Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
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Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to: (1) eliminate the Federal Reserve Board's authority to conduct stress tests of nonbank financial companies more than once annually, and (2) exempt certain financial companies not primarily regulated by either a federal banking agency or the Federal Housing Finance Agency from requirements to conduct stress tests. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may issue separate regulations requiring specified financial companies with more than $10 billion in total consolidated assets to conduct financial-condition analyses.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 395 - 19 (Roll no. 119). (text: CR H1712)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 395 - 19 (Roll no. 119).(text: CR H1712)
HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House on March 20, 2018, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Maxine Waters amendment No. 1, as modified.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4566.
The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each bill. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment to H.R. 4566 printed in the report. No further amendments on either bill are made in order. Section 3 of the resolution makes it in order to consider any resolution reported from the Rules Committee on the day it is reported through the legislative day of March 23, 2018. Section 4 grants suspension authority on the legislative days of March 22, 2018 and March 23, 2018. Section 5 of the resolution amends section 3(a) of H.Res. 5 by striking "the first session of".
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services and tax related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Financial services and tax related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Securities-related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act and S.3577 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2018 Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to ETF regulation, including Proposed Rule 6c-11 Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot Issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the delay of corporate bond market transparency Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to proposed regulation on best interest Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 787. (consideration: CR H1712-1718)
ORDER OF BUSINESS - Ms. Waters of California asked unanimous consent to modify amendment No. 1 printed in House Report 115-613. Agreed to without objection.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 787 Reported to House. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each bill. The resolution makes in order only the further amendment to H.R. 4566 printed in the report. No further amendments on either bill are made in order. Section 3 of the resolution makes it in order to consider any resolution reported from the Rules Committee on the day it is reported through the legislative day of March 23, 2018. Section 4 grants suspension authority on the legislative days of March 22, 2018 and March 23, 2018. Section 5 of the resolution amends section 3(a) of H. Res. 5.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-601.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 8.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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| Markup by |
| January 17, 2018 |
| Financial Services Committee | House | Referred to | December 6, 2017 |
| December 6, 2017 |
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
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 · Budget/Appropriations
H. Con. Res. 128, FY19 House Budget Resolution H.J.Res. 143, Making further continuing appropriations for FY 2019, and for other purposes H. Res. 787, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4566) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test requirements under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5247) to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act H.R. 695, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 2623, Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget H.R. 5961, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 S. 2976, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 H.R. 6147, Minibus II - FY 2019 Appropriations for Agriculture, Financial and General Government, Interior, and Transportation/HUD S. 3073, Interior and the Environment Appropriations H.R. 6258, House FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act S. 3107, Senate FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act H.R. 6776, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill S. 3109, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill H.R. 7264, Making further additional continuing appropriations for the FY 2019 and for other purposes S. 365, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB S. 387, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2017
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank regulations - systemic risk, FSOC, SIFI issues; Mutual Fund, ETF, Money Market Fund, and securities issues; Financial Choice Act; electronic delivery of shareholder reports; H.R. 4061, FSOC Improvement Act; H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act. Equity Market Structure; H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital markets Protection Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 2319: Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 Monitored the following: Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive lawsuits. H.R. 4738: Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation provisions, H.R. 6258 & H.R. 6147: FY2019 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations Bill H.R. 4566: Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act The use of common ownership as an anti-competitive measure
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the regulation of asset managers. Issues related to the electronic delivery of investor materials H.R.4204 - International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017 H.R.4566- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investor Act H.R. 4263 - Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4545 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General financial services issues. General derivatives issues. On-going implementation of the Dodd Frank Act. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reforms. Equity Market Structure Issues Housing Finance Reform. Swap dealer Capital Requirements. Implementation of H.R.1, base erosion and anti-abuse tax provisions Foreign Agent Registration Act reforms H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Testing Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive law suits. HR 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act HR 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 The use of common ownership as a anti-competitive measure Opposition to the inclusion of the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act in HR88 (the Brady tax bill)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial Technology ("Fintech") H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 1153, the "Mortgage Choice Act" H.R. 3072, the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017" H.R. 4537, the "International Insurance Standards Act of 2017" H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017″ HR 3746 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 HR 4439 -- Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Nominations for SEC, CFTC, FDIC S. 1020, the Carried Interest Fairness Act S. 2155 -- Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act SEC fiduciary rule Substitute Amendment to S. 2155 Treasury department review of financial regulations Brokaw bill HR 5877 -- Main Street Growth Act Small Business Lending Discrimination HR 5534 Give Useful Information to Define Effective Guidance (GUIDE) Act HR 6743 Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to US Supreme Court Nomination of Eric Dreiband as AAG at DOJ HR 6972 Consumers First Act S 3503 American Housing and Economic Mobility Act H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act H.R.6021 - Small Business Audit Correction 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.6322 - Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R.6324 - Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R.6320 - Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R.6323 - Senior Security Act of 2018 S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 H.R.5059 - State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R.2128 - Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R.6741 - Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018 H.R.6745 - ACCESS Rural America Act H.R.5381 - GRATER Act of 2018 Interagency rule regarding the implementation of CECL accounting rules Reg BI De minimis exemption is a critical element of the swap dealer rule Whistleblower program Volcker ruke amendments
Client expense: $83,504 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 2585, the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 4771 -- Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 HR 4790 -- Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Treasury department review of financial regulations H.R.3555 - Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act H.R.6021 - Small Business Audit Correction 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.6322 - Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R.6324 - Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R.6320 - Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R.6323 - Senior Security Act of 2018 S.488 - JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 H.R.5059 - State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R.2128 - Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R.6741 - Federal Reserve Reform Act of 2018 H.R.6745 - ACCESS Rural America Act H.R.5381 - GRATER Act of 2018 Interagency rule regarding the implementation of CECL accounting rules Reg BI De minimis exemption is a critical element of the swap dealer rule Whistleblower program Volcker rule amendments
Client expense: $83,504 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
Financial services and tax related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services and tax related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Securities-related issues, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation provisions, H.R. 6258 & H.R. 6147: FY2019 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations Bill H.R. 2319: Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 Monitored the following: Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive lawsuits. H.R. 4738: Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act H.R. 4566: Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act The use of common ownership as an anti-competitive measure
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H. Con. Res. 128, FY19 House Budget Resolution H. Res. 787, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4566) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test requirements under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5247) to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act H.R. 2623, Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget H.R. 5895, Minibus I - FY19 Appropriations for Energy and Water, Military Construction - Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch S. 2975, Minibus I - FY19 Appropriations for Energy and Water, Military Construction - Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch H.R. 5961, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 S. 2976, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 H.R. 6147, Minibus II - FY 2019 Appropriations for Agriculture, Financial and General Government, Interior, and Transportation/HUD S. 3073, Interior and the Environment Appropriations H.R. 6157, Minibus III - a Consolidated Appropriations Measure for FY 2019 DOD, Labor/HHS/Education, and a CR H.R. 6258, House FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act S. 3107, Senate FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act H.R. 6470, Labor/HHS Appropriations bill S. 3158, FY19 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill H.R. 6776, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill S. 3109, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill S. 365, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB S. 387, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2017
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
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 · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to ETF regulation, including Proposed Rule 6c-11 Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot Issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to proposed regulation on best interest Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank regulations - systemic risk, FSOC, SIFI issues; Mutual Fund, ETF, Money Market Fund, and securities issues; Financial Choice Act; electronic delivery of shareholder reports; H.R. 4061, FSOC Improvement Act; H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act. Equity Market Structure; H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital markets Protection Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General financial services issues. General derivatives issues. On-going implementation of the Dodd Frank Act. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reforms. Equity Market Structure Issues Housing Finance Reform. Swap dealer Capital Requirements. Implementation of H.R.1, base erosion and anti-abuse tax provisions Foreign Agent Registration Act reforms H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Testing Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the regulation of asset managers. Issues related to the electronic delivery of investor materials H.R.4204 - International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017 H.R.4566- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investor Act H.R. 4263 - Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4545 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive law suits. HR 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act HR 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 The use of common ownership as a anti-competitive measure
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Securities-related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
Financial services and tax related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services and tax related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill S. 3109, FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill FY19 Labor/HHS Appropriations House bill S. 3158, FY19 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill H. Con. Res. 128, FY19 House Budget Resolution H. Res. 787, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4566) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test requirements under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5247) to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act H.R. 2623, Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget H.R. 5895, FY19 Energy and Water Appropriations S. 2975, FY19 Energy and Water Appropriations H.R. 5961, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 S. 2976, Agriculture, Rural Development, & FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2019 H.R. 6147, Interior and the Environment Appropriations S. 3073, Interior and the Environment Appropriations H.R. 6258, House FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act S. 3107, Senate FY19 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act S. 365, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB S. 387, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2018 · second_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. 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. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 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. 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. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act 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. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 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. 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 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,945-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) 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) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Civil Investigative Demands and Associated Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 3,686-3,687, January 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rules and Practices for Adjudication Proceedings (83 Fed. Reg. 5,055-5,056, February 5, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Enforcement Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 5,999-6,000, February 12, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau External Engagements (83 Fed. Reg. 8,247-8,249, February 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Public Reporting Practices of Consumer Complaint Information (83 Fed. Reg. 9,499-9,501, March 6, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rulemaking Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 10,437-10,440, March 9, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Adopted Regulations and New Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,286-12,289, March 21, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Inherited Regulations and Inherited Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,881-12,883, March 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Supervision Program (83 Fed. Reg. 7,166-7,168, February 20, 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 Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 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); 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 consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; 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 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; 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; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $15,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 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), 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), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to private label securitization market and appropriate benchmarks Issues related to the management of ETFs, including portfolio transparency, custom basket rules and usage of custom baskets, and general rulemaking and policy guidance on ETFs Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot Issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to monetary policy Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to swap clearinghouse risks and swap execution facility liquidity Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to the harmonization of standards of care for Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance, including S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 and H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act
Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the regulation of asset managers. Issues related to the electronic delivery of investor materials H.R.4204 - International Regulated Investment Company Act of 2017 H.R.4566- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investor Act H.R. 4263 - Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4545 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General financial services issues. General derivatives issues. On-going implementation of the Dodd Frank Act. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reforms. Equity Market Structure Issues Housing Finance Reform. Swap dealer Capital Requirements. Implementation of H.R.1, base erosion and anti-abuse tax provisions Foreign Agent Registration Act reforms H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Testing Burdens to Help Investors Act S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive law suits. HR 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act HR 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 The use of common ownership as a anti-competitive measure
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank regulations - systemic risk, FSOC, SIFI issues; Mutual Fund, ETF, Money Market Fund, and securities issues; Financial Choice Act; electronic delivery of shareholder reports; H.R. 4061, FSOC Improvement Act; H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act. Equity Market Structure; H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital markets Protection Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Non-bank SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) designation Constitutional design of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amendments to Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to improve the ability of federal courts to terminate before trial abusive lawsuits. H.R. 4738: Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act H.R. 4566: Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 2319: Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 The use of common ownership as an anti-competitive measure H.R. 4061: Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act, to narrow the scope of bank-oriented stress testing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 4061, the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017, a bill to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to be supervised by the Federal Reserve in making/designating non-bank financial institutions to be deemed systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank regulations - systemic risk, FSOC, SIFI issues; Mutual Fund, ETF, Money Market Fund, and securities issues; Financial Choice Act; electronic delivery of shareholder reports; H.R. 4061, FSOC Improvement Act; H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Authority of CFPB Bank capital rules Banks stress tests Best interest standard CFPB Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity Dept. of Ed barriers to emergency relief funds Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation policies relating to bank employment Federal Reserve rating system for large financial institutions Financial Technology ("Fintech") Funding of CFPB H.J. Res. 111, regarding the CFPB rule on Mandatory Arbitration H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act H.R. 1116, the "Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2017" H.R. 1144, the Inclusive Prosperity Act H.R. 1153, the "Mortgage Choice Act" H.R. 1585, the "Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act" H.R. 1645, the "Fostering Innovation Act of 2017" H.R. 1699, the "Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017" H.R. 2121, the "Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act" H.R. 2133, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2148, "Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans" H.R. 2201, the "Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act" H.R. 2295, the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 2306, the Putting Main Street FIRST: Finishing Irresponsible Reckless Speculative Trading Act H.R. 2319, The "Consumer Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act" H.R. 2396, the "Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act" H.R. 2570, the "Mortgage Fairness Act of 2017" H.R. 2585, the 21st Century Glass Steagall Act H.R. 2706, the "Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 2954, the "Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act" H.R. 3072, the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017" H.R. 3179, the "Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act" H.R. 3221, the "Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act" H.R. 3299, the "Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017" H.R. 3312, the "Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017" H.R. 3857, the "Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act of 2017" H.R. 3911, the "Risk-Based Credit Examination Act" H.R. 3948, the "Protection of Source Code Act" H.R. 3971, the "Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 3973, the "Market Data Protection Act of 2017" H.R. 3978, the "TRID Improvement Act" H.R. 399, the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017" H.R. 4247, the "Restoring Financial Market Freedom Act" H.R. 4263, the "Regulation A+ Improvement Act" H.R. 4267, the "Small Business Credit Availability Act" H.R. 4279, the "Expanding Investment Opportunities Act" H.R. 4292, the "Living Will Improvement Act" H.R. 4293, the "Stress Test Improvement Act" H.R. 4296, "To Place Requirements on Operational Risk Capital Requirements For Banking Organizations" H.R. 4464, the "Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017" H.R. 4508, the "Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act" H.R. 4529, the "Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017" H.R. 4537, the "International Insurance Standards Act of 2017" H.R. 4545, the "Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act" H.R. 4546, the "National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act" H.R. 4566, the "Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act" H.R. 477, the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017″ H.R. 790, the Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2017 H.R. 859, the Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act - HR 1116 -- Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operating Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 HR 1153 -- Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 HR 1264 -- Community Financial Institution Exemption Act HR 2226 -- Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act HR 2319 -- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 HR 3312 HR 3746 -- Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 HR 3978 -- TRID Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4061 -- Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4263 -- Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4293 -- Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 HR 4296 -- To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency HR 4545 -- Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 4550 -- Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 HR 4566 -- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act HR 4607 -- Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act HR 4659 -- To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives HR 4738 -- Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act HR 4771 -- Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 HR 4785 -- American Customer Information Protection Act HR 4790 -- Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act HR 4861 -- Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 HR 5051 -- Public Company Registration Threshold Act HR 5082 -- Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 HR 5323 -- Derivatives Fairness Act Legislation affecting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffing Nomination of Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency Nominations for SEC, CFTC, FDIC Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act of 2017 (H.R. 3299) S. 1020, the Carried Interest Fairness Act S. 1642 S. 2155 -- Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act" S. 2417 -- the Stopping Abuse & Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act S.J. Res. 47 SEC fiduciary rule Sen. Brown Amendment No. 2080 Sen. Moran Amendment No. 2140 Substitute Amendment to S. 2155 Treasury department review of financial regulations Volcker Rule *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $292,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial services and tax related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Financial services and tax related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Securities-related issues, S.2155, H.R.4061, H.R.4566
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · first_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, 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. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research 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, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification 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 2017 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, 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. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, 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. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) 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, 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. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness 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. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act 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. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 S. 2498, Protecting Children From Identity Theft 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 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 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 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); 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 consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; 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 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; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; 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
Client expense: $15,390,000 · 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 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), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), 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), 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 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General financial services issues. General derivatives issues. On-going implementation of the Dodd Frank Act. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reforms. Equity Market Structure Issues Housing Finance Reform. Swap dealer Capital Requirements. Implementation of H.R.1, base erosion and anti-abuse tax provisions Foreign Agent Registration Act reforms H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Testing Burdens to Help Investors Act S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY19 Ag/FDA Appropriations FY19 DHS Appropriations FY19 Energy and Water Appropriations FY19 FSGG Appropriations FY19 Interior and the Environment Appropriations H. Res. 787, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4566) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test requirements under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5247) to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. H.R. 195, Continuing Resolution (through February 8, 2018) H.R. 1370, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 H.R. 1892, Continuing Resolution (through March 23, 2018) H.R. 3280, House FY18 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Senate FY18 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act H.R. 3268, FY18 Ag/FDA Appropriations S. 1603, FY18 Ag/FDA Appropriations H.R. 3355, FY18 DHS Appropriations Senate FY18 DHS Appropriations H.R. 3266, FY18 Energy & Water Appropriation S. 1609, FY18 Energy & Water Appropriation H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 Senate FY18 Interior & Environment Appropriation H.R. 3358, FY18 Labor/HHS Appropriation S. 1771, FY18 Labor/HHS Appropriation H.R. 2623, Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 S. 365, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB S. 387, Make Taxpayers Fund CFPB
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 2319 - Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 (Rothfus) H.R. 3758 - Senior Safe Act of 2017 (Sinema) H.R. 3857 - Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act of 2017 (Wagner) H.R. 4061 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 (Ross) H.R. 4279 - Expanding Investment Opportunities Act (Hollingsworth) H.R. 4566 - Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act (Poliquin) H.R. 4738 - Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act (Emmer) S. 1117 - Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 (Toomey) S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (Crapo) FSOC Procedures for SIFI Designation of Nonbank Financial Companies Financial Stability Board Electronic Delivery of Mutual Fund Shareholder Reports Derivatives (Definition of US Person) Exchange-Traded Funds US Equity and Fixed Income Market Structure Corporate Governance Volcker Rule Cryptocurrencies
Client expense: $1,396,868 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues arising from Dodd-Frank regulations - including systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions, FSOC process improvements, SIFI designations for non-bank financial institutions, and approaches to reducing systemic risk in the financial system, including H.R. 4601 the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10) Issues related to systemic risk standards being developed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for mutual funds and fund companies Issues related to the Office of Financial Research and its analysis of asset managers and mutual funds Issues related to private label securitization market and appropriate benchmarks Issues related to the management of ETFs, including portfolio transparency, custom basket rules and usage of custom baskets, and general rulemaking and policy guidance on ETFs Issues related to municipal bonds and other securities and the structure of the municipal securities market, including issues related to bankruptcy Issues related to equity market structure matters, Regulation NMS reform, minimizing latency of market data feeds, improving resiliency of technology and infrastructure to avoid single points of failure, access fees, the maker-taker model, ETF trading, limit-up/limit-down, and reopening processes Issues related to the SEC's proposed transaction fee pilot issues related to FINRA Rule 5250 Issues related to the definition of a "facility of an exchange" H.R. 3555, Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act Issues related to monetary policy Issues related to margin rules for uncleared swaps, including eligible collateral, initial margin thresholds, variation margin and segregation of margin Issues related to supplemental leverage ratio Issues related to security-based swaps reporting Issues related to swap clearinghouse risks and swap execution facility liquidity Issues related to cross border derivative trading provisions Issues related to ISDA Resolution Stay Protocol Issues related to legislation and regulations affecting mutual funds and the mutual fund industry Issues related to the availability and management of liquidity in the fixed income markets Issues related to the structure of the fixed income markets, including the Treasury market Issues related to the harmonization of standards of care for Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers (Dodd-Frank Act Section 913) Issues related to modernization of mutual fund information reporting Issues related to operational risk in the asset management industry Issues related to liquidity management rules for mutual funds and ETFs, including swing pricing Issues related to funds' use of derivatives Issues related to corporate governance, including S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 and H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 Issues related to SEC rulemaking toward electronic delivery of mutual fund disclosures Issues related to common ownership Issues related to money market fund reforms, including H.R. 2319 and S. 1117, the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act Issues related to stress testing for asset managers, including H.R. 4566, the Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act Issues related to Electronic Delivery of Mutual Fund Shareholder Reports
Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of