Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013

H.R.797, Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013; H.R.1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act; S.710, Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013; H.R.1627, Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013; issues related to financial services reform.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1261 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Provisions related to caps & limitations on overdraft charges S 710 - Bill to provide commercial banks & S&Ls an exemption from Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring the regulation of municipal advisors - provisions to exempt certain bank employees from being considered municipal advisors for purposes of Dodd-Frank.HR 1750 - Regulatory Relief Act - Provisions related to exemptions from the qualified mortgage requirements and privacy notice requirements. HR 3317 - Holding Individuals Accountable & Deterring Money Laundering Act - Provisions to strengthen the Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing. HR 3770 - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act - Provisions addressing issues with the affordability of the National Flood Insurance program and mapping issues. S 1720 - Patent reform legislation that addresses nuisance litigation of patent trolls - Provisions addressing patent reform. S 1926 - Combining National Flood Insurance Programs reforms with NARAB II - Provisions regarding escrow requirements under flood insurance program. HR 4466 - Financial Regulatory Clarity Act - Provisions regarding regulatory processes to determine duplicative rules and regulations S 635 - Privacy Notice Bill - Eliminating the need to send GLBA privacy notices if a financial institution has not changed its privacy policy in the last year.

Client expense: $141,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 707; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710

Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors)S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong fair debt collection rule reforms, regulate arbitration, and take other steps to protect consumers. (2) Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) (3) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB. Oppose all bills to weaken CFPB including HR 3193, the Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act; HR 450, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; H.R. 3389, the CFPB Slush Fund Elimination Act; H.R. 4604, the CFPB Data Collection Security Act; H.R. 4262, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act; H.R. 4539, the Bureau Research Transparency Act; H.R. 3770, the CFPB-IG Act of 2013; H.R. 4383, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act; H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act; H.R. 4662, the Bureau Advisory Opinion Act; H.R. 4811, the Bureau Guidance Transparency Act; HR .S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders, including Sections 501-504 of HR 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. (4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and the sweeping so-called Jobs Act (HR 4) and any similar bills, including bills to impose OMB cost-benefit rules on independent agencies including the CFPB and others. (7) Support full funding and authority for all other financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878,). (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms, such as the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, S 1282. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers (12) Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools and to protect students from unfair debit and prepaid card loan disbursement and other on-campus practices. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair private student loan practices. (14) Support Congressional and agency efforts to protect consumers from new and under-regulated uses of consumer data. Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of consumer social networking and other information. Regulate tracking of consumers. Similarly, urge that amendments to Electronic Communications Privacy Act reflect need for consumer/citizen privacy. (15) Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). (16) Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. (17) Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). (18) Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students. (19) Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. (20) Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. (21) Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. (22) Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (23) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). (24) Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.(25) Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). (26) Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule. (27) Urge Department of Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents to close loopholes, ban forced arbitration and for other purposes (28) Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. (29) Oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. (30) Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers. (31) Support the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act for college student loan comparisons. (32) Urge bank regulators take further strong action to protect consumers and the payment system by stopping depository institutions and payment processors from facilitating electronic payments for illegal transactions, including illegal payday loans. (33) Urge CFPB to propose and enact strong, comprehensive rule regulating online and storefront payday and similar small-dollar loans. (34) Support legislation such as S.1654 the- Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act and urge CFPB, DOJ, FTC, SEC and other agencies to include language in lawsuit settlements to prevent corporate wrongdoers from taking tax writeoffs on any penalties or restitution paid to Treasury or consumer-victims. Urge that these settlements be made public. (35) Urge U.S. Treasury Departments Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to make strongest possible policy proposals to protect insurance consumers from anti-competitive pricing and marketing and other practices endemic to the property and casualty insurance industry. (36) Urge the President to nominate pro-consumer appointees to agency boards, commissions and directorships. (37) Oppose the Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013, HR 2892. (38) Urge Department of Labor and SEC to rapidly enact fiduciary rules to protect investors. (39) Urge administration to nominate and Senate to confirm strong pro-consumer governors to Federal Reserve Board, (40) Oppose legislative and other efforts to weaken agency authority to regulate payment processors and financial firms that may aid and abet consumer fraud (so-called Operation Choke Point), (41) Support efforts such as S 2868 to extend stautue of limitations for SEC actions against investor fraud.

Client expense: $5,752 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

See addendum.S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 872, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act) S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits) H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions)H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2672, the CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 3584, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, and for other purposes. H.R. 3329, to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year. Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft H.R. 496, Recognizing the importance of savings to financial security. S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014 S. 2114, Bond Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 4252, Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014 H.R. 4569, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014 H.R. 4466, Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 S. 2698, Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014

Client expense: $2,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R.797, Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013; H.R.1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act; S.710, Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013; H.R.1627, Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013; issues related to financial services reform.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 797; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062; Retail Investor Protection Act, HR 2374; Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710; Investment Advisory Improvement Act of 2013, HR 1627; Fostering Innovation Act, H.R. 2629

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $1,130,000

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 707; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710

Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

HR 1261 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Provisions related to caps & limitations on overdraft charges. S 710 - A bill to provide commercial banks & S&Ls an exemption from Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring the regulation of municipal advisors - Provisions to exempt certain bank employees from being considered municipal advisors.HR 1750 - Regulatory Relief Act - Provisions related to exemptions from the qualified mortgage requirements & privacy notice requirements. HR 3317 - Holding Individuals Accountable & Deterring Money Laundering Act - Provisions that would strengthen the Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering & terrorism financing. HR 3770 - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act - Provisions addressing issues with the affordability of the National Flood Insurance program and mapping issues. S 1720 - Patent reform legislation - Provisions addressing patent reform. S 1926 - A bill combining the National Flood Insurance Program reforms with NARAB II - Provisions regarding escrow requirements under flood insurance program. HR 4466 - Financial Regulatory Clarity Act - Provisions regarding regulatory processes to determine duplicative rules and regulations. S 635 - Privacy Notice Bill - eliminating the need to send GLBA privacy notices if a financial institution has not changed its privacy policy in the last year.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 797; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062; Retail Investor Protection Act, HR 2374; Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710; Investment Advisory Improvement Act of 2013, HR 1627; Fostering Innovation Act, H.R. 2629

Client expense: $1,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong fair debt collection rule reforms, regulate arbitration, and take other steps to protect consumers. (2) Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) (3) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB. Oppose all bills to weaken CFPB including HR 3193, the Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act; HR 450, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; H.R. 3389, the CFPB Slush Fund Elimination Act; H.R. 4604, the CFPB Data Collection Security Act; H.R. 4262, the Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act; H.R. 4539, the Bureau Research Transparency Act; H.R. 3770, the CFPB-IG Act of 2013; H.R. 4383, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act; H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act; H.R. 4662, the Bureau Advisory Opinion Act; H.R. 4811, the Bureau Guidance Transparency Act; HR .S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders, including Sections 501-504 of HR 5016, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. (4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and any similar bills, including bills to impose OMB cost-benefit rules on independent agencies including the CFPB and others. (7) Support full funding and authority for all other financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act ( Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878, ). (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms, such as the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, S 1282. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers (12) Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools and to protect students from unfair debit and prepaid card loan disbursement and other on-campus practices. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair private student loan practices. (14) Support Congressional and agency efforts to protect consumers from new and under-regulated uses of consumer data. Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of consumer social networking and other information. Regulate tracking of consumers. Similarly, urge that amendments to Electronic Communications Privacy Act reflect need for consumer/citizen privacy. (15) Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). (16) Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. (17) Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). (18) Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students. (19) Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. (20) Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. (21) Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. (22) Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (22) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). (23) Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.(24) Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). (25) Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule. (26) Urge Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents (27) Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. (28) Oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. (29) Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers. (30) Support the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act for college student loan comparisons. (31) Urge bank regulators take further strong action to protect consumers and the payment system by stopping depository institutions and payment processors from facilitating electronic payments for illegal transactions, including illegal payday loans. (32) Urge CFPB to propose and enact strong, comprehensive rule regulating online and storefront payday and similar small-dollar loans. (33) Support legislation such as S.1654 the- Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act and urge CFPB, DOJ, FTC, SEC and other agencies to include language in lawsuit settlements to prevent corporate wrongdoers from taking tax writeoffs on any penalties or restitution paid to Treasury or consumer-victims. Urge that these settlements be made public. (34) Urge U.S. Treasury Departments Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to make strongest possible policy proposals to protect insurance consumers from anti-competitive pricing and marketing and other practices endemic to the property and casualty insurance industry. (35) Urge the President to nominate pro-consumer appointees to agency boards, commissions and directorships. (36) Oppose the Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013, HR 2892.

Client expense: $19,835 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions)S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.797, Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013; H.R.1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act; S.710, Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013; H.R.1627, Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013; issues related to financial services reform.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

See addendum.S. 474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 872, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act) S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits) H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions)H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2672, the CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 3584, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, and for other purposes H.R. 3329, to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year. Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft H.Res. 496, Recognizing the importance of savings to financial security. S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014 S. 2114, Bond Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 4252, Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014 H.R. 4569, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014 H.R. 4466, Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014

Client expense: $1,960,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 1261 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Provisions related to caps and limitations on overdraft charges. S 710 - A bill to provide commercial banks and S&Ls an exemption from Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring the regulation of municipal advisors. HR 1750 - Regulatory Relief Act - Exemptiosn from the qualified mortgage requirements & privacy notice requirements.HR 3317 - Holiding Individuals Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act - Provisions that would strengthen the Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing. HR 3770 - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act - Provisions addressing issues with the affordability of National Flood Insurance program and mapping issues. S 1720 - Patent reform legislation - provisions addressing patent reform. S 1926 - A bill combining the National Flood Insurance Program reforms with NARAB II - escrow requirements under flood insurance program. HR 4466 - Financial Regulatory Clarity Act - Provisions regarding regulatory processes to determine duplicative rules and regulations. S 635 - Privacy Notice Bill - to eliminate the need to send GLBA privacy notices if a financial institution has not changed its privacy policy in the last year.

Client expense: $175,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 707; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

(1) Urge CFPB to enact strong fair debt collection rule reforms (2) Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) (3) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB and oppose all bills to weaken including HR 3193, HR 450,.S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders. OCC, FDIC, CFTC, SEC, FTC, National Economic Council, FFIEC, NCUA, Department of Education, OMB/OIRA, Commerce, State, Defense, DOJ(4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering simlar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and any similar bills. (7) Support full funding and authority for all othe financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878, ). (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers (12) Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair private student loan practices. (14) Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of of consumer social networking and other information and regulate tracking of consumers. (15) Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). (16) Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. (17) Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). (18) Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students. (19) Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. (20) Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. (21) Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. (22) Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (22) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). (23) Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.(24) Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). (25) Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule. (26) Urge Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents (27) Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. (28) Oppose oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. (29) Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers. (30) Support the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act for college student loan comparisons. (31) Urge bank regulators take further strong action to protect consumers and the payment system by stopping depository institutions and payment processors from facilitating electronic payments for illegal transactions, including illegal payday loans. (32) Urge CFPB to propose and enact strong, comprehensive rule regulating online and storefront payday and similar small-dollar loans. (33) Support legislation such as S.1654 the- Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act and urge CFPB, DOJ, FTC, SEC and other agencies to include language in lawsuit settlements to prevent corporate wrongdoers from taking tax writeoffs on any penalties or restitution paid to Treasury or consumer-victims. Urge that these settlements be made public.

Client expense: $23,261 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction Threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 2767 The Protecting American Taxpayers Homeowners Act HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act HR 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 HR 3696 The National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act HR 3819 Fairness for Community Job Creators Act HR 4167 Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act S 710 Municipal Adviser Relief Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 996 Flood Insurance S 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1907 Fairness for Community Job Creators Act S 1916 HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 S 1927 Data Secuity Act of 2014 Bank Examinations Call Report Changes Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Tax Exemption Cybersecurity Data Security and Breaches DeNovo Bank Applications Federal Reserve Vacancy FHA Loan Programs Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act GAO Study of Too Big To Fail GSE Conforming Loan Limits Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises Mortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Loan Origination Standards Mortgage Servicing Standards National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Nomination of Janet Yellen as Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Patent Litigation Reform Postal Reform-provision of banking services Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced LoansRegulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Systemic Risk Regulation Volcker Rule Treatment of CDO and CLO Investments

Client expense: $990,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office

See AddendumS.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 872, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act) S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits) H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction ActH.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2672, the CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 3584, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, and for other purposes H.R. 3329, to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes. Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year. Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft H.Res. 496: Recognizing the importance of savings to financial security. H.R. 4252: Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014 S. 1927: Data Security Act of 2014 S. 2114: Bond Transparency Act of 2014

Client expense: $1,730,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors)S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 798 - Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1750 - CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 1349 - CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate)S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act (redundant privacy notices) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1553 Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge ) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 727 Financial Institution Fairness Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge ) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 872 Holding Company Registration Act (thrift holding companies and SEC registration and deregistration thresholds) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 797 Municipal Advisory Oversight improvement Act (exempts traditional banking activities from registration requirements) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 710 Municipal Advisor Relief Act of 2013 (exempts traditional banking activities from registration requirements) (all sections) (House and Senate) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (House and Senate) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (credit union capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) Consumer Data Security (data breaches), banking standards for confidential personal information, allocating financial responsibility for fraud losses and reissuance costs, single national standard for consumer notifications (House and Senate) Definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (House and Senate) Comment letter Federal Housing Finance Agency - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loan Purchase Limits: Request for Public Input on Implementation Issues No. 2013-N-18 (FHFA conforming loan limits for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)) (House and Senate, FHFA) Expansion of the Farm Credit Administrations Farm Credit System (House and Senate) CoBank participation in a loan to Verizon Communications. (House and Senate) Municipal Bond tax exemption, Bank Qualified (BQ) small issuer exemption threshold/index for inflation (House and Senate) Principals of housing finance reform including: equal and direct access on a loan by loan basis, financial strength and reliability and liquidity, loan pricing on equal terms, no appropriation of customer information, originators option to retain servicing, limited purpose and activity, private capital to protect taxpayers, FHLBs as an access point for community banks, consolidation of the housing finance system (House and Senate) H.R. 2642 - Agricultural Act of 2014 (five year farm bill, expanded crop insurance and revenue- and price-triggered supports) (Senate)Community bank experience on the Federal Reserve Board (Senate) Fair Lending disparate impact (House) Comment Letter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Debt Collection (Regulation F), Docket No. CFPB-2013-0033-0001, RIN 3170-AA41 (new debt collection rules) (CFPB) Comment Letter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies (Dodd-Frank diversity regulations) (CFPB, Fed Reserve Board, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, SEC)

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

Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

S. 798 - Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1750 - CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 1349 - CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate)S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act (redundant privacy notices) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 1553 Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge ) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 727 Financial Institution Fairness Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge ) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 872 Holding Company Registration Act (thrift holding companies and SEC registration and deregistration thresholds) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 797 Municipal Advisory Oversight improvement Act (exempts traditional banking activities from registration requirements) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 710 Municipal Advisor Relief Act of 2013 (exempts traditional banking activities from registration requirements) (all sections) (House and Senate) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (House and Senate) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate) S. 968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (credit union capital) (all sections) (House and Senate) Consumer Data Security (data breaches), banking standards for confidential personal information, allocating financial responsibility for fraud losses and reissuance costs, single national standard for consumer notifications (House and Senate) Definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (House and Senate) Comment letter Federal Housing Finance Agency - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loan Purchase Limits: Request for Public Input on Implementation Issues No. 2013-N-18 (FHFA conforming loan limits for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)) (House and Senate, FHFA) Expansion of the Farm Credit Administrations Farm Credit System (House and Senate) CoBank participation in a loan to Verizon Communications. (House and Senate) Municipal Bond tax exemption, Bank Qualified (BQ) small issuer exemption threshold/index for inflation (House and Senate) Principals of housing finance reform including: equal and direct access on a loan by loan basis, financial strength and reliability and liquidity, loan pricing on equal terms, no appropriation of customer information, originators option to retain servicing, limited purpose and activity, private capital to protect taxpayers, FHLBs as an access point for community banks, consolidation of the housing finance system (House and Senate) H.R. 2642 - Agricultural Act of 2014 (five year farm bill, expanded crop insurance and revenue- and price-triggered supports) (Senate)Community bank experience on the Federal Reserve Board (Senate) Fair Lending disparate impact (House) Comment Letter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Debt Collection (Regulation F), Docket No. CFPB-2013-0033-0001, RIN 3170-AA41 (new debt collection rules) (CFPB) Comment Letter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies (Dodd-Frank diversity regulations) (CFPB, Fed Reserve Board, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, SEC)

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

Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction Threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 2767 The Protecting American Taxpayers Homeowners Act HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act HR 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 HR 3696 The National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act HR 4167 Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act S 710 Municipal Adviser Relief Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 996 Flood Insurance S 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1907 Fairness for Community Job Creators Act S 1916 HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 S 1927 Data Secuity Act of 2014 Bank Examinations Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Tax Exemption Cybersecurity Data Security and Breaches DeNovo Bank Applications FHA Loan Programs Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act GAO Study of Too Big To Fail GSE Conforming Loan Limits Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises Mortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Loan Origination Standards Mortgage Servicing Standards National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Nomination of Janet Yellen as Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Patent Litigation Reform Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced Loans Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Volcker Rule Treatment of CDO and CLO Investments

Client expense: $990,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office

H.R.797, Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013; H.R.1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act; S.710, Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013; H.R.1627, Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013; issues related to financial services reform.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1261 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Provisions related to caps & limitations on overdraft charges S 710 - exemption from Dodd-Frank Act provisions - provisions to exempt certain bank employees from being considered municipal advisors for purposes of Dodd-Frank Act regulation. HR 1750 - Regulatory Relief Act - Provisions related to exemptions from qualified mortgage requirements and privacy noticerequirements. HR 3317 - Holding Individuals Accountable & Deterring Money Laundering Act - Provisions that would strengthen the Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing. HR 3770 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act - Provisions addressing issues with the affordability of National Flood Insurance program and mapping issues. S 1720 - Patent reform legislation - Provisions addressing patent reform S1926 - Combining National Flood Insurance Program reforms with NARAB II - provisions regarding escrow requirements under flood insurance program S 635 - Privacy Notice Bill - eliminate the need to send GLBA privacy notices if a financial institution has not changed its privacy policy in the last year.

Client expense: $346,600 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 797; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062; Retail Investor Protection Act, HR 2374; Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S 710; Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013, HR 1627

Client expense: $1,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 707; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

1) Support confirmation of Richard Cordray as CFPB director. (2) Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) (3) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB and oppose all bills to weaken including HR 450,.S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders. 4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering simlar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and any similar bills. (7) Support full funding and authority for all othe financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act ( Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878, ). (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers (12) Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair provate student loan practices. (14) Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of of consumer social networking and other information and regulate tracking of consumers. (15) Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). (16) Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. (17) Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). (18) Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students;(19) Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. (20) Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. (21) Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. (22) Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (22) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). (23) Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.(24) Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). (25) Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule. (26) Urge Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents (27) Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. (28) Oppose oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. (29) Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers. (30) Support the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act for college student loan comparisons. (31) Urge bank regulators take further strong action to protect consumers and the payment system by stopping depository institutions and payment processors from facilitating electronic payments for illegal transactions, including illegal payday loans.

Client expense: $16,339 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

1) Support confirmation of Richard Cordray as CFPB director. (2) Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) (3) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB and oppose all bills to weaken including HR 450,.S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders.4) Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal charters for payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering simlar predatory payday advance products. (5) Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. (6) Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). (6) Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and any similar bills. (7) Support full funding and authority for all othe financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. (8) Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. (9) Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (10) Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act ( Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878, ). (11) Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers (12) Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair provate student loan practices. (14) Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of of consumer social networking and other information and regulate tracking of consumers. (15) Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). (16) Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. (17) Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). (18) Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students;(19) Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. (20) Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. (21) Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. (22) Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (22) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). (23) Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.(24) Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). (25) Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule. (26) Urge Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents (27) Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. (28) Oppose oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. (29) Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers. (30) Support the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act for college student loan comparisons. (31) Urge bank regulators take further strong action to protect consumers and the payment system by stopping depository institutions and payment processors from facilitating electronic payments for illegal transactions, including illegal payday loans.

Client expense: $16,339 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Implementation of S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, Safe Roads Title. Implementation of S.710, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act. Implementation of the pilot records' database.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions); S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions); S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors);S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions); S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions); S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions); S. 872, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act); S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits); H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions); H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps); H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions); H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action; H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act; H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions); H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013; H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions); H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions); H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations; H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation); H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act; H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions); H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions); H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; H.R. 2672, the CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act; H.R. 3584, to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, and for other purposes; H.R. 3329, to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes; Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation; Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions); Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year; Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft.

Client expense: $2,140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Reform of the financial system, downsizing too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms, reduce the probability and severity of future financial crisis, too-big-to-manage, too-big-to-regulate, too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-prosecute, and too-big-to-jail (Federal Reserve) Community bank regulatory relief contained in the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA's) Plan for Prosperity (Federal Reserve)Tiered regulation and supervision for community banks, recognition of the different business model and risks posed by community banks versus too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms, one size fits all legislation and regulation (Federal Reserve) Application of Basel III to community banks, exemption from the capital and risk-weight requirements of Basel III (Federal Reserve) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (Federal Reserve) Expansion of the Farm Credit System, Rural Community Investments proposal, wholesale funding for community banks, correspondent services, and direct retail competition with community banks (Federal Reserve) Mortgage lending reforms imprudent lending practices, impacting responsible lenders and loan products, meeting the diverse needs of community bank customers and their communities, exemption of community bank mortgage loans held in portfolio, restrictions on balloon mortgages and escrow requirements, broad definition of Qualified Mortgage (QM), limited credit availability (Federal Reserve) Housing Finance GSE secondary market reform community bank access to an impartial secondary market for residential loans, financial stable and reliable, private capitalization, cooperative entities with limited mission (Federal Reserve) Aggressive bank regulatory examinations regulator, senior management, and examiner attitudes and practices, treatment of Commercial Real Estate, excessive write-downs, arbitrary capital requirements, public enforcement actions, reform the appellate process, and community bank closures (Federal Reserve) Tax, accounting and auditing changes pass-through option, including subchapter S corporations, taxation of capital gains and dividends, interest on municipal bonds, S corporation ability to issue preferred stock, shareholder limits, and allowing new IRA shareholders, amortizing CRE losses over 10 years, elimination of the 1.25% Allowance for Loan and Lease losses disallowance for regulatory capital purposes (Federal Reserve) Continuing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - Rein in Significantly Important Financial institution (SIFI) with focused regulation including resolution plans, higher capital requirements, capital surcharges, liquidity requirements, the Volker Rule, level playing field between community banks and SIFIs, shielding community banks from the Dodd-Frank required increase in the deposit insurance fund reserve ratio from 1.15% to 1.35%, focus CFPB on large banks and shadow financial companies, governance (single Director versus five member commission), FSOC veto of CFPB rules, CFPB exemption authority regarding community banks (Federal Reserve) Maintain the Federal Home Loan Bank System and preserve their special functions and purposes (Federal Reserve) Permanent closing of the ILC loophole (Federal Reserve) Fairly compensate Fannie and Freddie preferred shareholders by restoring the share value and dividends (Federal Reserve) Excessive Federal Reserve intervention in monetary policy (Federal Reserve) S. 798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC)S. 968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (credit union capital) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Expansion of the Farm Credit System, Rural Community Investments proposal, wholesale funding for community banks, correspondent services, direct retail competition with community banks (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) CoBank participation in a loan to Verizon Communications. (House and Senate) S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act (exemption regarding privacy notices) (all Sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 710 Municipal Advisor Relief Act of 2013 (exemption for the identity of municipal advisor) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 727 Financial Institution Fairness Reform Act (create ombudsman within FFIEC to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 1750 CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 1349 CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Principals of housing finance reform including: equal and direct access on a loan by loan basis, financial strength and reliability and liquidity, no appropriation of customer information, originators option to retain servicing, limited purpose and activity, private capital to protect taxpayers, restoration of Fannie and Freddie preferred share value (FHFA) FHFA conforming loan limits for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (House and FHFA) H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notification Confusion Act (annual privacy notices) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 1553 Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) Incurred Loss versus Expected Loss method of determining the sufficiency of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (FASB) H.R. 3309 Innovation Act (patent trolls) (all sections) (House) Implementation date for the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (CFPB) Definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (House and Senate, CFPB) Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS) treatment in the Volcker Rule (House and Senate)

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

Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Reform of the financial system, downsizing too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms, reduce the probability and severity of future financial crisis, too-big-to-manage, too-big-to-regulate, too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-prosecute, and too-big-to-jail (Federal Reserve) Community bank regulatory relief contained in the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA's) Plan for Prosperity (Federal Reserve)Tiered regulation and supervision for community banks, recognition of the different business model and risks posed by community banks versus too-big-to-fail banks and financial firms, one size fits all legislation and regulation (Federal Reserve) Application of Basel III to community banks, exemption from the capital and risk-weight requirements of Basel III (Federal Reserve) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (Federal Reserve) Expansion of the Farm Credit System, Rural Community Investments proposal, wholesale funding for community banks, correspondent services, and direct retail competition with community banks (Federal Reserve) Mortgage lending reforms imprudent lending practices, impacting responsible lenders and loan products, meeting the diverse needs of community bank customers and their communities, exemption of community bank mortgage loans held in portfolio, restrictions on balloon mortgages and escrow requirements, broad definition of Qualified Mortgage (QM), limited credit availability (Federal Reserve) Housing Finance GSE secondary market reform community bank access to an impartial secondary market for residential loans, financial stable and reliable, private capitalization, cooperative entities with limited mission (Federal Reserve) Aggressive bank regulatory examinations regulator, senior management, and examiner attitudes and practices, treatment of Commercial Real Estate, excessive write-downs, arbitrary capital requirements, public enforcement actions, reform the appellate process, and community bank closures (Federal Reserve) Tax, accounting and auditing changes pass-through option, including subchapter S corporations, taxation of capital gains and dividends, interest on municipal bonds, S corporation ability to issue preferred stock, shareholder limits, and allowing new IRA shareholders, amortizing CRE losses over 10 years, elimination of the 1.25% Allowance for Loan and Lease losses disallowance for regulatory capital purposes (Federal Reserve) Continuing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - Rein in Significantly Important Financial institution (SIFI) with focused regulation including resolution plans, higher capital requirements, capital surcharges, liquidity requirements, the Volker Rule, level playing field between community banks and SIFIs, shielding community banks from the Dodd-Frank required increase in the deposit insurance fund reserve ratio from 1.15% to 1.35%, focus CFPB on large banks and shadow financial companies, governance (single Director versus five member commission), FSOC veto of CFPB rules, CFPB exemption authority regarding community banks (Federal Reserve) Maintain the Federal Home Loan Bank System and preserve their special functions and purposes (Federal Reserve) Permanent closing of the ILC loophole (Federal Reserve) Fairly compensate Fannie and Freddie preferred shareholders by restoring the share value and dividends (Federal Reserve) Excessive Federal Reserve intervention in monetary policy (Federal Reserve) S. 798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayers Fairness Act of 2013 (capital requirements, Basel III, and community bank regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Credit unions tax exemption and expansion of powers, level the playing field between community banks and credit unions (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC)S. 968 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (credit union member business lending cap) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 719 Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (credit union capital) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Expansion of the Farm Credit System, Rural Community Investments proposal, wholesale funding for community banks, correspondent services, direct retail competition with community banks (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) CoBank participation in a loan to Verizon Communications. (House and Senate) S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act (exemption regarding privacy notices) (all Sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 710 Municipal Advisor Relief Act of 2013 (exemption for the identity of municipal advisor) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 727 Financial Institution Fairness Reform Act (create ombudsman within FFIEC to appeal examination findings, right to appeal before independent administrative law judge) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 1750 CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) S. 1349 CLEAR Act (community lending enhancement and regulatory relief) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Principals of housing finance reform including: equal and direct access on a loan by loan basis, financial strength and reliability and liquidity, no appropriation of customer information, originators option to retain servicing, limited purpose and activity, private capital to protect taxpayers, restoration of Fannie and Freddie preferred share value (FHFA) FHFA conforming loan limits for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (House and FHFA) H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notification Confusion Act (annual privacy notices) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) H.R. 1553 Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act (amends FFIEC Act, examination standards/deadlines, FFIEC Office of Examination Ombudsman) (all sections) (House and Senate, CFPB, OCC) Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) Incurred Loss versus Expected Loss method of determining the sufficiency of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (FASB) H.R. 3309 Innovation Act (patent trolls) (all sections) (House) Implementation date for the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (CFPB) Definitions of rural and underserved areas in the Ability to Repay Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules (House and Senate, CFPB) Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS) treatment in the Volcker Rule (House and Senate)

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

Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 707; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S. 710

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

Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Regulation of Municipal Advisors, H.R. 797; SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062; Retail Investor Protection Act, HR 2374; Municipal Advisory Relief Act of 2013, S 710; Investment Advisory Examination Improvement Act of 2013, HR 1627

Client expense: $980,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction Threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1553 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2295 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act HR 2323 The Right to Lend Act HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 2767 The Protecting American Taxpayers Homeowners Act HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act HR 3329 To Enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities HR 3700 Building Community Banks' Capacity to Combat Money Laundering Act S 205 Responsible Financial Consumer Protection Regulations Act S 450 The Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act S 710 Municipal Adviser Relief Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 798 The Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act S 872 Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act S 996 Flood Insurance S 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1353 The Cybersecurity Act of 2013 Bank Examinations Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Tax Exemption DeNovo Bank Applications FHA Loan Programs Financial Regulatory Reform Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act GAO Study of Too Big To Fail GSE Conforming Loan Limits Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Mortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Disclosures (RESPA/TILA) Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Loan Origination Standards Mortgage Servicing Standards National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Nomination of Janet Yellen as Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Overdraft ProtectionPatent Litigation Reform Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Registration of Municipal Advisors Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced Loans Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Rural Housing Appraisals Systemic Risk, Too-Big-To-Fail Regulation and Resolution Authority Volcker Rule Treatment of CDO and CLO Investments

Client expense: $1,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions)S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1261 - Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Provisions related to caps and limitations on overdraft charges. S 710 - Provisions to exempt certain bank employees from being considered municipal advisors for purposes of Dodd-Frank Act regulation. HR 3317 - Holding Individuals Accountable & Deterring Money Laundering Act - provisions that would strengthen the Federalstatutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing. HR 1750 - Regualtory Relief Act - Provisions related to exemptions from the qualified mortgage requirements and privacy notice requirements. S 635 - Privacy Notice Bill - eliminate the need to send GLBA privacy notices if policy has not changed in the last year.

Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Nomination of Richard Cordray (CFPB) H.R. 880/S. 410, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act HR 1077/S. 949, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act HR 1062, SEC Accountability ActHR 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act HR 1135, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act HR 1256, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act HR 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act HR 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 HR 677, Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act HR 992/S. 474, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act HR 1003, To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders. HR 1341, Financial Competitive Act of 2013 SEC/CFTC Funding Nomination of Rep. Mel Watt as Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency Protect American Investments Act of 2013 (Act) S. 710 Warren-McCain-Cantwell-King Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 S.1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013

Client expense: $242,023 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Implementation of S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, Safe Roads Title. Implementation of S.710, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act. Implementation of the pilot records' database.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support confirmation of Richard Cordray as CFPB director. Support bank overdraft fee reform (HR 1261) Support independent funding, authority and structure of CFPB and oppose all bills to weaken including HR 450,.S 18., S. 205, S 190, S. 238, S. 450 and any similar bills or budgetary line items or appropriations riders. Support legislation to rein in payday lending and similar predatory loan practices, including HR 990 and S 172. Oppose any bills to provide special status or create non-bank federal chartersfor payday or similar lenders, such as H.R. 1566, the so-called Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act. . Urge CFPB, and other regulators to prevent banks from offering similar predatory payday advance products. Support legislation to hold credit bureaus accountable including proposals to provide free credit scores, such as S 471/HR 1002. Work to protect consumer privacy notices from full repeal (HR 749, S 635). Oppose efforts to add layers of unnecessary cost-benefit analysis or other so-called accountability constraints onto any federal financial agency or independent agency, including REINS ACT (S 15) and any similar bills. Support full funding and authority for all othe financial regulators, including CFTC and SEC. Urge CFPB and other regulators to enact strongest possible rules to protect homeowners and consumers from financial, foreclosure, mortgage servicing and other weakenings. Oppose efforts in Congress to weaken any other consumer laws (Support efforts to eliminate forced arbitration in consumer contracts, such as support for Arbitration Fairness Act (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (or AFA), S. 878, ). Support efforts to make large, interconnected financial institutions more accountable to taxpayers, depositors and investors, including support for Volcker rule, other too-big-to-fail and capital reforms. Oppose efforts to weaken that authority, including HR 797, which would weaken protections for municipal borrowers. Urge CFPB/DeptofEd and administration to support strong gainful employment rules for for-profit schools. (13) Support CFPB/DOE efforts to protect students from unfair provate student loan practices. Urge financial agencies and FTC to protect consumer privacy and to regulate Internet credit scoring models, data brokers and other practices involving the sale or mining of of consumer social networking and other information and regulate tracking of consumers. Support efforts to establish anti-speculation Financial Transactions Tax (HR 880, S 410). Oppose efforts to weaken investor protections, including under guise of implementing JOBS Act of 2012. Support efforts to eliminate Deceptive Loan Checks (S 187); Urge that any cybersecurity legislation includes privacy protections in Title VII of S. 3414 (2012). Urge CFPB to use authority to ensure private education lenders obtain school certification prior to disbursing private education loans and urge CFPB/DeptofEd to protect students;Urge opposition to H.R. 1256, the so-called Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act and similar proposals to weaken CFTC authority. Generally urge CFPB to implement strongest possible consumer protections, including to protect consumers from unfair pre-dispute arbitration agreements, from credit bureau mistakes, from fee-harvester credit cards, unfair debt collector practices, as well as strongest mortgage and foreclosure rules, etc. Urge FTC to enact and enforce strong consumer rules on issues ranging from privacy to used car rules to debt collection and debt settlement firms. Protect and enhance Durbin amendment limiting so-called merchant swipe or interchange fees on debit cards. (22) Support Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, HR 3137 (Schakowsky) and S 1534 (Harkin). Oppose HR 2538 to allow full file credit reporting without adequate safeguards.Support HR 2998, Investor Choice Act to eliminate mandatory arbitration in investor disputes (Ellison). Urge FTC to strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule.Urge Defense to strengthen Military Lending Act regarding Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents Oppose S. 710, the so-called Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013. Oppose oppose H.R. 2655, the so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. Support efforts by CFPB and prudential regulators to end discriminatory lending practices in the auto finance market that harm minority car buyers.

Client expense: $81,228 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of

See AddendumS.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 87, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits) H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions) H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 1256, would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act to cross-border transactionsH.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year

Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions)S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R.797, the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 1256, to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act to cross-border transactions H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 3036, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2013 (all provisions) Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act HR 688 Credit Union Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013 HR 719 Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act HR 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion ActHR 756 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act HR 797 Municipal Adviser Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 HR 801 The Holding Company Restriction threshold Equalization Act HR 892 The S Corporation Modernization Act HR 967 Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act HR 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act HR 1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act HR 1553 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act HR 1603 The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act HR 1750 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act HR 2199 Flood Insurance HR 2295 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act HR 2323 The Right to Lend Act HR 2402 The Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act HR 2446 The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act HR 2542 The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 HR 2672 The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act HR 2673 The Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act of 2013 HR 2767 The Protecting American Taxpayers Homeowners Act HR 3193 The Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act S 205 Responsible Financial Consumer Protection Regulations Act S 450 The Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act S 635 Privacy Notice Relief Act S 710 Municipal Adviser Relief Act S 727 The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act S 731 Basel III Commonsense Approach For Small Entities Act S 798 The Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act S 872 Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act S 968 Credit Union Small Business Lending Act S 996 Flood Insurance S 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection S 1349 The Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act S 1353 The Cybersecurity Act of 2013 S 1534 Freedom and Mobility In Consumer Banking Act Bank Examinations Capital Requirements/Regulations/Basel III Rules CFPB Reforms Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Tax Exemption Fair Housing Act "Disparate Impact" FHA Loan Programs Financial Regulatory Reform Flood Insurance Reform Implementation of Bigger-Waters Act GAO Study of Too Big To Fail Housing Finance Reform Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises Implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Mortgage Escrow Requirements Mortgage Lending Disclosures (RESPA/TILA) Mortgage Lending Reform Mortgage Loan Origination Standards Mortgage Servicing StandardsNational Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Overdraft Protection Patent Reform Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Qualified Residential Mortgages/Risk Retention Registration of Municipal Advisors Regulation Z Establishment of Escrow - Higher Priced Loans Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Rural Housing Appraisals SEC Shareholder Registration Threshold for Community Banks Systemic Risk, Too-Big-To-Fail Regulation and Resolution Authority

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of