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Commodity End-User Relief Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
January 4, 2017
Latest Action
January 17, 2017
Primary Sponsor
K. Michael ConawayRepublican(TX)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
59pct
13d open
vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d
Commodity End User Relief Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC is authorized to require that certain property of the bankruptcy estate of a commodity broker who is a debtor in Chapter 7 bankruptcy (also known as "liquidation" bankruptcy) be included in customer property to the extent that such property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of the broker's public customers. Before promulgating a regulation or issuing an order, the CFTC must publish an assessment of the costs and benefits of the action. The heads of the CFTC's administrative units shall serve at the pleasure of the CFTC. The bill establishes, within the CFTC, the Office of the Chief Economist. The bill eliminates the CFTC's authority to lease space. The bill modifies provisions related to the CFTC's Customer Protection Fund. The duration of an omnibus order of investigation (authorizing the CFTC to issue subpoenas to multiple persons in relation to a particular subject matter area) shall not be indefinite. The bill exempts specified entities from certain clearing requirements applicable to swaps. With respect to swap dealer registration requirements, the bill: (1) prohibits the CFTC from modifying, except by affirmative rule or regulation, the threshold for de minimus (minor in quantity) swap dealing; (2) under certain circumstances, allows the use of specified financial models with respect to calculating capital requirements; and (3) modifies other provisions. The bill exempts certain swap activities involving non-U.S. persons from U.S. swaps requirements. In addition, the bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to direct registered futures associations to require their futures commission merchant members to meet certain procedural and reporting requirements.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 182 (Roll no. 54).
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 182 (Roll no. 54).
HouseOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 190 - 235 (Roll no. 53).
HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert language prohibiting the Commission from considering the swaps regulatory requirements of a foreign jurisdiction if that jurisdiction has been found by the Commission, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to have engaged in cyber-attacks targeting any election held in the United States.
Mr. Langevin moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Agriculture. (text: CR H449)
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 316 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 4659 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives); H.R. 5749 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to increase the risk-sensitivity of the capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed options and derivatives, and for other purposes); S. 1005 (Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2017); Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants; CFTC final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; SEC proposed rule on margin for uncleared swaps; CFTC's Project Kiss; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Issues related to H.R. 5961 and S. 2976 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR Rule Making); Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) actions; SEC Capital, Margin, and Segregation requirements; Securities Exchange Act Rules 17a-1, 17a-3, and 17a-4; CFTC Cross-border Swaps Regulation Version 2.0.
Client expense: $2,090,000 · 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)
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Implementation of the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," including regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 316 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 4659 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives); H.R. 5749 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to increase the risk-sensitivity of the capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed options and derivatives, and for other purposes); S. 1005 (Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2017); Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants; CFTC final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; SEC proposed rule on margin for uncleared swaps; CFTC's Project Kiss; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Issues related to H.R. 5961 and S. 2976 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR Rule Making); Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) actions; SEC Capital, Margin, and Segregation requirements; Securities Exchange Act Rules 17a-1, 17a-3, and 17a-4; CFTC Cross-border Swaps Regulation Version 2.0.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H414-421)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 238.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendments which were debated earlier an on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H450-451)
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 238 as unfinished business.
On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Conaway moved that the committee rise.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hartzler Part B amendment No. 8.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lucas Part B amendment No. 7.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the LaMalfa Part B amendment No. 6.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Duffy Part B amendment No. 5.
POSTSPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Conaway amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Courtney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway Part B amendment No. 4.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway Part B amendment No. 3.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Austin Scott (GA) Part B amendment No. 2.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 40, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Aderholt Part B amendment No. 1.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 238.
The Speaker designated the Honorable John J. Duncan, Jr. to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 40 and Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 78 and H.R. 238. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on both H.R. 78 and H.R. 238. The resolution provides for suspension authority at any time on the legislative day of January 13, 2017. The resolution also provides for legislative proceedings during the period of January 16, 2017 through January 20, 2017.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 40. (consideration: CR H404-428)
Rule H. Res. 40 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 40 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 78 and H.R. 238. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate on both H.R. 78 and H.R. 238. The resolution provides for suspension authority at any time on the legislative day of January 13, 2017. The resolution also provides for legislative proceedings during the period of January 16, 2017 through January 20, 2017.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
Client expense: $2,090,000 · 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)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation and regulatory review of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-203), including: capital and liquidity standards, such as proposals on the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio and stress capital buffer, the countercyclical capital buffer, and the capital surcharge for global systemically important banks; total loss-absorbing capacity; and the Volcker Rule Issues related to implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 115-174) Issues related to H.R. 6147 - Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to S. 3107 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to S. 2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to inter-affiliate margin H.R. 4790 - Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293 - Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, a bill to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4659, a bill to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives Executive Order 13777 - Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda Issues related to enhancing the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (in order to facilitate the orderly resolution of a failed financial institution) Prudential regulatory matters with the U.S. agencies and international standard setting bodies including implementation of the Basel III capital and liquidity framework Derivatives regulation, including agency coordination and harmonization H.R. 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act S. 488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 3348 - Accountable Capitalism Act S. 3542 / H.R. 7006 - Too Big To Fail, Too Big to Exist Act
Client expense: $617,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward contracts with volumetric optionality General discussion of congressional legislation affecting regulatory treatment of instruments used by non-financial energy end-users to hedge commodity risk HR 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - re swaps treatment of physical natural gas contracts with delivery optionality
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate to discuss issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss data privacy issues. Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions S.3614 - Corporate Governance Fairness Act - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 316 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 4659 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives); H.R. 5749 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to increase the risk-sensitivity of the capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed options and derivatives, and for other purposes); S. 1005 (Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2017); Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants; CFTC final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; SEC proposed rule on margin for uncleared swaps; CFTC's Project Kiss; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Issues related to H.R. 5961 and S. 2976 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR Rule Making); Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) actions; SEC Capital, Margin, and Segregation requirements; Securities Exchange Act Rules 17a-1, 17a-3, and 17a-4; CFTC Cross-border Swaps Regulation Version 2.0.
Client expense: $2,090,000 · 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)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
HR 238 (Title III, sections 301-304); House Agriculture Committee draft language-swap dealer business conduct standards.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $8,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Legislative oversight of implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform issues, including: -Protection of customer collateral; -Oversight of commodity pool operators; -Protections for sensitive and proprietary data; -Position limits; -International coordination; -CFTC/SEC coordination of CTA, CPO oversight and data collection. Legislation to align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. H.R. 238 - To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes. S. 3732 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from compelling a person to produce or furnish algorithmic trading source code or similar intellectual property to that agency unless the agency first issues a subpoena.
Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act: financial services issues related to regulation of pensions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act: financial services issues related to regulation of pensions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
House Appropriations Committee FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill A bill to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission to review and harmonize rules relating to the regulation of over-the-counter swap A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the relief from mandatory clearing available to centralized treasury units of nonfinancial affiliates, and for other purposes H.R. 3280, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act CEA Reauthorization: H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act Financial CHOICE Act: H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act
Client expense: $128,123 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill H.R. 3268, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act CEA Reauthorization: H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $128,123 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
The regulation of derivatives; H.R.238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act; reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; regulation of derivatives market participants.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2018 H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 (House Amendment) S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. 3577, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2018 S. 3614, Corporate Governance Fairness Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Draft legislation on cryptocurrencies Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs (83 Fed. Reg. 45,574-45,578, September, 10, 2018) Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Security Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds - Docket No. OCC-2018-0010 (OCC); Docket No. R-1608 (Federal Reserve); RIN 3064-AE67 (FDIC); File Number S7- 14-18 (SEC); RIN 3038-AE72 (CFTC) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements. Docket IDs: OCC-2018--0037 RIN 1557-AE56; Docket No. R-1628 RIN 7100-AF21 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission capital, margin, and segregation requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants and capital requirements for broker-dealers (File No. S7-08-12); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trial disclosures and no action letter process; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; Accounting standards developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, including the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; potential legislation on anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act reporting improvements; credit bureau issues; financial technology issues; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech; adoption of the current expected credit loss accounting standard; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance
Client expense: $15,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1686, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities; H.R. 761, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 270, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act, End-user protections; American Business Competitiveness Act; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; H. Con. Res. 71,Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; EV tax credit (30D); Draft legislation creating a new tax credit for transportation electrification.
Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238, Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization (relating to derivative end-user protections)
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
HJRes 111 - CFPB Arbitration Rule HJRes 62 - CFPB Prepaid Rule HJRes 73 - CFPB Prepaid Rule HR 10 - The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR 1116 - Tipton - TAILOR Act HR 1153 - Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 HR 1457 - MOBILE Act of 2017 HR 2133 - CLEARR Act of 2017 HR 2148 - Pittenger - HVCRE clarifications HR 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act HR 3280 - House FSGG Appropriations 2018 HR 3299 - McHenry - Valid When Made Bill HR 3312 - Luetkemeyer - SIFI Threshold Bill HR 3857 - Wagner - PASS Act (DOL Fiduciary repeal and replace bill) HR 3860 - IRS Tax Transcript Access HR1813 - Border Wall Funding Act of 2017 S. 1002 - CLEAR Act S. 105 - Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 223 - Senior$afe Act of 2017 S. 366 - TAILOR Act of 2017 SJRes 19 - CFPB Prepaid Rule SJRes 47 - CFPB Arbitration Rule S. 1893 - Bank SIFI Threshold S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.J.Res.122 - Resolution of Disapproval CFPB Payday Lending Rule HR 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S. 2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S. 2498, the Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act H.R. 5192, the Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266 - CFPB Commission HR 3354 / HR 238 - Interaffilite Swap Provisions S. 1642 - Valid When Made S. 1958 - Tax Transcripts S. 2854 - The MOBILE Act HR 6068 - BSA/AML Reform HR 4790 - Volcker Harmonization S. 2098 - FIRRMA HR 6258 / S. 3107 - FSGG Appropriations 2019 (swaps & Volcker issues) H.R.5961 Agriculture Appropriations Act, 2019 HR 6158 - Brokered Deposits
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Farm Credit System and Tax Reform H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 238, User Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 831, The BALE Act S. 1921, FSA Loan Guarantee Enhancement Act of 2017
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 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), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
1. Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, PL 111-203) a. Title VII Wall Street Transparency and Accountability: Issues related to regulation of clearinghouses, swap data repositories, swap execution facilities, and designated contract markets 2. Commodity End User Relief Act (HR 238, 115th Congress) a. Issues related to the reauthorization of the CFTC 3. Issues related to cattle market volatility 4. Issues related to CFTC user fee funding proposals
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of securities indices, derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of derivatives and capital requirements. Equities market structure issues. Reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act, including H.R. 238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1686, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities; H.R. 761, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 270, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act, End-user protections; American Business Competitiveness Act; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; H. Con. Res. 71,Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; EV tax credit (30D).
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
HR 238 (Title III, sections 301-304); House Agriculture Committee draft language-swap dealer business conduct standards.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
House Appropriations Committee FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill A bill to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission to review and harmonize rules relating to the regulation of over-the-counter swap A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the relief from mandatory clearing available to centralized treasury units of nonfinancial affiliates, and for other purposes H.R. 3280, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act CEA Reauthorization: H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act Financial CHOICE Act: H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act
Client expense: $123,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill H.R. 3268, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act CEA Reauthorization: H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $123,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation and regulatory review of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-203), including: capital and liquidity standards, such as proposals on the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio and stress capital buffer, the countercyclical capital buffer, and the capital surcharge for global systemically important banks; total loss-absorbing capacity; and the Volcker Rule Issues related to implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 115-174) Issues related to H.R. 6147 - Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to S. 3107 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to S. 2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Issues related to inter-affiliate margin H.R. 4790 - Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293 - Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, a bill to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4659, a bill to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives Executive Order 13777 - Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda Issues related to enhancing the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (in order to facilitate the orderly resolution of a failed financial institution) Prudential regulatory matters with the U.S. agencies and international standard setting bodies including implementation of the Basel III capital and liquidity framework Derivatives regulation, including agency coordination and harmonization Legislative efforts to confirm financial regulatory agency nominations H.R. 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act S. 488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 3348 - Accountable Capitalism Act S. 3542 / H.R. 7006 - Too Big To Fail, Too Big to Exist Act
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 316 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 4659 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives); H.R. 5749 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to increase the risk-sensitivity of the capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed options and derivatives, and for other purposes); S. 1005 (Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2017); Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Inter-affiliate swap transaction; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants; CFTC final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; SEC proposed rule on margin for uncleared swaps; CFTC's Project Kiss; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Issues related to H.R. 5961 and S. 2976 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019).
Client expense: $1,350,000 · 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)
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
The regulation of derivatives; H.R.238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act; reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; regulation of derivatives market participants.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2018 · third_quarter · Agriculture
1. Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, PL 111-203) a. Title VII Wall Street Transparency and Accountability: Issues related to regulation of clearinghouses, swap data repositories, swap execution facilities, and designated contract markets 2. Commodity End User Relief Act (HR 238, 115th Congress) a. Issues related to the reauthorization of the CFTC 3. Issues related to cattle market volatility 4. Issues related to CFTC user fee funding proposals
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House to discuss ideas for housing finance reform Met with House and Senate on FinTech Met with House and Senate on large bank issues Met with House and Senate staff on capital leverage matters Met with House and Senate staff on flood insurance issues Met with Senate staff to discuss draft financial institution bankruptcy reform legislation Met with House and Senate issues related to data security and payments system integrity Met with House and Senate on reauthorization of the Commodities Exchange Act and derivatives regulation Met with House and Senate on bond market issues Draft House Bill - the Main Street Growth Act - all provisions Met with House on draft legislation to amend the Regulation NMS governance structure Met with House and Senate to discuss anti-money laundering laws and draft reform legislation Met with House and Senate to discuss the Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate to discuss CCAR process General issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank (P.L. 111-203, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act). Discussion draft - the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act - all provisions H.R.238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - all provisions H.R.1624 - Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3089, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.3280, a bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions and the Volker Rule H.R.3439, the Financial Institution Security Act - all provisions H.R.3555, the Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5961, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - provisions related to inter-affiliate transactions H.R.5534, the GUIDE Compliance Act - all provisions H.R.6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act - all provisions H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act - all provisions S.488 - the JOBS and INvestor Confidence ACt of 2018 - all proivisions S.828 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes -- all provisions S.881 - 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017 - all provisions S.2155 - the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions S.2098 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act - all provisions S.2499 - legislation to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority - all provisions H.R. 4790 - the Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4292 - the Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R. 4293 - the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 - all provisions H.R.5841 - the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - all provisions
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules providing end-user protections General discussion of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules regarding the treatment of forward contracts with volumetric optionality General discussion of congressional legislation affecting regulatory treatment of instruments used by non-financial energy end-users to hedge commodity risk HR 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act - re swaps treatment of physical natural gas contracts with delivery optionality
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2018 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1686, Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions by regulated public utilities; H.R. 761, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 270, The Pension and Budget Integrity Act; S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017; H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act, End-user protections; American Business Competitiveness Act; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; H. Con. Res. 71,Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; A Better Way: A Pro Growth Tax Code for all Americans; Fiscal Year 2018 Budget; H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; EV tax credit (30D); Draft legislation creating a new tax credit for transportation electrification.
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5192/S. 2498, Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies and Certain of Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions; Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity Requirements for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Federal Reserve System Docket No. R-1604 and OCC Docket ID OCC-2018-0002 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174, section 215); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission standards of conduct for investment advisers and broker-dealers; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), including draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; consolidated asset thresholds related to the Advanced Approaches capital framework, the net stable fund ratio rule, and the liquidity coverage ratio rule; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; testimony by the Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board, to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $17,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act: financial services issues related to regulation of pensions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act: financial services issues related to regulation of pensions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
H.R. 238, Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization (relating to derivative end-user protections)
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
HJRes 111 - CFPB Arbitration Rule HJRes 62 - CFPB Prepaid Rule HJRes 73 - CFPB Prepaid Rule HR 10 - The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR 1116 - Tipton - TAILOR Act HR 1153 - Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 HR 1457 - MOBILE Act of 2017 HR 2133 - CLEARR Act of 2017 HR 2148 - Pittenger - HVCRE clarifications HR 238 - Commodity End-User Relief Act HR 3280 - House FSGG Appropriations 2018 HR 3299 - McHenry - Valid When Made Bill HR 3312 - Luetkemeyer - SIFI Threshold Bill HR 3857 - Wagner - PASS Act (DOL Fiduciary repeal and replace bill) HR 3860 - IRS Tax Transcript Access HR1813 - Border Wall Funding Act of 2017 S. 1002 - CLEAR Act S. 105 - Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 223 - Senior$afe Act of 2017 S. 366 - TAILOR Act of 2017 SJRes 19 - CFPB Prepaid Rule SJRes 47 - CFPB Arbitration Rule S. 1893 - Bank SIFI Threshold S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.J.Res.122 - Resolution of Disapproval CFPB Payday Lending Rule HR 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S. 2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S. 2498, the Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act H.R. 5192, the Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266 - CFPB Commission HR 3354 / HR 238 - Interaffilite Swap Provisions S. 1642 - Valid When Made S. 1958 - Tax Transcripts S. 2854 - The MOBILE Act HR 6068 - BSA/AML Reform HR 4790 - Volcker Harmonization S. 2098 - FIRRMA HR 6258 / S. 3107 - FSGG Appropriations 2019 (swaps & Volcker issues) H.R.5961 Agriculture Appropriations Act, 2019 HR 6158 - Brokered Deposits
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Agriculture
Farm Credit System and Tax Reform H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 H.R. 238, User Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 831, The BALE Act S. 1921, FSA Loan Guarantee Enhancement Act of 2017
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Agriculture
Legislative oversight of implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform issues, including: -Protection of customer collateral; -Oversight of commodity pool operators; -Protections for sensitive and proprietary data; -Position limits; -International coordination; -CFTC/SEC coordination of CTA, CPO oversight and data collection. Legislation to align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. H.R. 238 - To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of securities indices, derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Commodities (big ticket)
Regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
Regulation of derivative instruments, regulation and capitalization of clearinghouses, protection of customer assets, and extraterritorial application; and H.R.238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Regulation of derivatives and capital requirements. Equities market structure issues. Reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act, including H.R. 238, the "Commodity End-User Relief Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Agriculture
House Appropriations Committee FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill H.R. 3268, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act CEA Reauthorization: H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act
Client expense: $113,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office