H.R. 185 Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 601 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R.1233 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015; H.R.37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act; S. 961 The Data Security Act; H.R 2205 The Data Security Act; H.R.1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R 1266 Financial Product Safety Commission Act; Federal Reserve Dividend Revenue; S. 1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Implications of the Federal Reserve dividend reduction section contained in PL 114-94, the Drive Act; Senior $afe Act (H.R.4538; S.2216); Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340; issues related to cybersecurity and financial services; H.R. 1309 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.2251, Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act; Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; H.R. 5983, Financial CHOICE Act,Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs.

Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Preemption of state securities laws; issues impacting capital formation and investor protection. HR 2205, data security and state securities regulatory enforcement; HR 699, e-mail privacy and state securities regulators enforcement; Senior Safe Act, S. 2216 and H.R. 4538; crowdfunding and SEC rulemaking impact state crowdfunding.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 601- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 888- Dodd-Frank amendment H.R. 1233- Regulatory Relief H.R. 1262- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1264- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 1266- Financial Product Safety Commission H.R. 1550- Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) H.R. 1965- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) H.R. 2029- Appropriations H.R. 2099- Consumer Financial Products H.R. 3340- FSOC H.R. 3189- Federal Reserve H.R. 3557- FSOC H.R. 3738- Data Security H.R. 3857- FSOC H.R. 4538- Senior Citizens; Finance H.R. 5983- Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 S. 2038- Finance Reform S. 2216- Senior Citizens; Finance

Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $1,071,000 · 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)

P.L. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission Study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

P.L. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission Study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisers; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 506 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 557 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill H.R. 2656 - Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings (RETIRE) Act; entire bill H.R. 4045 - USAccounts: Investing in Americas Future Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 4293 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 4294 - Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act; entire bill H.R. 4773 - Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act; entire bill H.R. 4538 - Senior$afe Act of 2016; entire bill H.J. Res. 88 - A resolution that would block implementation of the Labor Departments new rule aimed at preventing conflicts of interest in the retirement advice sector. S. 245 - Automatic IRA Act of 2015; entire bill S. 266 - Retirement Security Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1317 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act; entire bill S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2015; entire bill S. 2472 - The American Savings Act; entire bill S. 2497 - Retail Investor Protection Act of 2016; entire bill S. 2502 - Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act; entire bill S. 2505 - SAVERS Act; entire bill S. 2702 - ABLE to Work Act of 2016; entire bill S.J. Res. 33: A resolution that would block implementation of the Labor Departments new rule aimed at preventing conflicts of interest in the retirement advice sector. Appropriations bills for Department of Labor funding; provisions relating to the DOLs proposed ERISA fiduciary regulation Not Yet Introduced: Secure Annuities for Employee Retirement Act, provisions relating to use of private annuities in retirement plans

Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Supplemental capital issues, regulatory issues for credit unions and tax exemption status: HR185; HR 766; HR 957; HR 989; HR 1133; HR 1176; HR 1188; HR 1266; HR 1422; HR 1486; HR 1491; HR 1529; HR 1550; HR 1660; HR 1661; HR 1941; HR 2099; HR 2213; HR 2473; HR 2477; HR 2642; HR 2769;HR 2896; HR 3557; HR 3738; HR 3808; HR 3857; HR 4099; HR 4166; HR 4210; HR 4248; HR 4347; HR 4500; HR 4538; HR 4620; HR 4647; HR 4781; HR 4894; HR 4913; HR 4997; HR 5112; HR 5211; HR 5413; HR 5419; HR 5453; HR 5465; HR 5490; HR 5491; HR 5521; HR 5522; HR 5523; HR 5527; HR 5569; S. 423; S. 482; S. 726; S. 774; S. 924; S. 970; S. 1383; S. 1440; S. 1484; S. 1491; S. 2028; S. 2038; S. 2216; S. 2315; S.2663; S 2722; data security and cybersecurity; patent reform; FHLB membership rules; CFPB and FSOC reform; and GSE reform.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Projection Act, Title IX, Section 913, Securities and Exchange Commission study and rulemaking regarding obligations of brokers, dealers, and investment advisors; H.R. 4538, Senior Safe Act of 2016.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Preemption of state securities laws; issues impacting capital formation and investor protection. HR 2205, data security and state securities regulatory enforcement; HR 699, e-mail privacy and state securities regulators enforcement; Senior Safe Act, S. 2216 and H.R. 4538.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse Draft House international Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: International insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse Discussion draft: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House international Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: International insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned.

Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE