Support Our Schools Act

4/18 Senate Banking Committee Nominations Hearing 6/13 Senate Banking Committee Hearing- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Semi-Annual Report to Congress 6/14 House Financial Services Committee Hearing- The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection H.R. 2798- CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 1410- Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1382- TABS Act of 2023 H.R. 1313- Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Act S. 1362- Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Act H.R. 1411- CFPB-IG Reform Act of 2023 H.R. 1165- Data Privacy Act of 2023 S.1838- Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 H.R.3881 - Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 Issues related to Zelle payment platform and changes to Regulation E House Financial Services Discussion Draft: Stablecoin Legislation Issues related to Biden Administration Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Issues related to changing UDAAP legislation/ Dodd-Frank UDAAP provisions Issues related to banning arbitration agreements H.R.2670- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 8152 - American Data Privacy and Protection Act (117th Congress) H.R. ____ - Protecting Consumers From Payment Scams Act Issues related to Section 1034 of Dodd-Frank Act Issues related to CFPB Credit Card Late Fees and Late Payments H.R.4277 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 Issues related to By Now/Pay Later Financial Products Issues related to SBA Direct 7(a) lending program H.R. 6037, To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes. (117th Congress) S. 3382, To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program. (117th Congress) S. 3056, the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act (117th Congress) House/Senate Semi-annual Hearing with the Director of the CFPB Issues related to Cyber Security, Data Security & Breach Notification Issues related to Consumer Data Privacy Issues related to the Community Reinvestment Act Issues related to fair lending and fair banking Issues related to CFPB supervisory authority under Section 1024 Issues related to Dodd-Frank including Section 1033 H.R. 4773, the Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act (117th Congress) Legislation related to establishing a commission at the CFPB Issues related to CFPB Consumer Response Portal Issues related to CFPB Taskforce on Consumer Financial Laws CFPB Section 1071 rulemaking Issues related to Underbanked/Unbanked Consumers Issues related to CFPB agency guidance Issues related to bank fees, including overdraft fees and credit card late fees. Issues related to credit card network interchange fees. Issues related to the Federal Reserve Central Digital Bank Currency Issues related to the Federal Reserve Consumer checking accounts Issues related to the CFPBs and Department of Educations actions on student lending Issues related to disclosures for federal student loans Legislation related to student loan refinancing programs Issues related to bankruptcy protections for student loans Issues related to federal student loan reform Issues related to AML-BSA Reform Issues related to Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Issues related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Issues related to financial regulatory coordination Issues related to SBA 7(a) Loan Program and fees Issues related to the Fair Housing Act Issues related to Fintech Issues related to the E-SIGN Act Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Issues related to the Counter Terrorism & Illicit Finance Act Issues related to Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies Regulations: Equal Credit Opportunity issues, Regulation B, 12 CFR Part 1002 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Issues, Regulation C, 12 CFR Part 1003 Fair Debt Collection Practices Issues, Regulation F, 12 CFR Part 1006 Privacy Issues, 12 CFR Parts 40, 216, 332, 1016 Fair Credit Reporting Issues, 12 CFR Parts 41, 171, 334, 1022 Truth in Lending Issues, Regulation Z, 12 CFR Part 1026 Regulations related to the Dodd-Frank Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203 Issues related to the Higher Education Act Issues related to Electronic Fund Transfer Act, regulation E, 15 U.S.C. 1693 Issues related to FDIC Deposit Insurance Issues related to the Paperwork Reduction Act Issues related to the Military Lending Act Community Reinvestment Act Regulations & Q&A issues Issues related to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Issues related to Small Business Act Issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering rules Issues related to Section 1033 of Dodd-Frank Issues related to Overdraft and non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees Issues related to Fintech oversight Issues related to Buy Now Pay Later Issues related to CFPB Credit Card Safe Harbor fee Issues related to Section 1071 Small Business Data Collection Issues related to UDAAP exam manual changes

Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Increasing Investor Opportunities Act Draft legislation titled Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act Draft legislation titled Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act Draft legislation titled The Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act Draft legislation titled The Accredited Investor Definition Review Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Draft legislation titled Investment Opportunity Expansion Act Potential legislation titled Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act Potential legislation titled Encouraging Public Offerings Act Potential legislation to streamline and clarify the EGC public filing condition and to update the confidential review process for draft registration statements Potential legislation to update the IPO on-ramp to include spin-off transactions Potential legislation to clarify EGC financial statement regulators obligations Potential legislation to permit the auditor of a private company transitioning to public company status to comply with SEC and PCAOB independence rules for the most recent year and AICPA or home-country independence rules for prior periods Potential legislation to expand the protection for research reports to cover all securities of all issuers Potential legislation to permit an issuer include the value of all shares of the issuer when determining the significance of an acquisition or disposition Potential legislation to increase public float thresholds in the smaller reporting company and accelerated filer definitions Potential legislation to require SEC rulemaking on e-delivery as the default delivery method Potential legislation to exclude qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) and institutional accredited investors from the record holder count for mandatory Exchange Act registration Potential legislation to expand well-known seasoned issuer (WKSI) eligibility Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process Potential legislation to study the term small entity Potential legislation regarding a new regulatory framework for stablecoins Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to make e-delivery of investment disclosures the default Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act (117th Congress) Proposed Rule, SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478 -57,524 October 15, 2021) Proposed Rule, SEC on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, November 2, 2022) SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Resolution-Related Resource Requirements for Large Banking Organizations (87 Fed. Reg. 64,170-64,175, October 24, 2022) Proposed Rule, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN Identifiers for Entities (87 Fed. Reg. 77,404-77,457, December 16, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Reopening of Comment Period for Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization (87 Fed. Reg. 75,975-75,977, December 12, 2022) Request for Comment, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions (87 Fed. Reg. 75,267-75,271, December 8, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC 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) including the PCAOB activities including: A Firms System of Quality Control and Other Proposed Amendments to PCAOB Standards, Rules, and Forms (PCAOB Release No. 2022-006, November 18, 2022; PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 046); Proposed Auditing Standard; The Auditors Use of Confirmation and Other Proposed Amendments to PCAOB Standards; PCAOB Release No. 2022-009; PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 028 (December 20, 2022); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and 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; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Enhancement and standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors Financial Accounting Standards Board Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk Request for Comments, Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, Unrealized Gains and Losses in Notice 2023-7 (December 22, 2022); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; hearing in House Financial Services Committee; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU requirements for supply chain due diligence and disclosure; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; SECs new interpretation of recordkeeping requirements for investment advisers PCAOB amendments to quality control standards; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission including digital asset issuer registration and reporting

H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4737/S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (117th Congress) Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the SBA Nomination of Kathy Beckett for the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Various issues relating to defense industrial base; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice

Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Increasing Investor Opportunities Act Draft legislation titled Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act Draft legislation titled Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act Draft legislation titled The Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act Draft legislation titled The Accredited Investor Definition Review Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Draft legislation titled Investment Opportunity Expansion Act Potential legislation titled Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act Potential legislation titled Encouraging Public Offerings Act Potential legislation to streamline and clarify the EGC public filing condition and to update the confidential review process for draft registration statements Potential legislation to update the IPO on-ramp to include spin-off transactions Potential legislation to clarify EGC financial statement regulators obligations Potential legislation to permit the auditor of a private company transitioning to public company status to comply with SEC and PCAOB independence rules for the most recent year and AICPA or home-country independence rules for prior periods Potential legislation to expand the protection for research reports to cover all securities of all issuers Potential legislation to permit an issuer include the value of all shares of the issuer when determining the significance of an acquisition or disposition Potential legislation to increase public float thresholds in the smaller reporting company and accelerated filer definitions Potential legislation to require SEC rulemaking on e-delivery as the default delivery method Potential legislation to exclude qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) and institutional accredited investors from the record holder count for mandatory Exchange Act registration Potential legislation to expand well-known seasoned issuer (WKSI) eligibility Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process Potential legislation to study the term small entity Potential legislation regarding a new regulatory framework for stablecoins Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to make e-delivery of investment disclosures the default Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act (117th Congress) Proposed Rule, SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478 -57,524 October 15, 2021) Proposed Rule, SEC on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, November 2, 2022) SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Resolution-Related Resource Requirements for Large Banking Organizations (87 Fed. Reg. 64,170-64,175, October 24, 2022) Proposed Rule, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN Identifiers for Entities (87 Fed. Reg. 77,404-77,457, December 16, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Reopening of Comment Period for Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization (87 Fed. Reg. 75,975-75,977, December 12, 2022) Request for Comment, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions (87 Fed. Reg. 75,267-75,271, December 8, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC 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) including the PCAOB activities including: A Firms System of Quality Control and Other Proposed Amendments to PCAOB Standards, Rules, and Forms (PCAOB Release No. 2022-006, November 18, 2022; PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 046); Proposed Auditing Standard; The Auditors Use of Confirmation and Other Proposed Amendments to PCAOB Standards; PCAOB Release No. 2022-009; PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 028 (December 20, 2022); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and 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; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Enhancement and standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors Financial Accounting Standards Board Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk Request for Comments, Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, Unrealized Gains and Losses in Notice 2023-7 (December 22, 2022); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; hearing in House Financial Services Committee; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU requirements for supply chain due diligence and disclosure; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; SECs new interpretation of recordkeeping requirements for investment advisers PCAOB amendments to quality control standards; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission including digital asset issuer registration and reporting

H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4737/S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (117th Congress) Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the SBA Nomination of Kathy Beckett for the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Various issues relating to defense industrial base; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice

Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislative monitoring and outreach related to administrative and legislative action on policies affecting for-profit education. Legislative outreach and monitoring the implementation of H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (117-2). H.R. 1410, Support Our Schools Act. Legislative and Administrative monitoring and outreach regarding budget reconciliation negotiations.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES