Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
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Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act This bill applies consumer debt collection protections to small businesses, including protections regarding debt collection methods and third-party debt collection.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-656.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 23.
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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Client expense: $22,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Banking
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Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act H.R. 4464, Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 4565, the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2019 H.R. 5001, Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5050, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act H.R. 5132, Gun Violence Prevention through Financial Intelligence Act H.R. 5315, Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5322, Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protection your Credit Score Act of 2019, Sec. 5 H.R. 5513, the Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5981, Credit Union Board Modernization Act H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6116, the Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act of 2020 H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, paid and sick leave provisions H.R. 6321, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6423, to provide a temporary debt collection moratorium during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes H.R. 6550, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6551, the CARES Act Section 4014, Technical Corrections Act H.R. 6729, the COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act H.R. 6735, the COVID-19 Fraud Prevention Act H.R. 6736, the Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020 H.R. 6741, the COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 6789, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6790, the Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act of 2020 H.R. 6820, the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020 H.R. 6861, Paycheck Protection Program Data and Diversity Accountability Act of 2020 H.R. 6873, the Emergency Housing Assistance for Older Adults Act of 2020 H.R. 6874, Paycheck Protection Program Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 7084, the Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020 H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2021 H.R. 7777, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act H.R. 7963, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 H.R. 8160, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2020 H.R. 8484, Student Empowerment and Financial Literacy Act H.R. 8675, Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act H.R. 8740, the Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2020 H.R. ____, the Protecting Consumers and Small Businesses through Forbearance Act H.R. ____, the Diversity in Financial Regulatory Advisory Committees Act H.Res 275, Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" H.Res 327, Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults H.Res 328, Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy H. Res 602, Support of resolution in support of cooperatives S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act S. 787, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 1028, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES Act) S. 1200, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 (SAFE Act) S. 1564, Continued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act S. 1624, HEALS Act S. 2524, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020 S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information S. 2583, the State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2020 S. 2833, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act of 2019 S. 2834, Veterans member Business Loan Act S. 3003, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act S. 3032, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States S. 3323, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 S. 3326, Credit Union Modernization Act of 2019 S. 3389, Expanding Access to Lending Options Act S. 3533, the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security act, payroll tax provisions S. 3571, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act S. 3620, A Bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of Treasury S. 3676, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S. 4116, to extend the authority for commitments for the paycheck protection program and separate amounts authorized for other loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes S. 4117, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act S. 4159 the E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4317, the SAFE to WORK Act S. 4430, CDFI Crisis Fund Act S. 4470, Rural Equal Aid Act of 2020 Sec. 2821 of S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020
Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3624/S. 1843 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness Act H.R. 4492/S. 733, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5494, Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 5930, Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6116, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 6210, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H.R. 6270, Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6371, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes H.R. 6375, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes H.R. 6790, Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6934, To amend the CARES Act to require the uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations under certain programs carried out in response to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes H.R. 7000, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 7668, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 471, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 S. 3441, Fair Hiring in Banking Act S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S. 3990, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2020 S. 4129, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 Draft legislation titled U.S. Investors and National Security Transparency Act Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements Draft legislation relating to supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin Draft legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act to require the SEC to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers Draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance Draft legislation COVID-19 Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations Act Draft legislation to enhance civil penalties under the Federal securities laws for violations related to an attempt to exploit investors related to the COVID-19 crisis Draft legislation to temporarily prohibit federal financial regulators from adopting rules not directly related to responding to the coronavirus response through the length of the crisis Draft legislation to apply certain terms and conditions on making direct loans under the CARES Act to certain purchases of debt by the Federal Government, and for other purposes Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Nomination of Mark Calabria to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 advisor regulation (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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 12, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (84 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 8, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Proposed rule for amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 Fed. Reg. 2,332-2,354, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 Fed. Reg. 2,574-2,613, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 Fed. Reg. 2,522-2,571, January 15, 2020) Electronic consent based Social Security number verification (84 Fed. Reg. 66,704-66,705, December 5, 2019) Proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 Fed. Reg. 64,229-64,232, November 21, 2019) Proposed rule on remittance transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) (84 Fed. Reg. 67,132-67,167, December 6, 2019) Request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) rule assessment (84 Fed. Reg. 64,436-64,441, November 22, 2019) Various issues relating to CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU solvency II review; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap; amending the accredited investor definition; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers; PCAOB concept release on potential approach to revisions to PCAOB quality control standards; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; proposed amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; revised draft eCBSV user agreement and related materials; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review; issues relating to federal interest rate authority; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of COVID-19 on initial margin phase-in; Main Street New Loan Facility and Main Street Expanded Loan Facility; Managements Discussion and Analysis, Selected Financial Data, and Supplementary Financial Information; Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Unsafe and Unsound Banking Practices: Brokered Deposits; Furthering Economic Stabilization by Encouraging Financial Institutions to Work Constructively with All Borrowers Affected by COVID-19; Liquidity Programs Coronavirus; PCAOB Request for Comment: Interim Analysis of Critical Audit Matter Requirements; Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation, and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; Federal Reserve Board request for public feedback proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations; Regulatory Capital Rule: Revised Transition of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology for Allowances; Request for Further Clarifications and Modifications to Risk-Based Guidance; RFI to Assist the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law-CFPB; Sec. 171 DFA Collins Amendment; Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies; Required Due Diligence by Broker-Dealers and Registered Investment Advisers Regarding Retail Customers Transactions in Certain Leveraged/Inverse Investment Vehicles; EU renewed sustainable finance strategy consultation; access to capital for minority owned businesses; CFPB comment on changes to Regulation Z to facilitate the upcoming LIBOR transition; debt collection practices (Regulation F): supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; European Supervisory Authorities consultation paper on ESG Disclosures; FDIC request for information on standard setting and voluntary certification for models and third-party providers of technology and other services; opposing credit suppression; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities interim final rule; margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants; national banks and federal savings associations as lenders; proposed rule on financial factors in selecting plan investments; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z); response to OCC ANPR on National Bank and Federal Savings Association digital activities; proposed rule reporting threshold for institutional investment managers; Housing and Urban Development implementation of the Fair Housing Acts disparate impact standard; FDIC notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; FDIC, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change on Form 13F Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers; development of an international insurance capital standard by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; development of a new program to replace revenue due to business interruption or event cancelation; International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on leverage metrics; potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), 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), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act S. 1624 - HEALS Act S. 4186 - Driving for Opportunities Act of 2020
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3624/S. 1843 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness Act H.R. 4492/S. 733, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5494, Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 5930, Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6116, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 6210, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H.R. 6270, Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6371, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes H.R. 6375, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes H.R. 6790, Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6934, To amend the CARES Act to require the uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations under certain programs carried out in response to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes H.R. 7000, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 7668, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 471, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 S. 3441, Fair Hiring in Banking Act S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S. 3990, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2020 S. 4129, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 Draft legislation titled U.S. Investors and National Security Transparency Act Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements Draft legislation relating to supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin Draft legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act to require the SEC to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers Draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance Draft legislation COVID-19 Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations Act Draft legislation to enhance civil penalties under the Federal securities laws for violations related to an attempt to exploit investors related to the COVID-19 crisis Draft legislation to temporarily prohibit federal financial regulators from adopting rules not directly related to responding to the coronavirus response through the length of the crisis Draft legislation to apply certain terms and conditions on making direct loans under the CARES Act to certain purchases of debt by the Federal Government, and for other purposes Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Nomination of Mark Calabria to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 advisor regulation (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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 12, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (84 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 8, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Proposed rule for amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 Fed. Reg. 2,332-2,354, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 Fed. Reg. 2,574-2,613, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 Fed. Reg. 2,522-2,571, January 15, 2020) Electronic consent based Social Security number verification (84 Fed. Reg. 66,704-66,705, December 5, 2019) Proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 Fed. Reg. 64,229-64,232, November 21, 2019) Proposed rule on remittance transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) (84 Fed. Reg. 67,132-67,167, December 6, 2019) Request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) rule assessment (84 Fed. Reg. 64,436-64,441, November 22, 2019) Various issues relating to CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU solvency II review; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap; amending the accredited investor definition; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers; PCAOB concept release on potential approach to revisions to PCAOB quality control standards; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; proposed amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; revised draft eCBSV user agreement and related materials; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review; issues relating to federal interest rate authority; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of COVID-19 on initial margin phase-in; Main Street New Loan Facility and Main Street Expanded Loan Facility; Managements Discussion and Analysis, Selected Financial Data, and Supplementary Financial Information; Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Unsafe and Unsound Banking Practices: Brokered Deposits; Furthering Economic Stabilization by Encouraging Financial Institutions to Work Constructively with All Borrowers Affected by COVID-19; Liquidity Programs Coronavirus; PCAOB Request for Comment: Interim Analysis of Critical Audit Matter Requirements; Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation, and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; Federal Reserve Board request for public feedback proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations; Regulatory Capital Rule: Revised Transition of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology for Allowances; Request for Further Clarifications and Modifications to Risk-Based Guidance; RFI to Assist the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law-CFPB; Sec. 171 DFA Collins Amendment; Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies; Required Due Diligence by Broker-Dealers and Registered Investment Advisers Regarding Retail Customers Transactions in Certain Leveraged/Inverse Investment Vehicles; EU renewed sustainable finance strategy consultation; access to capital for minority owned businesses; CFPB comment on changes to Regulation Z to facilitate the upcoming LIBOR transition; debt collection practices (Regulation F): supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; European Supervisory Authorities consultation paper on ESG Disclosures; FDIC request for information on standard setting and voluntary certification for models and third-party providers of technology and other services; opposing credit suppression; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities interim final rule; margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants; national banks and federal savings associations as lenders; proposed rule on financial factors in selecting plan investments; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z); response to OCC ANPR on National Bank and Federal Savings Association digital activities; proposed rule reporting threshold for institutional investment managers; Housing and Urban Development implementation of the Fair Housing Acts disparate impact standard; FDIC notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; FDIC, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change on Form 13F Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers; development of an international insurance capital standard by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; development of a new program to replace revenue due to business interruption or event cancelation; International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on leverage metrics; potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending
2020 · third_quarter · Banking
Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organization Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUA's low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUA's regulation regarding its regulatory emergency liquidity Issues related to NCUA's rulemaking process Issues related to NCUA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Alternative Capital Issues related to NCUA's regulatory review process Issues related to Federal Credit Union Bylaws Issues related to credit union loan maturity restrictions Issues related to credit union investment authority Issues related to Regulation of Federal Credit Union By-laws Issues related to credit unions' incidental powers Issues related to credit unions ability to offer prepaid cards Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the regulation of corporate credit unions Issues related to the use of Eminent Domain to Seize Performing Mortgage Loans Issues related to fixed assets Issues related to credit union conversions Issues related to credit union call report modernization Issues related to NCUA's Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Plan Issues related to NCUA's budget and the overhead transfer rate Issues related to Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSO) Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB rule to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to CFPB's Leadership Structure and Installing a Board rather than a Director Issues related to codifying the CFPB's Credit Union Advisory Council Issues related to requiring SBREFA Panels for CFPB Rulemakings Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to the CFPB's rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Truth-In-Lending Act / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosures Issues related to the payday, vehicle title, and similar lending Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to the CFPB's consumer complaint database Issues related to the Department of Justice's investigation entitled, "Operation Choke Point" Issues related to the Department of Defenese Poposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA Issues related to indirect auto lending Issues related to credit union service to unbanked and underbanked consumers Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to secure payments Issues related to merchant data breaches Issues related to the payments system Issues related to Federal Reserve Regulation D Issues related to the Fed's implementation of same-day ACH Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to the USDA Rural Development Loan Program Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to Fannie Mae Capital Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to Housing Finance Reform Issues related to student lending Issues related to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act process Issues related to retirement security Issues related to flood insurance Issues related to consumer's access to records Issues related to economic growth Issues related to Interchange Fees Issues related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Issues related to the Fair Housing act Issues related to the merger of credit unions Issues related to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Issues related to Community Reinvestment Act Issues related to Regulation Z Issues related to Military Lending Act Issues related to Financial Technology Issues related to Small Business Lending Data Collection requirements Issues related to Involuntary liquidation of Federal Credit Unions and Claims procedures Issues related to Web-Based Quantitative Testing of Point of Sale / ATM Overdraft Disclosure Forms Issues related to residential appraisals Issues related to FHA appraisal certification Issues related to FHA and USDA Loan Modifications Issues related to payments innovation Issues related to Faster Payments Issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Issues related to cooperative funding sources in federal appropriations legislation Issues related to debt collection requirements Issues related to capital reform for credit unions Issues related to procurement reform for private voluntary organizations Issues related to Federal Credit Union Charter Modernization Issues related to diversity and inclusion in Financial Services Issues related to Section 124 of the Federal Credit Union Act Issues related to NCUA's Fidelity Bonds Proposed Rule Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's No-Acton Letters and the BCFP Product Sandbox Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to extend the Payday Rule's compliance daedline Issues related to enterprise validation and approval of credit score models Issues related to the availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Regulation CC) Issues related to arbitration clauses Issues related to SBA 79(a) loan program Issues related to financial institutions operating on military installations Issues related to postal banking Issues related to robocalls and the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Issues related to financial technology (FINTECH) Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Payday Rule Issues related to appraisals Issues related to student lending Issues related to robocalls and the draft Declaratory Ruling (the ruling) and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) CG Docket No 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97 Issues related to FY 2020 Foreign Assistance Budget and Policy Priorities Issues related to payday and small dollar lending Issues related to leases of non-excess property on military bases Issues related to Opportunity Zones Issues related to minority homeownership Issues related to permit Federal Credit Unions to establish their own fiscal year Issues related to striking a requirement that Federal credit unions file certain information regarding loan officers Issues related to enhance flexibility of Federal Credit Unions to schedule board meetings Issues related to remove certain outdated responsibilities of Federal credit union board of directors Issues related to permit Federal credit unions to expel disruptive members for just cause without a vote Issues related to permit balloting for conversions from state to federal charter and from federal to state charter to be conducted electronically Issues related to the draft bill improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Issues related to tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holding (ILLICIT CASH Act) Issues related to PACE loans Issues related to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's HMDA reporting thresholds Issues on NCUA Executive compensation rules Issues related to business access to financial services Issues related to Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2019 Issues related to minority depository institutions Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Proposal Issues related to AI and cloud computing Issues related to the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act Issues related to Credit Union Board Meeting Frequency Issues related to COVID-19 crisis response legislation Issues related to the regulation of overtime Issues related to the Paycheck Protection Program Issues related to Taxi Medallion loans Issues related to essential services designation for financial services during COVID-19 Issues related to QRM Risk Retention review Issues related to NCUA's proposed rule on Combination transactions Issues related to the Freezing Assets of Suspected Terrorist and Enemy Recruits Act of 2020 Issues related to the regulation of credit unions as employers Issues related to liability protections for businesses Issues related to remote notary Issues related to Federal Home Loan Bank liquidity Issues related to digital identity legislation Issues related to Paid Leave Payroll Tax Credits Issues related to the Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) Issues related to Economic Impact Payments Issues related to Fed Accounts Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program Issues related to the legislation to temporarily halt the Federal financial regulators from carrying out rulemakings unrelated to the COVID-19 emergency until the end of such emergency Issues related to troubled debt restructuring Issues related to Prompt Corrective Action requirements Issues related to NCUA subordinated debt rulemaking Issues related to Uniform Residential Loan application Issues related to digitalization of money Issues related to electronic signatures on wire transfer documents Issues related to cybercriminal activity during COVID-19 Issues related to lender forbearance Issues related to Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness process Issues related to Agriculture Lending Issues related to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Issues related to Diversity in Financial Regulatory Advisory Committees Act Issues related to Federal Home Loan Bank Board Diversity Act Issues related to Federal Reserve Bank Board Diversity Act Issues related to the FHFA market fee increase Issues related to OCC payment charters Issues related to the Student Empowerment and Financial Literacy Act Issues related to provision 4013 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Issues related to setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency and Accountability Issues related to Tax provisions in the CARES Act Issues related to the Federal Reserve on FedNOW Issues related to support of legislation to create CDFI National Crisis Fund Issues related to OCC National Bank and Savings Association Digital Activities Issues related to FHFA's proposed Adverse Market Refinance Fee Issues related to the treatment of certain COVID-19 Loss Mitigation options under RESPA (Reg X) Issues related to the NCUA 2020 Regulatory Review H.R. 266, Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act H.R. 388, the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act H.R. 442, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to extend the supervisory authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Title I and Secs. 4008, 4012, 4014 of Title IV H.R.1039, to streamline requirements for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports and for other purposes H.R. 1158, the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the CDFI Fund as well as the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund) H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking act of 2019 H.R. 1661, to provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit Union loan maturities, and for other purposes H.R. 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 1865, FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the Cooperative Development Program, tax extenders, repeal of "parking tax") H.R. 1957, the Taxpayers First Act of 2019 H.R. 2093, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act of marijuana, and for other purposes H.R. 2157, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019 H.R. 2162, Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act H.R. 2445, Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2740, the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, flood insurance provision H.R. 3111, National Flood Insurance Program Administration Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 3167, National Flood Insurance Program Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 3182, Current Expected Credit Loss Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 H.R. 3198, the Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3300, the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 3301, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2020 H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 4458, Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act H.R. 4464, Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 4565, the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2019 H.R. 5001, Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5050, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act H.R. 5132, Gun Violence Prevention through Financial Intelligence Act H.R. 5315, Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5322, Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protection your Credit Score Act of 2019, Sec. 5 H.R. 5513, the Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5981, Credit Union Board Modernization Act H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6116, the Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act of 2020 H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, paid and sick leave provisions H.R. 6321, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6423, to provide a temporary debt collection moratorium during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes H.R. 6550, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6551, the CARES Act Section 4014, Technical Corrections Act H.R. 6729, the COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act H.R. 6735, the COVID-19 Fraud Prevention Act H.R. 6736, the Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020 H.R. 6741, the COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 6789, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6790, the Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act of 2020 H.R. 6820, the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020 H.R. 6861, Paycheck Protection Program Data and Diversity Accountability Act of 2020 H.R. 6873, the Emergency Housing Assistance for Older Adults Act of 2020 H.R. 6874, Paycheck Protection Program Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 7084, the Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020 H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2021 H.R. 7777, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act H.R. 7963, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 H.R. 8160, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2020 H.Res 275, Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" H.Res 327, Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults H.Res 328, Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy H. Res 602, Support of resolution in support of cooperatives S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act S. 787, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 1028, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES Act) S. 1200, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 (SAFE Act) S. 1564, Continued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act S. 1624, HEALS Act S. 2524, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020 S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information S. 2583, the State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2020 S. 2833, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act of 2019 S. 2834, Veterans member Business Loan Act S. 3003, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act S. 3032, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States S. 3323, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 S. 3326, Credit Union Modernization Act of 2019 S. 3389, Expanding Access to Lending Options Act S. 3533, the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security act, payroll tax provisions S. 3571, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act S. 3620, A Bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of Treasury S. 3676, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S. 4116, to extend the authority for commitments for the paycheck protection program and separate amounts authorized for other loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes S. 4117, Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act S. 4159 the E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4317, the SAFE to WORK Act S. 4430, CDFI Crisis Fund Act Sec. 2821 of S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 748/ S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3624/S. 1843 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness Act H.R. 4492/S. 733, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5494, Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 5930, Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6116, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 6210, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H.R. 6270, Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6371, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes H.R. 6375, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes H.R. 6790, Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6934, To amend the CARES Act to require the uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations under certain programs carried out in response to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes H.R. 7000, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 7668, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 471, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 S. 3441, Fair Hiring in Banking Act S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S. 3990, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2020 S. 4129, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 Draft legislation titled U.S. Investors and National Security Transparency Act Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements Draft legislation relating to supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin Draft legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act to require the SEC to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers Draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance Draft legislation COVID-19 Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations Act Draft legislation to enhance civil penalties under the Federal securities laws for violations related to an attempt to exploit investors related to the COVID-19 crisis Draft legislation to temporarily prohibit federal financial regulators from adopting rules not directly related to responding to the coronavirus response through the length of the crisis Draft legislation to apply certain terms and conditions on making direct loans under the CARES Act to certain purchases of debt by the Federal Government, and for other purposes Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Nomination of Mark Calabria to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 advisor regulation (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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 12, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (84 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 8, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Proposed rule for amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 Fed. Reg. 2,332-2,354, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 Fed. Reg. 2,574-2,613, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 Fed. Reg. 2,522-2,571, January 15, 2020) Electronic consent based Social Security number verification (84 Fed. Reg. 66,704-66,705, December 5, 2019) Proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 Fed. Reg. 64,229-64,232, November 21, 2019) Proposed rule on remittance transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) (84 Fed. Reg. 67,132-67,167, December 6, 2019) Request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) rule assessment (84 Fed. Reg. 64,436-64,441, November 22, 2019) Various issues relating to CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU solvency II review; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap; amending the accredited investor definition; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers; PCAOB concept release on potential approach to revisions to PCAOB quality control standards; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; proposed amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; revised draft eCBSV user agreement and related materials; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review; issues relating to federal interest rate authority; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of COVID-19 on initial margin phase-in; Main Street New Loan Facility and Main Street Expanded Loan Facility; Managements Discussion and Analysis, Selected Financial Data, and Supplementary Financial Information; Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Unsafe and Unsound Banking Practices: Brokered Deposits; Furthering Economic Stabilization by Encouraging Financial Institutions to Work Constructively with All Borrowers Affected by COVID-19; Liquidity Programs Coronavirus; PCAOB Request for Comment: Interim Analysis of Critical Audit Matter Requirements; Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation, and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; Federal Reserve Board request for public feedback proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations; Regulatory Capital Rule: Revised Transition of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology for Allowances; Request for Further Clarifications and Modifications to Risk-Based Guidance; RFI to Assist the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law-CFPB; Sec. 171 DFA Collins Amendment; Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies; Required Due Diligence by Broker-Dealers and Registered Investment Advisers Regarding Retail Customers Transactions in Certain Leveraged/Inverse Investment Vehicles; EU renewed sustainable finance strategy consultation; access to capital for minority owned businesses; CFPB comment on changes to Regulation Z to facilitate the upcoming LIBOR transition; debt collection practices (Regulation F): supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; European Supervisory Authorities consultation paper on ESG Disclosures; FDIC request for information on standard setting and voluntary certification for models and third-party providers of technology and other services; opposing credit suppression; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities interim final rule; margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants; national banks and federal savings associations as lenders; proposed rule on financial factors in selecting plan investments; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z); response to OCC ANPR on National Bank and Federal Savings Association digital activities; proposed rule reporting threshold for institutional investment managers; Housing and Urban Development implementation of the Fair Housing Acts disparate impact standard; FDIC notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; FDIC, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change on Form 13F Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers; development of an international insurance capital standard by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; development of a new program to replace revenue due to business interruption or event cancelation; International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on leverage metrics; potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending
2020 · third_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act S. 1624 - HEALS Act
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3623/ S. 2075, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 3624 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek and Federal courts to grant disgorgement of unjust enrichment, and for other purposes H.R. 4492/S733, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5494, Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 5930, Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6116, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 6371, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes H.R. 6375, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes H.R. 6551, CARES Act Section 4014 Technical Corrections Act H.R. 6790, Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6934, To amend the CARES Act to require the uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations under certain programs carried out in response to the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes H.R. 7000, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 S. 2563, Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings (ILLICIT CASH) Act S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S. 3990, A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to make the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection an independent Financial Product Safety Commission, and for other purposes Draft legislation titled Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility Draft legislation titled Rulemaking Suspension Draft legislation titled Increase Penalties for COVID-related Securities Law Violations Draft legislation titled COVID-19 Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations Act Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements Draft legislation relating to supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin Draft legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act to require the SEC to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers Draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance Draft legislation COVID-19 Restitution Assistance Fund for Victims of Securities Violations Act Draft legislation to enhance civil penalties under the Federal securities laws for violations related to an attempt to exploit investors related to the COVID-19 crisis Draft legislation to temporarily prohibit federal financial regulators from adopting rules not directly related to responding to the coronavirus response through the length of the crisis Draft legislation to apply certain terms and conditions on making direct loans under the CARES Act to certain purchases of debt by the Federal Government, and for other purposes Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 21, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (83 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 23, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Proposed rule for amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 Fed. Reg. 2,332-2,354, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 Fed. Reg. 2,574-2,613, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 Fed. Reg. 2,522-2,571, January 15, 2020) Electronic consent based Social Security number verification (84 Fed. Reg. 66,704-66,705, December 5, 2019) Proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 Fed. Reg. 64,229-64,232, November 21, 2019) Proposed rule on remittance transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) (84 Fed. Reg. 67,132-67,167, December 6, 2019) Request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) rule assessment (84 Fed. Reg. 64,436-64,441, November 22, 2019) Various issues relating CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU solvency II review; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap; amending the accredited investor definition; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers; PCAOB concept release on potential approach to revisions to PCAOB quality control standards; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; proposed amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; revised draft eCBSV user agreement and related materials; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review; issues relating to federal interest rate authority; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of COVID-19 on initial margin phase-in; issues relating to potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic; Main Street New Loan Facility and Main Street Expanded Loan Facility; Managements Discussion and Analysis, Selected Financial Data, and Supplementary Financial Information; Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Unsafe and Unsound Banking Practices: Brokered Deposits; Furthering Economic Stabilization by Encouraging Financial Institutions to Work Constructively with All Borrowers Affected by COVID-19; Liquidity Programs Coronavirus; PCAOB Request for Comment: Interim Analysis of Critical Audit Matter Requirements; Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation, and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; Federal Reserve Board request for public feedback proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations; Regulatory Capital Rule: Revised Transition of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology for Allowances; Request for Further Clarifications and Modifications to Risk-Based Guidance; RFI to Assist the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law-CFPB; Sec. 171 DFA Collins Amendment; Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies; Required Due Diligence by Broker-Dealers and Registered Investment Advisers Regarding Retail Customers Transactions in Certain Leveraged/Inverse Investment Vehicles; Federal Reserve and Treasury to Establish a Short Term Receivable Facility (Fed 13(3) Facility Accounts Receivable); Housing and Urban Development implementation of the Fair Housing Acts disparate impact standard; FDIC notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; FDIC, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to FINRAs Suitability, Non-Cash Compensation and Capital Acquisition Broker Rules in Response to Regulation Best Interest; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Add a New Discretionary Limit Order Type Called D-Limit; SEC: Proposed Rule Change to Align Certain MSRB Rules to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 15l-1, Regulation Best Interest; development of an insurance capital standard by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on leverage metrics; utility liquidity issues resulting from the pandemic
2020 · second_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act
2020 · second_quarter · Banking
Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organization Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUA's low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUA's regulation regarding its regulatory emergency liquidity Issues related to NCUA's rulemaking process Issues related to NCUA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Alternative Capital Issues related to NCUA's regulatory review process Issues related to Federal Credit Union Bylaws Issues related to credit union loan maturity restrictions Issues related to credit union investment authority Issues related to Regulation of Federal Credit Union By-laws Issues related to credit unions' incidental powers Issues related to credit unions ability to offer prepaid cards Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the regulation of corporate credit unions Issues related to the use of Eminent Domain to Seize Performing Mortgage Loans Issues related to fixed assets Issues related to credit union conversions Issues related to credit union call report modernization Issues related to NCUA's Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Plan Issues related to NCUA's budget and the overhead transfer rate Issues related to Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSO) Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB rule to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to CFPB's Leadership Structure and Installing a Board rather than a Director Issues related to codifying the CFPB's Credit Union Advisory Council Issues related to requiring SBREFA Panels for CFPB Rulemakings Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to the CFPB's rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Truth-In-Lending Act / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosures Issues related to the payday, vehicle title, and similar lending Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to the CFPB's consumer complaint database Issues related to the Department of Justice's investigation entitled, "Operation Choke Point" Issues related to the Department of Defenese Poposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA Issues related to indirect auto lending Issues related to credit union service to unbanked and underbanked consumers Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to secure payments Issues related to merchant data breaches Issues related to the payments system Issues related to Federal Reserve Regulation D Issues related to the Fed's implementation of same-day ACH Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to the USDA Rural Development Loan Program Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to Fannie Mae Capital Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to Housing Finance Reform Issues related to student lending Issues related to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act process Issues related to retirement security Issues related to flood insurance Issues related to consumer's access to records Issues related to economic growth Issues related to Interchange Fees Issues related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Issues related to the Fair Housing act Issues related to the merger of credit unions Issues related to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Issues related to Community Reinvestment Act Issues related to Regulation Z Issues related to Military Lending Act Issues related to Financial Technology Issues related to Small Business Lending Data Collection requirements Issues related to Involuntary liquidation of Federal Credit Unions and Claims procedures Issues related to Web-Based Quantitative Testing of Point of Sale / ATM Overdraft Disclosure Forms Issues related to residential appraisals Issues related to FHA appraisal certification Issues related to FHA and USDA Loan Modifications Issues related to payments innovation Issues related to Faster Payments Issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Issues related to cooperative funding sources in federal appropriations legislation Issues related to debt collection requirements Issues related to capital reform for credit unions Issues related to procurement reform for private voluntary organizations Issues related to Federal Credit Union Charter Modernization Issues related to diversity and inclusion in Financial Services Issues related to Section 124 of the Federal Credit Union Act Issues related to NCUA's Fidelity Bonds Proposed Rule Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's No-Acton Letters and the BCFP Product Sandbox Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to extend the Payday Rule's compliance daedline Issues related to enterprise validation and approval of credit score models Issues related to the availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Regulation CC) Issues related to arbitration clauses Issues related to SBA 79(a) loan program Issues related to financial institutions operating on military installations Issues related to postal banking Issues related to robocalls and the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Issues related to financial technology (FINTECH) Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Payday Rule Issues related to appraisals Issues related to student lending Issues related to robocalls and the draft Declaratory Ruling (the ruling) and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) CG Docket No 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97 Issues related to FY 2020 Foreign Assistance Budget and Policy Priorities Issues related to payday and small dollar lending Issues related to leases of non-excess property on military bases Issues related to Opportunity Zones Issues related to minority homeownership Issues related to permit Federal Credit Unions to establish their own fiscal year Issues related to striking a requirement that Federal credit unions file certain information regarding loan officers Issues related to enhance flexibility of Federal Credit Unions to schedule board meetings Issues related to remove certain outdated responsibilities of Federal credit union board of directors Issues related to permit Federal credit unions to expel disruptive members for just cause without a vote Issues related to permit balloting for conversions from state to federal charter and from federal to state charter to be conducted electronically Issues related to the draft bill improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Issues related to tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holding (ILLICIT CASH Act) Issues related to PACE loans Issues related to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's HMDA reporting thresholds Issues on NCUA Executive compensation rules Issues related to business access to financial services Issues related to Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2019 Issues related to minority depository institutions Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Proposal Issues related to AI and cloud computing Issues related to the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act Issues related to Credit Union Board Meeting Frequency Issues related to COVID-19 crisis response legislation Issues related to the regulation of overtime Issues related to the Paycheck Protection Program Issues related to Taxi Medallion loans Issues related to essential services designation for financial services during COVID-19 Issues related to QRM Risk Retention review Issues related to NCUA's proposed rule on Combination transactions Issues related to the Freezing Assets of Suspected Terrorist and Enemy Recruits Act of 2020 Issues related to the regulation of credit unions as employers Issues related to liability protections for businesses Issues related to remote notary Issues related to Federal Home Loan Bank liquidity Issues related to digital identity legislation Issues related to Paid Leave Payroll Tax Credits Issues related to the Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) Issues related to Economic Impact Payments Issues related to Fed Accounts Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program Issues related to the legislation to temporarily halt the Federal financial regulators from carrying out rulemakings unrelated to the COVID-19 emergency until the end of such emergency Issues related to troubled debt restructuring Issues related to Prompt Corrective Action requirements Issues related to NCUA subordinated debt rulemaking Issues related to Uniform Residential Loan application Issues related to digitalization of money Issues related to electronic signatures on wire transfer documents Issues related to cybercriminal activity during COVID-19 Issues related to lender forbearance Issues related to Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness process H.R. 266, Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act H.R. 388, the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act H.R. 442, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to extend the supervisory authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Title I and Secs. 4008, 4012, 4014 of Title IV H.R.1039, to streamline requirements for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports and for other purposes H.R. 1158, the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the CDFI Fund as well as the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund) H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking act of 2019 H.R. 1661, to provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit Union loan maturities, and for other purposes H.R. 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 1865, FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the Cooperative Development Program, tax extenders, repeal of "parking tax") H.R. 1957, the Taxpayers First Act of 2019 H.R. 2093, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act of marijuana, and for other purposes H.R. 2157, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019 H.R. 2162, Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act H.R. 2445, Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2740, the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019 H.R. 3111, National Flood Insurance Program Administration Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 3167, National Flood Insurance Program Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 3182, Current Expected Credit Loss Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 H.R. 3198, the Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3300, the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 3301, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2020 H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 4458, Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act H.R. 4464, Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 4565, the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2019 H.R. 5001, Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5050, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act H.R. 5132, Gun Violence Prevention through Financial Intelligence Act H.R. 5315, Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5322, Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protection your Credit Score Act of 2019, Sec. 5 H.R. 5513, the Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5981, Credit Union Board Modernization Act H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6116, the Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act of 2020 H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, paid and sick leave provisions H.R. 6321, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6423, to provide a temporary debt collection moratorium during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes H.R. 6550, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6551, the CARES Act Section 4014, Technical Corrections Act H.R. 6736, the Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020 H.R. 6741, the COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Act H.R. 6789, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 H.R. 6790, the Business Borrowers Protection Act H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act of 2020 H.R. 6820, the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020 H.R. 6873, the Emergency Housing Assistance for Older Adults Act of 2020 H.R. 7084, the Emergency Housing Voucher Act of 2020 H.Res 275, Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" H.Res 327, Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults H.Res 328, Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy H. Res 602, Support of resolution in support of cooperatives S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act S. 787, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 1028, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES Act) S. 1200, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 (SAFE Act) S. 1564, Continued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act S. 2524, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020 S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information S. 2583, the State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2020 S. 2833, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act of 2019 S. 2834, Veterans member Business Loan Act S. 3003, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act S. 3032, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States S. 3323, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 S. 3326, Credit Union Modernization Act of 2019 S. 3389, Expanding Access to Lending Options Act S. 3533, the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security act, payroll tax provisions S. 3571, the Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act S. 3620, A Bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of Treasury S. 3676, Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Sec. 2821 of S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020
2020 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · first_quarter · Banking
HR 149, The Housing Fairness Act of 2019, To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes H. R. 5934 - To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to safeguard access to information for consumers and to stop abusive debt litigation, and for other purposes. HR 5931 - Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020 - This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to report on barriers to making Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single-family mortgage insurance available for mortgages under $70,000. Specifically, HUD must report H.R.6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act S.3566 - Stop Overdraft Profiteering during COVID-19 Emergency Act of 2020 - to prohibit depository institutions from assessing overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees during the novel coronavirus crisis and other disasters, and for other purposes. S.3565 - Small Business and Consumer Debt Collection Emergency Relief Act of 2020 - To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide additional protections for consumers and small business owners from debt collection during a major disaster or emergency. S.3560 - Small Business and Consumer Emergency Credit Act - To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers. S 3548 - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3509 - A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments due to a declared disaster, and for other purposes. H.R.6321 - To provide financial protections and assistance for America's consumers, States, businesses, and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency. H.R.6363 - Student Debt Emergency Relief Act HR 3182 - To require the Securities and Exchange Commission and certain Federal agencies to carry out a study relating to accounting standards, and for other purposes. HR 748/Public Law No: 116-136 (03/27/2020) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act - This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2021 H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers H. R. 166, To establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to strengthen the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and to provide for criminal penalties for violating such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 5330, Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act, a bill which would provide relief to those struggling with health problems and medical debt by preventing collection of medical debt for two years from the date of the medical billing. H.R. 5021, The Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to prohibit a debt collector from contacting a consumer by email or text message without a consumers consent to be contacted electronically, and prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from issuing any rules implementing the FDCPA that allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5013, The Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, a bill that expands the FDCPAs protections to cover small business loans H.R. 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act, a bill by that amends the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from threatening servicemembers or their families to have a servicemembers rank reduced, have their security clearance revoked, have them prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or communicating with a servicemembers chain of command to locate a servicemember. H.R. 5001, The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act, a bill that reverses the recent Supreme Court decision in Obduskey versus McCarthy and Holthus LLP by amending the FDCPA to clarify that entities in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings are covered by the law H.R. 4403, The Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act, a bill that extends the FDCPAs protections as it relates to debt owed to a federal agency, limits the fees debt collectors can charge, and clarifies that debt buyers are subject to FDCPA H.R. 3948, The Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act, a bill that clarifies that private debt collectors who pursue debts such as municipal utility bills, tolls, traffic tickets, and court debts are subject to the FDCPA H.R. 3490,The Small Business Lending Fairness Act, a bill that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to restrict the use of predatory small business loan contract clauses called confessions of judgment.
2020 · first_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
2020 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services
Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3623/ S. 2075, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 3624/S. 1843, Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek and Federal courts to grant disgorgement of unjust enrichment, and for other purposes H.R. 4492/S733, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5494, Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2019 H.R. 5929, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 H.R. 5930, Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2020 H.R. 6116, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 945, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements Draft legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act to require the SEC to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers Draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance 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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 21, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (83 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 23, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Proposed rule for amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 Fed. Reg. 2,332-2,354, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 Fed. Reg. 2,574-2,613, January 15, 2020) Proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 Fed. Reg. 2,522-2,571, January 15, 2020) Electronic consent based Social Security number verification (84 Fed. Reg. 66,704-66,705, December 5, 2019) Proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 Fed. Reg. 64,229-64,232, November 21, 2019) Proposed rule on remittance transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) (84 Fed. Reg. 67,132-67,167, December 6, 2019) Request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) rule assessment (84 Fed. Reg. 64,436-64,441, November 22, 2019) Nomination of Mark Calabria to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Various issues relating CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); supplementary leverage ratios treatment of client initial margin; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU solvency II review; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap; amending the accredited investor definition; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers; PCAOB concept release on potential approach to revisions to PCAOB quality control standards; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; proposed amendments to Rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; revised draft eCBSV user agreement and related materials; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review; issues relating to federal interest rate authority; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of COVID-19 on initial margin phase-in; issues relating to potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic; Housing and Urban Development implementation of the Fair Housing Acts disparate impact standard; FDIC notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds; FDIC, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals; development of an insurance capital standard by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors; International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on leverage metrics
2020 · first_quarter · Banking
Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organization Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUA's low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUA's regulation regarding its regulatory emergency liquidity Issues related to NCUA's rulemaking process Issues related to NCUA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Alternative Capital Issues related to NCUA's regulatory review process Issues related to Federal Credit Union Bylaws Issues related to credit union loan maturity restrictions Issues related to credit union investment authority Issues related to Regulation of Federal Credit Union By-laws Issues related to credit unions' incidental powers Issues related to credit unions ability to offer prepaid cards Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the regulation of corporate credit unions Issues related to the use of Eminent Domain to Seize Performing Mortgage Loans Issues related to fixed assets Issues related to credit union conversions Issues related to credit union call report modernization Issues related to NCUA's Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Plan Issues related to NCUA's budget and the overhead transfer rate Issues related to Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSO) Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB rule to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to CFPB's Leadership Structure and Installing a Board rather than a Director Issues related to codifying the CFPB's Credit Union Advisory Council Issues related to requiring SBREFA Panels for CFPB Rulemakings Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to the CFPB's rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Truth-In-Lending Act / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosures Issues related to the payday, vehicle title, and similar lending Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to the CFPB's consumer complaint database Issues related to the Department of Justice's investigation entitled, "Operation Choke Point" Issues related to the Department of Defenese Poposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA Issues related to indirect auto lending Issues related to credit union service to unbanked and underbanked consumers Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to secure payments Issues related to merchant data breaches Issues related to the payments system Issues related to Federal Reserve Regulation D Issues related to the Fed's implementation of same-day ACH Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to the USDA Rural Development Loan Program Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to Fannie Mae Capital Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to Housing Finance Reform Issues related to student lending Issues related to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act process Issues related to retirement security Issues related to flood insurance Issues related to consumer's access to records Issues related to economic growth Issues related to Interchange Fees Issues related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Issues related to the Fair Housing act Issues related to the merger of credit unions Issues related to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Issues related to Community Reinvestment Act Issues related to Regulation Z Issues related to Military Lending Act Issues related to Financial Technology Issues related to Small Business Lending Data Collection requirements Issues related to Involuntary liquidation of Federal Credit Unions and Claims procedures Issues related to Web-Based Quantitative Testing of Point of Sale / ATM Overdraft Disclosure Forms Issues related to residential appraisals Issues related to FHA appraisal certification Issues related to FHA and USDA Loan Modifications Issues related to payments innovation Issues related to Faster Payments Issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Issues related to cooperative funding sources in federal appropriations legislation Issues related to debt collection requirements Issues related to capital reform for credit unions Issues related to procurement reform for private voluntary organizations Issues related to Federal Credit Union Charter Modernization Issues related to diversity and inclusion in Financial Services Issues related to Section 124 of the Federal Credit Union Act Issues related to NCUA's Fidelity Bonds Proposed Rule Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's No-Acton Letters and the BCFP Product Sandbox Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to extend the Payday Rule's compliance daedline Issues related to enterprise validation and approval of credit score models Issues related to the availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Regulation CC) Issues related to arbitration clauses Issues related to SBA 79(a) loan program Issues related to financial institutions operating on military installations Issues related to postal banking Issues related to robocalls and the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Issues related to financial technology (FINTECH) Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Payday Rule Issues related to appraisals Issues related to student lending Issues related to robocalls and the draft Declaratory Ruling (the ruling) and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) CG Docket No 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97 Issues related to FY 2020 Foreign Assistance Budget and Policy Priorities Issues related to payday and small dollar lending Issues related to leases of non-excess property on military bases Issues related to Opportunity Zones Issues related to minority homeownership Issues related to permit Federal Credit Unions to establish their own fiscal year Issues related to striking a requirement that Federal credit unions file certain information regarding loan officers Issues related to enhance flexibility of Federal Credit Unions to schedule board meetings Issues related to remove certain outdated responsibilities of Federal credit union board of directors Issues related to permit Federal credit unions to expel disruptive members for just cause without a vote Issues related to permit balloting for conversions from state to federal charter and from federal to state charter to be conducted electronically Issues related to the draft bill improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Issues related to tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holding (ILLICIT CASH Act) Issues related to PACE loans Issues related to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's HMDA reporting thresholds Issues on NCUA Executive compensation rules Issues related to business access to financial services Issues related to Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2019 Issues related to minority depository institutions Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Proposal Issues related to AI and cloud computing Issues related to the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act Issues related to Credit Union Board Meeting Frequency Issues related to COVID-19 crisis response legislation Issues related to the regulation of overtime Issues related to the Paycheck Protection Program Issues related to Taxi Medallion loans Issues related to essential services designation for financial services during COVID-19 Issues related to QRM Risk Retention review Issues related to NCUA's proposed rule on Combination transactions Issues related to the Freezing Assets of Suspected Terrorist and Enemy Recruits Act of 2020 H.R. 388, the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act H.R. 442, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to extend the supervisory authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Title I and Secs. 4008, 4012, 4014 of Title IV H.R.1039, to streamline requirements for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports and for other purposes H.R. 1158, the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the CDFI Fund as well as the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund) H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking act of 2019 H.R. 1661, to provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit Union loan maturities, and for other purposes H.R. 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 1865, FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the Cooperative Development Program, tax extenders, repeal of "parking tax") H.R. 1957, the Taxpayers First Act of 2019 H.R. 2093, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act of marijuana, and for other purposes H.R. 2157, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019 H.R. 2162, Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act H.R. 2445, Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2740, the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019 H.R. 3111, National Flood Insurance Program Administration Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 3167, National Flood Insurance Program Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 3182, Current Expected Credit Loss Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 H.R. 3198, the Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3300, the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 3301, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2020 H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 4458, Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act H.R. 4464, Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 4565, the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2019 H.R. 5001, Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5050, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act H.R. 5132, Gun Violence Prevention through Financial Intelligence Act H.R. 5315, Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5322, Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.R. 5513, the Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5981, Credit Union Board Modernization Act H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, paid and sick leave provisions H.R. 6116, the Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act of 2020 H.Res 275, Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" H.Res 327, Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults H.Res 328, Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy H. Res 602, Support of resolution in support of cooperatives S. 151, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act S. 787, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 1028, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES Act) S. 1200, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 (SAFE Act) S. 1564, Continued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act S. 2524, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020 S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information S. 2583, the State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2020 S. 2833, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act of 2019 S. 2834, Veterans member Business Loan Act S. 3003, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act S. 3032, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States S. 3323, Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020 S. 3326, Credit Union Modernization Act of 2019 S. 3389, Expanding Access to Lending Options Act S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security act, payroll tax provisions Sec. 2821 of S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020
2019 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. XXXX Jumpstart GSE Reform Act (provides reforms in the GSEs and also requires congressional approval before specified administrative changes to GSEs can be implemented.) S.331: Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 (This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.) S. 630: Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.) S. 635: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act (This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.) S. 608: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act (This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).) S. 672: Debt Free College Act, This bill establishes State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. S. 720: the CFPB Student Loan Integrity Act, This bill requires the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S.867: PROTECT Students Act of 2019 ; To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes S. 1074: the REAL Act, this bill reinstates Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. S. 1230, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) S. 1354: the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, this bill requires certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. S. 1414: the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. S. XXXX: the Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, to prevent unnecessary private student loan debt and improve transparency S XXXX: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, a bill to reauthorize the higher education act S. XXXX: Unnamed bill to limit interest on consumer loans to 36% Bills in the House: H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act, To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 963, amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, This bill revises provisions related to the administration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including establishing requirements for staffing levels, political appointees, and the publication of consumer complaints regarding consumer financial products or services. H.R. 1571, the Debt Free College Act, To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. H.R.2648 - Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. 3027, Student Loan Borrower Bill or Rights, To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3163, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3375, Stop Bad Robocalls Act, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. H.R. 3512, PROTECT Students Act of 2019, To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving H.R. 6543, the Aim Higher Act, to amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that every student has a path to a quality, debt-free degree or credential that leads to a rewarding career. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education H. R. 4724, To amend the definition of institution of higher education under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude proprietary institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. H. R. 5294, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a postsecondary education loan borrower bill of rights and to require certain creditors to obtain private loan certifications from institutions of higher education, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to issue rules to establish standards for reporting information related to student loans to consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes. H. R. 4545, To provide for the discharge of a private education loan in the case of death or total and permanent disability of a student obligor, and for other purposes. H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" H. R. 5287 , To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan, and for other purposes. HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers HR 5363/HR 2486/ HR 5368/ Public law No. 116-91, This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants. H. R. 166, To establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to strengthen the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and to provide for criminal penalties for violating such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 4674, To amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act to help students H.R. 5330, Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act, a bill which would provide relief to those struggling with health problems and medical debt by preventing collection of medical debt for two years from the date of the medical billing. H.R. 5287, Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Act, a bill that would amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan. H.R. 5021, The Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to prohibit a debt collector from contacting a consumer by email or text message without a consumers consent to be contacted electronically, and prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from issuing any rules implementing the FDCPA that allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5013, The Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, a bill that expands the FDCPAs protections to cover small business loans H.R. 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act, a bill by that amends the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from threatening servicemembers or their families to have a servicemembers rank reduced, have their security clearance revoked, have them prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or communicating with a servicemembers chain of command to locate a servicemember. H.R. 5001, The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act, a bill that reverses the recent Supreme Court decision in Obduskey versus McCarthy and Holthus LLP by amending the FDCPA to clarify that entities in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings are covered by the law H.R. 4403, The Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act, a bill that extends the FDCPAs protections as it relates to debt owed to a federal agency, limits the fees debt collectors can charge, and clarifies that debt buyers are subject to FDCPA H.R. 3948, The Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act, a bill that clarifies that private debt collectors who pursue debts such as municipal utility bills, tolls, traffic tickets, and court debts are subject to the FDCPA H.R. 3490,The Small Business Lending Fairness Act, a bill that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to restrict the use of predatory small business loan contract clauses called confessions of judgment.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
CFPB Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Regulatory Update * Developed and submitted comments on behalf of CAI in response to CFPB rulemaking FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013
Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 56, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 87, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 189, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 758, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019 H.R. 969, TABS Act of 2019 H.R. 1018, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 1731, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act H.R. 2144, Token Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2154, Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2534, Insider Trading Prohibition Act H.R. 2919, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 3050, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act of 2019 H.R. 3088/S. 1630, Shareholder Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3164/S. 2522, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, including potential provisions relating to relief for inter-affiliate derivatives transactions H.R. 3279, Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3355, Reward Work Act H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618, Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621, Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622, Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act H.R. 3623/ S. 2075, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019 H.R. 3624/S. 1843, Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3625, PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3629, Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act of 2019 H.R. 3641/S. 1854, Stronger Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019 H.R. 3642, Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act H.R. 3848/S. 2155, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 3987, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4242, Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 H.R. 4320, Corporate Management Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 4329, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019 H.R. 4335, 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019 H.R. 4344, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek and Federal courts to grant disgorgement of unjust enrichment, and for other purposes H.R. 4726, Certainty for End-Users Act H.R. 4805, Access Business Credit Act of 2019 H.R. 4918, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 S. 452, Fostering Innovation Act of 2019 S. 566, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 603, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019 S. 945, Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act S. 1256, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019 S. 1731, Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act S. 2391, Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act of 2019 Draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the SEC Draft legislation, the Bad Actor Disqualification Act Draft legislation, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose information about human capital management in annual reports Draft legislation to require the SEC to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18 Draft legislation titled the Diverse Asset Managers Act Draft legislation titled the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation Act Draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin requirements 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) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 Fed. Reg. 66,024-66,059, December 21, 2018) Proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 Fed. Reg. 61,408-61,460, November 29, 2018) Proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative Contracts (83 Fed. Reg. 64,660-64,728, December 17, 2018) Proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 Fed. Reg. 4,298-4,305, February 14, 2019) Proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 Fed. Reg. 13,977-13,983, April 8, 2019) Proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 Fed. Reg. 66,518-66,559, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (84 Fed. Reg. 66,458-66,515, December 4, 2019) Proposed rule on modernization of Regulation S-K Items 101, 103, and 105 (84 Fed. Reg. 44,358-44,390, August 23, 2019) Proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 Fed. Reg. 59,970-59,989, November 7, 2019) Nomination of Mark Calabria to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Various issues relating CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Securities Exchange Commission strategic plan; Securities Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Securities Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); supplementary leverage ratios treatment of client initial margin; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of Sec. 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L.111-203); potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Potential legislation to require the SEC to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655; 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; Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; comment on fund of funds arrangements; interest rate restrictions; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Innovation Pilot Program; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Act (P.L. 95-109); implementation of section 215 of the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); CFPB policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy; qualified mortgage definition under the Truth and Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve System and large institution supervision coordinating committee; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities Exchange Commission penalties; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service; comments on modernization of regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105 17 CFR Parts 229, 239 and 240; comments on bond reference data proposal; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on Cboe EDGA; inter-affiliate initial margin relief; substituted compliance and equivalence between the U.S. derivatives regulatory regime and the European Unions European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR); European Supervisory Authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation; EU third country equivalency process; EU sustainable finance and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; upcoming IOSCO proposal on funds use of leverage; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; Brexit risks; SEC concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions; SEC digital assets; transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), valid when made doctrine; Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 regarding compliance with Interpretive Bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01; Incentive based executive compensation regulation under Dodd-Frank Section 956; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) cap
2019 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organization Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUA's low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUA's regulation regarding its regulatory emergency liquidity Issues related to NCUA's rulemaking process Issues related to NCUA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Alternative Capital Issues related to NCUA's regulatory review process Issues related to Federal Credit Union Bylaws Issues related to credit union loan maturity restrictions Issues related to credit union investment authority Issues related to Regulation of Federal Credit Union By-laws Issues related to credit unions' incidental powers Issues related to credit unions ability to offer prepaid cards Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the regulation of corporate credit unions Issues related to the use of Eminent Domain to Seize Performing Mortgage Loans Issues related to fixed assets Issues related to credit union conversions Issues related to credit union call report modernization Issues related to NCUA's Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Plan Issues related to NCUA's budget and the overhead transfer rate Issues related to Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSO) Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB rule to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to CFPB's Leadership Structure and Installing a Board rather than a Director Issues related to codifying the CFPB's Credit Union Advisory Council Issues related to requiring SBREFA Panels for CFPB Rulemakings Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to the CFPB's rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Issues related to the CFPB's regulation on Truth-In-Lending Act / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosures Issues related to the payday, vehicle title, and similar lending Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to the CFPB's consumer complaint database Issues related to the Department of Justice's investigation entitled, "Operation Choke Point" Issues related to the Department of Defenese Poposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA Issues related to indirect auto lending Issues related to credit union service to unbanked and underbanked consumers Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to secure payments Issues related to merchant data breaches Issues related to the payments system Issues related to Federal Reserve Regulatory D Issues related to the Fed's implementation of same-day ACH Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to the USDA Rural Development Loan Program Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to Fannie Mae Capital Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to Housing Finance Reform Issues related to student lending Issues related to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act process Issues related to retirement security Issues related to flood insurance Issues related to consumer's access to records Issues related to economic growth Issues related to Interchange Fees Issues related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Issues related to the Fair Housing act Issues related to the merger of credit unions Issues related to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Issues related to Community Reinvestment Act Issues related to Regulation Z Issues related to Military Lending Act Issues related to Financial Technology Issues related to Small Business Lending Data Collection requirements Issues related to Involuntary liquidation of Federal Credit Unions and Claims procedures Issues related to Web-Based Quantitative Testing of Point of Sale / ATM Overdraft Disclosure Forms Issues related to residential appraisals Issues related to FHA appraisal certification Issues related to FHA and USDA Loan Modifications Issues related to payments innovation Issues related to Faster Payments Issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Issues related to cooperative funding sources in federal appropriations legislation Issues related to debt collection requirements Issues related to capital reform for credit unions Issues related to procurement reform for private voluntary organizations Issues related to Federal Credit Union Charter Modernization Issues related to diversity and inclusion in Financial Services Issues related to Section 124 of the Federal Credit Union Act Issues related to NCUA's Fidelity Bonds Proposed Rule Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's No-Acton Letters and the BCFP Product Sandbox Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to extend the Payday Rule's compliance daedline Issues related to enterprise validation and approval of credit score models Issues related to the availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Regulation CC) Issues related to arbitration clauses Issues related to SBA 79(a) loan program Issues related to financial institutions operating on military installations Issues related to postal banking Issues related to robocalls and the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Issues related to financial technology (FINTECH) Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Payday Rule Issues related to appraisals Issues related to student lending Issues related to robocalls and the draft Declaratory Ruling (the ruling) and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) CG Docket No 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97 Issues related to FY 2020 Foreign Assistance Budget and Policy Priorities Issues related to payday and small dollar lending Issues related to leases of non-excess property on military bases Issues related to Opportunity Zones Issues related to minority homeownership Issues related to permit Federal Credit Unions to establish their own fiscal year Issues related to striking a requirement that Federal credit unions file certain information regarding loan officers Issues related to enhance flexibility of Federal Credit Unions to schedule board meetings Issues related to remove certain outdated responsibilities of Federal credit union board of directors Issues related to permit Federal credit unions to expel disruptive members for just cause without a vote Issues related to permit balloting for conversions from state to federal charter and from federal to state charter to be conducted electronically Issues related to the draft bill improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Issues related to tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holding (ILLICIT CASH Act) Issues related to PACE loans Issues related to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's HMDA reporting thresholds Issues on NCUA Executive compensation rules Issues related to small business cannabis Issues related to Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2019 Issues related to minority depository institutions Issues related to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Proposal Issues related to Credit Union acquisitions of banks Issues related to AI and cloud computing Issues related to the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act H.R. 388, the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act H.R. 442, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to extend the supervisory authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to include assessing compliance with the Military Lending Act H.R.1039, to streamline requirements for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports and for other purposes H.R. 1158, the FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the CDFI Fund as well as the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund) H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking act of 2019 H.R. 1661, to provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit Union loan maturities, and for other purposes H.R. 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 1865, FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (funding for the Cooperative Development Program, tax extenders, repeal of "parking tax") H.R. 1957, the Taxpayers First Act of 2019 H.R. 2093, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act of marijuana, and for other purposes H.R. 2157, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019 H.R. 2162, Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019 H.R. 2290, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act H.R. 2445, Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R. 2514, Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 2740, the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act H.R. 2852, Homebuyer Assistance Act of 2019 H.R. 3111, National Flood Insurance Program Administration Reform Act of 2019 H.R. 3167, National Flood Insurance Program Re-authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 3182, CECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 H.R. 3198, the Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 3300, the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R. 3301, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2020 H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 4458, Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act H.R. 4464, Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 4565, the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2019 H.R. 5001, Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act H.R. 5013, Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 5050, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act H.R. 5315, Expanding Opportunities for Minority Depository Institutions Act H.R. 5322, Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 H.R. 5332, Protecting your Credit Score Act of 2019 H.Res 275, Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" H.Res 327, Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young adults H.Res 328, Supporting the protection of elders through financial literacy H. Res 602, Support of resolution in support of cooperatives S. 151, TRACED Act S. 787, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 1028, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES Act) S. 1200, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 (SAFE Act) S. 1564, Continued Encouragement for Consumer Lending Act S. 2524, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020 S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information S. 2583, the State-Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2020 S. 2834, Veterans member Business Loan Act S. 3003, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act S. 3032, Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Sec. 2821 of S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2020
2019 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
CFPB Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Regulatory Update * Developed and submitted comments on behalf of CAI in response to CFPB rulemaking FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Educate Members of Congress about financial technology (FinTech) lending in the small business space; Advocate for legislation prohibiting the use of confessions of judgment in small business lending, and discuss the ability of H.R. 3490, Small Business Lending Fairness Act, to achieve this end; Educate Members of Congress about the use of alternative data and machine learning in credit underwriting; Discuss the collection and storage of small business owner data by regulators, Dodd-Frank Sec 1071; Monitor the progress of H.R. 5013, the Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protections Act; Highlight for Members of Congress FinTechs ability to serve historically underserved populations.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), 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), White House Office
Client expense: $1,030,510 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), 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), White House Office
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $12,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 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), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), 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), White House Office
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $1,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $15,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 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), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), 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), White House Office
Client expense: $1,160,480 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $16,900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 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 Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), 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), White House Office
Client expense: $955,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of