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2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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. Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft S. 2976: Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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. Clarity in Regulations Discussion Draft S. 2976: Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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 S. 2698, Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions that Enable a Vibrant Economy Act of 2014 H.R. 5758, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2014 H.R. 5786, Small Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 S. 2976, Derivatives End-Users Clarification Act
| Republican |
| NV |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Heidi Heitkamp | Democratic | ND |
| James E. Risch | Republican | ID |
| John Barrasso | Republican | WY |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| John McCain | Republican | AZ |
| John Thune | Republican | SD |
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | GA |
| Jon Tester | Democratic | MT |
| Kay R. Hagan | Democratic | NC |
| Kelly Ayotte | Republican | NH |
| Lisa Murkowski | Republican | AK |
| Mark L. Pryor | Democratic | AR |
| Mike Crapo | Republican | ID |
| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| Saxby Chambliss | Republican | GA |
| Thad Cochran | Republican | MS |
Client expense: $1,273,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $2,418,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 1450 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to Exist Act; H.R. 1553 to improve the examination of Depository Institutions; S 685 Too-Big-to-Exist Act; S 727 A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 731 and S 737 Basel III Study Bills; H.R. 508 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 202 Re-authorization Act of 2013; H.R. 613 Systemic Risk Mitigation Act; H.R. 677 Inter-affiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R. 749 Eliminate privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 992 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 1221 Basel II Capital Impact Study Act; H.R. 1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act of 2013; S 474 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013; S. 798-TBTF Act; H.R. 450 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; S. 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2410 Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; H.R. 3211, the "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013"; H.R. 3036 "To Amend and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision and for other purposes"; Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014; H.R. 4060 Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014; TRIA Re-authorized Bills, H.R. 4871 and S. 2244; "export-Import bank Re-authorization"; H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2015.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Issue: early termination rights. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities proposed rule. Issue: eligible collateral. No bill number assigned. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measurers with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII
Client expense: $1,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, IRS Regulation 67(e), Federal Home Loan Bank membership requirements. Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846); TRIA (S.2244, H.R.4871)
Client expense: $65,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to the Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to the nomination of J. Mark McWatters to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, The Bureau Guidance Transparency Act Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Preventing Regulatory Abuse Act of 2014 Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Bureau Examination Fairness Act Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.Issues related to the Department of Defense proposal regarding Credit Extending to Service Members under MLA H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending Mortgage Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes.H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes. H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions H.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisions H.R. 3770, Inspector General Act H.R. 4042, Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act, all provisions H.R. 4167, the Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 4466, the Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4521, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 4626, the SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act, all provisions H.R. 4986, End Operation Choke Point Act, all provisions H.R. 5148, Access to Affordable Mortgages Act, all provisions H.R. 5403, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act, all provisions H.R. 5461, the Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 5758, Financial Institutions Customer Protection Act of 2014 Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called "Glass-Steagall Act," all provisionsS. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisions S. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill 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. S. 1511, the Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1916, the HELP Rural Communities Act, all provisions S. 2641, the Portfolio Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 2698, the Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions Act, Title II and Title III. S. 2699, a Bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month Johnson / Crapo amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Moran / Manchin amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Toomey / Coburn amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 1221 - Basel III Capital Impact Study Act - provisions calling for quantitative impact study of Basel III rules on financial institutions. HR 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act - Accountability & transparency in rating agencies, banking & insurance regulators, capital req, investor protections, over the counter derivatives, federal insurance office, private fundinvestment advisor registration, consumer financial protections, executive compensation & mortgage lending practices. S 731 - Basel III CASE Act - Provisions related to insurers and extent of stop and study provisions.
Client expense: $141,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN - Third Quarter Report - 2014 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Issue: early termination rights. Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. Margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities proposed rule. Issue: eligible collateral. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $1,690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, DerivativesH.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards.
Client expense: $1,030,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R.1450 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; H.R. 1553 to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 685 Too-Big-to-Exist Act; S 727 A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 731 and S 737 Basel III Study Bills; H.R. 508 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 202 Re-authorization Act of 2013; H.R. 613 Systemic Risk Mitigation Act; H.R. 677 Inter-affiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R.992 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 1221 Basel II Capital Impact Study Act; H.R. 1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act; S 100 Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-to-Fail Act of 2013; S. 205 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013; S. 474 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; S 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013; S. 798-TBTF Act; H.R. 450 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; S. 1217 Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2410 Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; H.R. 3211, the "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013"; H.R. 3036, "To Amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision and for other purposes"; Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014; H.R. 4060 Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014; TRIA Re-authorized Bills, H.R. 4871 and S. 2244; "Export-Import Bank Re-authorization"; H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2015.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 749 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 635 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 5018 - Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014. This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee, to establish requirements for certain activities of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Issue: global insurance standards. H.Res.735 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. S.Res. 561 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that recently proposed measures that will reduce transparency and public participation at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) should be disapproved by United States representatives to the IAIS. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R._____, Draft legislation on the development of global insurance standards. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 5421 - Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014. To amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy. Is
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, IRS Regulation 67(e) Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846); TRIA (S.2244, H.R.4871)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to the Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to the nomination of J. Mark McWatters to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, The Bureau Guidance Transparency Act Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Preventing Regulatory Abuse Act of 2014 Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Bureau Examination Fairness Act Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point Issues related to membership eligibility in the Federal Home Loan Bank System.H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending Mortgage Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes.H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions H.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisions H.R. 4042, Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act, all provisions H.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 4466, the Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4521, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 4626, the SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions H.R. 4804, the Bureau Examination Fairness Act, all provisions H.R. 4986, End Operation Choke Point Act, all provisions H.R. 5148, Access to Affordable Mortgages Act, all provisions H.R. 5403, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act, all provisions H.R. 5461, a Bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes, Title II and Title III. Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called Glass-Steagall Act, all provisions S. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisionsS. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill 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. S. 1511, the Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1916, the HELP Rural Communities Act, all provisions S. 2641, the Portfolio Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 2698, the Regulatory Easement for Lending Institutions Act, Title II and Title III. S. 2699, a Bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month Johnson / Crapo amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Moran / Manchin amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Toomey / Coburn amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 1221 - Basel III Capital Impact Study Act - Provisions calling for quantitative impact study of Basel III rules on financial institutions. HR 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act - accountability & transparency in rating agencies, banking & insurance regulators, capital requirements, investor protections, over the counter derivatives, federal insurance office,private fund investment advisor registration, consumer financial protections, executive compensation & mortgage lending practices. S 731 - Basel III CASE Act - Provisions related to insurers & extent of stop and study provisions
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1450 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; H.R. 1553 to improve the examination of depository instituions; S 685 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; S 727 A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 731 and S 737 Basel III Study Bills; H.R. 508 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R. 613 Systemic Risk Mitigation Act; H.R. 677 Interaffiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 992 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; H.R. 1221 Basell II Capital Impact Study Act; H.R. 1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act; S 100 Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-to-Fail Act of 2013; S. 205 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations act of 2013; S. 474 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013; S. 798-TBTF Act; H.R. 450 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2410-Agriculture Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; H.R. 3211, the "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013"; H.R. 3036. "To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enchanced supervision and for other purposes"; Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordabililty Act of 2014; Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014; TRIA Re-authorization Bills, H.R. 4871 and S. 2244; "Export-Import Bank Re-authorization"; H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2015.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
See attachments.FIN Second Quarter Report - 2014 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks H.R. 4510 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 4557 Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strengthFIN - Second Quarter Report - 2014 continued: H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. H.R. 5016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VIIFIN - Second Quarter Report - 2014 continued: H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks
Client expense: $860,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Provision in H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. H.R. 4510 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 5016 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards Draft Senate bill on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 4557 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2014. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. To provide for prohibitions relating to the use of the power of eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 4881, a bill to place a 6-month moratorium on the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to make financial stability determinations. Issue: Global insurance standards. Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, DerivativesH.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards.
Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2014 · second_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on securitization Issues related to NCUAs regulatory review process Issues related to Ginnie Mae capital Issues related to the nomination of J. Mark McWatters to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, The Bureau Guidance Transparency Act Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Preventing Regulatory Abuse Act of 2014 Issues related to a discussion draft of legislation entitled, Bureau Examination Fairness Act Issues related to credit union service to marijuana businesses Issues related to financial literacy Issues related to the Department of Justices investigation entitled, Operation Choke Point H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisionsH.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, the Portfolio Lending Mortgage Access Act, all provisions H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes. H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisionsH.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisions H.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 4466, the Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4521, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, all provisions Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called Glass-Steagall Act, all provisions S. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisions S. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill 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.S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1916, the HELP Rural Communities Act, all provisions S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month Johnson / Crapo amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Moran / Manchin amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions Toomey / Coburn amendment to S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions
Client expense: $1,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Banking
Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, IRS Regulation 67(e) Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846); TRIA (S.2244, H.R.4871)
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, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036). Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 4060)
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
See attachments.FIN First Quarter Report - 2014 H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards. H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Fiduciary Duty Rulemaking S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital StandardsFIN - First Quarter Report - 2014 continued: S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. ____, Draft bill pertaining to insurance capital standards under Basel III rules. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Draft Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Client expense: $1,110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
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
H.R. 1450 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; H.R. 1553 to improve the examiniation of depository institutions; S 685 Too-Big-to Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; S 727 A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 731 and S 737-Basel III Study Bills; H.R.508 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R. 613 Systemic Risk Mitigation Act; H.R. 677 Interaffiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 992 Swaps Regulatory improvement Act; H.R. 1221 Basel II Capital Impact Study Act; H.R. 1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act; S 100 Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-to Fail Act of 2013; S. 205 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013; S. 474 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013; S. 798-TBTF Act; H.R. 450-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2410-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; H.R. 3211, the "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013:' H.R. 3036, "To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes"; Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014; Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards.H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. ____, Draft bill pertaining to insurance capital standards under Basel III rules. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel IIITracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Banking
Please see addendum.Issues related to credit union operations Issues related to credit union field of membership Issues related to credit union service organizations Issues related to vacancies on the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule on credit union service organizations Issues related to NCUAs rule on net worth and bargain purchase agreements Issues related to NCUAs low income designation regulations Issues related to NCUA examination procedures Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding loan participations Issues related to NCUAs regulation regarding its regulatory flexibility program Issues related to NCUAs proposed rule regarding emergency liquidity Issues related to material loss reports of the NCUA Office of Inspector General Issues related to the authority of the CFPB to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking Issues related to the CFPB proposal related to remittances and international wire transfers Issues related to the proposed CFPB form on RESPA/TILA Issues related to overdraft protection and check ordering practices Issues related to mortgage servicing Issues related to mortgage loan originator compensation and qualifications Issues related to high-cost mortgage loans (HOEPA) Issues related to the CFPBs proposed rule regarding qualified mortgage / ability to repay Issues related to reverse mortgages Issues related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Issues related to mark-to-market accounting Issues related to private equity standards Issues related to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Issues related to data and cyber security Issues related to mobile banking and mobile payments Issues related to the oversight of the Federal Housing Administration Issues related to USDA Rural Development Loan program Issues related to identity theft and fraud reduction Issues related to student lending Issues related to derivatives and NCUAs proposed rule related to credit union use of derivatives Issues related to the Federal Home Loan Bank System Issues related to short term lending products and advance deposit products Issues related to patent reform Issues related to Federal Credit Union bylaws Issues related to NCUAs Minority Depository Institution program Issues relating to home-based credit unions Issues related to NCUAs Appraisal Management Company proposal Issues related to NCUAs risk-based capital proposal Issues related to the Johnson-Crapo Housing Finance Reform proposal H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 688, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 719, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 736, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 801, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 839, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, all provisions H.R. 861, Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 927, Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act H.R. 1255, Home Construction Lending Regulatory Improvement Act of 2013, all provisionsH.R. 1261, Overdraft Protection Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1538, a bill to provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers and employees, all provisions H.R. 1553, Financial Institution Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions H.R. 1566, a bill to create a Federal Charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, all provisions H.R. 1603, a bill to support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, all provisions H.R. 1646, a bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster, all provisions H.R. 1694, a bill to allow the Secretary of Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, all provisions H.R. 1750, the CLEAR Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 1754, Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1779, Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1862, Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions, all provisions H.R. 2136, Small Business Credit Availability Act, all provisions H.R. 2295, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions H.R. 2379, Qualified Mortgage Loan Originator Transitional Authority Act, all provisions H.R. 2419, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide coverage under such Act for credit cards issued to small businesses, all provisions H.R. 2512, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, all provisions H.R. 2547, a bill to determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions, all provisions H.R. 2561, a bill to provide for the removal of default information form a borrowers credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans, all provisions H.R. 2571, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to notify and obtain permission from consumers before collecting nonpublic personal information about such consumers, all provisions H.R. 2572, a bill to improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and to provide regulatory relief, all provisions H.R. 2580, a bill to allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters, all provisions H.R. 2652, Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 H.R. 2672, CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act H.R. 2673, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 2767, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 H.R. 2816, To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain mortgages. H.R. 2917, Financial Security Credit Act of 2013 H.R. 2961, To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with respect to student loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 3036, a bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes. H.R. 3137, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions H.R. 3310, Annuity Safety and Security under Reasonable Enforcement Act, all provisions H.R. 3312, Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3317, Holding Individual Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act, all provisions H.R. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, all provisions. H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 3374, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions H.R. 3468, the Credit Union Share Insurance Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 3584, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank, all provisionsH.R. 4226, Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act, all provisions Kildee Amendment to H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act, related to disclosures required under the Military Lending Act S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, all provisions S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Student Act, all provisions S. 172, Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2013, all provisions S. 187, Deceptive Loan Check Elimination Act, all provisions S. 205, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013, all provisions S. 249, Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013, all provisions S. 361, Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act of 2013, all provisions S. 450, Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013, all provisions S. 451, a bill to make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions S. 563, Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, all provisions S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions S. 673, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, all provisions S. 676, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 727, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, all provisions S. 731, Basel III CASE Act, all provisions S. 733, Basel III Impact Study Act, all provisions S. 798, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, all provisions S. 872, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, all provisions S. 947, SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 968, Small Business Lending Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 985, a bill to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called Glass-Steagall Act, all provisions S. 996, a bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions S. 1002, Home Building Lending Improvement Act, all provisions S. 1048, the Mortgage Finance Act, all provisions S. 1098, a bill to reform the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to responsibly protect homeownership, all provisions S. 1176, a bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, all provisions S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, all provisions S. 1229, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, all provisions S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013 S. 1349, a bill 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. S. 1534, Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act, all provisions S. 1538, FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act, all provisions S. 1577, Mortgage Choice Act, all provisions S. 1597, the American Savings Promotion Act, all provisions S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, all provisions S. 1806, a bill to amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain institutions, all provisions S. 1867, Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. Res. 105, a resolution designating April 2013 as Financial Literacy Month
Client expense: $1,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Banking
Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846) Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · first_quarter · Banking
Federal Legislative Activity Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846) Federal Regulatory Activity OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions and Global Capital Standards.H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act. Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to deny the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board any authority to require that audits conducted for a particular issuer of securities in accordance with SOX standards be conducted by specific auditors, or that such audits be conducted for an issuer by different auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards S. 1526, The Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, to prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from requiring public companies to use a specific auditor or to change auditors on a rotating basis. Issue: Mandatory Auditor Rotation H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments.S. 2102, a bill to clarify the application of certain leverage and risk based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Capital Standards. S. ____, Draft bill pertaining to insurance capital standards under Basel III rules. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 1217- Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises. Draft Senate ADMT to S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014. Authorizes the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation to provide insurance to any covered security regardless of whether it has satisfied credit-risk sharing requirements if unusual and exigent circumstances have created an anomalous lack of mortgage credit availability. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Client expense: $1,511,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
HR 1221 - Basel III Capital Impact Study Act - provisions calling for quantitative impact study of Basel III rules on financial institutions HR 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act - implementation & studies created on accountability & transparency in rating agencies, banking & insurance regulators, capital requirements, investor protections, over the counterderivatives, federal insurance office, private fund investment advisor registration, consumer financial protections, executive compensation and mortgage lending practices. S 731 - Basel III CASE Act - Provisions related to insurers and extent of stop and study provisions.
Client expense: $346,600 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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
2013 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036).
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to derivatives, the "Volcker Rule," capital and liquidity requirements, lending products and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau including the following legislation: Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (HR 613); Basel III Capital Impact Study Act (HR 1221); Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (HR 1341); Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013 (HR 2547); Basel III CASE Act (S 731); Too Big to Fail Act (TBTF) (S 798);To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision, and for other purposes (HR 3036).
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1450 Too-Big-to-Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; H.R. 1553 to improve the examiniation of depository institutions; S 685 Too-Big-to Fail, Too-Big-to-Exist Act; S 727 A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions; S 731 and S 737-Basel III Study Bills; H.R.508 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013; H.R. 613 Systemic Risk Mitigation Act; H.R. 677 Interaffiliate Swap Clarification Act; H.R. 688 Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act; H.R. 749 Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act; H.R. 992 Swaps Regulatory improvement Act; H.R. 1221 Basel II Capital Impact Study Act; H.R. 1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act; S 100 Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-to Fail Act of 2013; S. 205 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013; S. 474 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 635 Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013; S. 798-TBTF Act; H.R. 450-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act; S. 1217-Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2410-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; H.R. 3211, the "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013:' H.R. 3036, "To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enchanced supervision, and for other purposes".
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2013 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Federal Legislative Activity: Cybersecurity legislation: (H.R. 86, H.R.394, H.R.624, H.R.866, S.21); Credit Union Business Lending (H.R.588, S.968); Regulatory Reform (S.450, H.R. 719, H.R.1750, H.R. 1553); mortgage foreclosure legislation (H.R.736, S.249); Privacy: H.R. 749; Basel and Capital requirements: (H.R. 1221, H.R. 1341, S.731, S.798); GSE Reform (S.563, S.1217); [continued on next page]16. Legislative Activity (continued): Community banks: (H.R. 1603. H.R. 1693); derivatives: (H.R.992, H.R. 634, H.R. 1256); Flood insurance: (H.R.3547, S.1846). Federal Regulatory Activity: OCC guidance on derivatives under Dodd-Frank; CFPB Ability to Repay Rule and Qualified Mortgage Rule; CFPB mortgage servicing final rules (TILA and RESPA); CFPB escrow final rule under Dodd-Frank; CFPB loan originator and mortgage servicing rules; Basel Committee Liquidity Standard; FDIC appraisal requirements under Dodd-Frank; Federal Reserve proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for large foreign banks under Dodd-Frank; Federal banking agency revisions to Call Report rules; FEMA/ National Flood Insurance; OCC lending limits rule; SEC municipal advisor rule, GSE repurchases; Section 619, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Final Rule, Volcker Rule, FHFA mortgage loan seller representation and warranties requirements. 17. (continued) Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB).
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, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
See Attachments.FIN Fourth Quarter Report - 2013 H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. Issue: SEC Rulemaking, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Derivatives H.AMDT.64 to H.R. 1062, Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) comply with the same standards required of the SEC. It also requires the SEC to ensure that any rules adopted by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and other national securities associations comply with the standards set forth in the bill. Issue: FINRA, Securities Rulemaking H.R. 2140, the Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013. Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 2374, the Retail Investor Protection Act. To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R 2547, the Determination of Appropriate Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2013. To determine appropriate risk based capital requirements for community, mid-size, and regional institutions. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks Draft H.AMDT to HR 2610, Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Agriculture from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage. Issue: Mortgage Investments H.R. 2767, the Protect American Taxpayers & Homeowners (PATH) Act. Issue: Mortgage Investments and Government Sponsored Enterprises/Federal Home Loan Banks Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions. S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks S. 798, TBTF Act. Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Issue: Capital StandardsS. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance. Issue: Capital Standards Tracking: H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013. Issue: Derivatives, DFA Title VII H.R. 2295, the Basel III CASE Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, before issuing any final rule in relation to proposals they have issued for the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, to conduct an empirical study that includes: (1) a quantitative analysis of the rule's impact on the U.S. financial services sector, specifically community, mid-size, and regional financial institutions; and (2) a determination of the long-term impact of the rule, including changes to the current risk weight framework. Issue: Capital Standards for Community Banks
Client expense: $910,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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