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Corporate Transparency Act of 2017
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Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires an entity that forms a corporation or limited liability company to disclose information about its beneficial owners. A beneficial owner is an individual who exercises substantial control over a corporation or limited liability company or has a substantial interest in or receives substantial economic benefits from the assets of a corporation or limited liability company. Specifically, if an entity applies to form a corporation or limited liability company in a state that does not require the disclosure of beneficial ownership information, then the entity must file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The bill imposes a civil penalty and authorizes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term for up to three years, or both—for providing false or fraudulent beneficial ownership information or for willfully failing to provide complete or updated beneficial ownership information. It directs the Department of the Treasury to require persons engaged in the business of forming (or of purchasing, selling, or transferring the public records that form) corporations or limited liability companies to establish anti-money laundering programs. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on: (1) the availability of beneficial ownership information for other legal entities (e.g., partnerships), and (2) the effectiveness of incorporation practices implemented under this bill.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4770)
Introduced in Senate
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2018 · third_quarter · Banking
Beneficial ownership proposals, discussion drafts, rules, and legislation, including the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (H.R. 6068 (115th)), the Corporate Transparency Act (H.R.3089, S. 1717 (115th)), the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act (S.1454)), the Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act (H.R. 2426 (115th)), the End SHELLs Act (H.R. 3295 (115th)), the Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act (H.R. 3544 (115th)); and proposed changes to BSA/AML laws.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454/S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2018 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
HR 4318: Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018; provisions related to tariffs S. 1717: Corporate Transparency Act of 2017; provisions related to beneficial ownership S. 2098: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act; provisions related to international trade S. 2313: Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines (DETER) Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development S. 3013: A bill to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require Congressional approval before the President adjusts imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security; provisions related to international trade S. 3336: Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development S. 3378: Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development Discussions related to United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement(USMCA) Discussions related to tariffs
Client expense: $3,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act S.851 and H.R.1932, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act-provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1454, TITLE Act-provisions requiring states, certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1717 and H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act-provisions requiring states or the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act Draft legislation requiring all United States entities to have an employer identification number issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and hence to file IRS Form SS-4 listing responsible party information for each entity in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-provisions in Section 9 or original draft bill requiring certain businesses and their lawyers to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5970 Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act, general issues regarding the cost benefit analysis of Form 10-Q; H.R. 5037 Securities Fraud Act of 2018, general issues regarding securities litigation; H.R. 3089 / S. 1717 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, general issues regarding deterring money laundering; and General issues regarding capital market developments.
Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
G-Fees HR916 - Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017 Affiliated Business Arrangements HR1153 - Mortgage Choice Act QRM Rules HR__ - FY2018 Appropriations Credit Scoring HR123 - FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR435 - The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 HR898 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 HR2262 - Free Credit Score Act of 2017 HR3911 - Risk-Based Credit Examination Act S1685 - Credit Scoring Competition Act Credit Reporting/Data Security HR3755 - Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 HR3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 HR3878 - Free Credit Freeze Act HR3896 - Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act S1816 - Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act Student Loans HR795 - Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act HR1635 - Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act HR2477 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act HR4508 - PROSPER Act S1162 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S1176 - Repay Act of 2017 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules HR2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Beneficial Ownership Disclosure/Anti-Money Laundering HR3089 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S1454 - TITLE Act S1717 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S3336 - Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 Financial Regulatory Reform HR10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR3971 - Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 S2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act House Discussion Draft - The Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform Act of 2018 Short Sales HR5237 - Fast Help For Homeowners Act CFPB Commission HR5266 - Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 Seller Financing HR5287 - PARITY Act of 2018 Letter to the Senate Leadership offices in support of the nomination of Michael Bright as president of Ginnie Mae. Discussions with the Department of the Treasury regarding anti-money laundering, housing finance reform, and g-fees. Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding credit availability. Discussions with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the QM rule, RESPA. Discussions with the White House regarding GSE reform, agency nominations, and housing finance reform. Discussions with the National Economic Council (NEC) regarding the FHA Director nomination and stability, and housing finance reform. Discussions with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding anti-money laundering.
Client expense: $19,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2018 H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 (House Amendment) S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. 3577, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2018 S. 3614, Corporate Governance Fairness Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Draft legislation on cryptocurrencies Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs (83 Fed. Reg. 45,574-45,578, September, 10, 2018) Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Security Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Proposed Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships with, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds - Docket No. OCC-2018-0010 (OCC); Docket No. R-1608 (Federal Reserve); RIN 3064-AE67 (FDIC); File Number S7- 14-18 (SEC); RIN 3038-AE72 (CFTC) Proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements. Docket IDs: OCC-2018--0037 RIN 1557-AE56; Docket No. R-1628 RIN 7100-AF21 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission capital, margin, and segregation requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants and capital requirements for broker-dealers (File No. S7-08-12); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trial disclosures and no action letter process; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; Accounting standards developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, including the current expected credit loss (CECL) standard; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; potential legislation on anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act reporting improvements; credit bureau issues; financial technology issues; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech; adoption of the current expected credit loss accounting standard; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance
Client expense: $15,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
H.R. 302, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3010, Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3101, Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3776, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4747/S. 2391, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 5576, Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018 H.R. 5729, Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018 H.R. 6032, State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends of (SMART) IoT Act H.R. 6378/S. 2852, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 6743, Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act H.R. 7214, Cybersecurity Education Integration Act H.R. 7283, Internet of Things (IoT) Federal Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2018 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 770, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 2392, Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018 S. 2785, Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes (DETER) Act S. 3057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2018 S. 3085, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 S. 3107, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 S. 3336, Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 S. 3405, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018 Draft legislation titled Sharing Urgent, Potentially Problematic Locations that Yield Communications Hazards in American Internet Networks (SUPPLY CHAIN) Act Draft legislation titled American Internet Netorks Act of 2018, or the Supply Chain Act of 2018 Draft legislation titled Customs Modernization Act II (Mod Act 2.0) Proposed rule regulation on hours of service for drivers (83 Fed. Reg. 42,631-42,635, August 23, 2018) Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization; cybersecurity protections; cyber workforce, including cybersecurity professionals securing business and government networks; cyber incident reporting of breaches, hacks, and other security incidents; potential cybersecurity legislation regarding Internet of Things (IoT); potential legislation on anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act; draft NIST internal report (NISTIR) 8228, Considerations for Managing Internet of Things; federal standards for third party logistics providers mandated in Drug Supply Chain Security Act of 2013 (P.L. 113-54, Title II); FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century; petition for determination of preemption of California meal and rest-break rules; proposal regarding foreign disposition of certain commodities
Client expense: $15,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General education regarding blockchain and distributed ledger technology; no bill introduced. General education regarding certain industry pilot programs run by the government sponsored housing enterprises; no bill introduced. General education regarding title insurance; no bill introduced. General education regarding the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extending its real estate Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs); no bill introduced. H.R. 6147, the Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 2019, making appropriations for several federal departments and agencies; title I, section 129 of the bill as cited that it requires the FinCEN and the appropriate divisions of Treasury to report to Congress on Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016. S. 1454, the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act, a bill to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent the formation of corporations with hidden owners, stop the misuse of United States corporations by wrongdoers, and assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, tax evasion, and other criminal and civil misconduct involving United States corporations, and for other purposes; section 3, that it relates to transparent incorporation practices. H.R. 6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act, to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, to improve the sharing of suspicious activity reports within a financial group, and for other purposes; section 10, subsection (a), that it requires the Comptroller General of the United States conduct a study and submit a report to Congress regarding the effectiveness of beneficial ownership collection and incorporation practices under FinCENs CDD rule. H.R. 3089 and S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, to amend title 31, United States Code, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations and limited liability companies, and for other purposes; entire bill. S. 3336, the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018, a bill to strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to combat international cybercrime, and to impose additional sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; section 702, that it relates to the expansion of FinCENs GTOs to include beneficial ownership reporting by title insurance companies. H.R. 6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification on behalf of all consumers, and for other purposes; entire bill. H.R.6258, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019, making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; subtitle XIII, section 936, that it provides amendments to mortgage disclosure requirements.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Issues related to anti-money laundering and incorporation transparency H.R. 3089 / S. 1717, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act S. 2313, Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2018
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
General labor policy and regulatory issues Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Regs HR.2776, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act HR.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act S.1717 and HR.2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act HR.4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act HR.3441, Save Local Business Act S.2810 and HR.5728, Workplace Democracy Act S.3064, Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act NLRB Mark Pearce Nomination
Client expense: $135,736 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454/S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
HR 4318: Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018; provisions related to tariffs S. 1717: Corporate Transparency Act of 2017; provisions related to beneficial ownership S. 2098: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act; provisions related to international trade S. 2313: Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines (DETER) Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development S. 3013: A bill to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require Congressional approval before the President adjusts imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security; provisions related to international trade S. 3336: Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development S. 3378: Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018; provisions related to global energy development Discussions related to North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Client expense: $2,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act S.851 and H.R.1932, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act-provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1454, TITLE Act-provisions requiring states, certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1717 and H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act-provisions requiring states or the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act Draft legislation requiring all United States entities to have an employer identification number issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and hence to file IRS Form SS-4 listing responsible party information for each entity in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-provisions in Section 9 or original draft bill requiring certain businesses and their lawyers to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5970 Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act, general issues regarding the cost benefit analysis of Form 10-Q; H.R. 5037 Securities Fraud Act of 2018, general issues regarding securities litigation; H.R. 3089 / S. 1717 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, general issues regarding deterring money laundering; and General issues regarding capital market developments.
Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S 1717 Corporate Transparency Act.
Client expense: $1,740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Minerals Management Service, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
G-Fees HR916 - Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017 Affiliated Business Arrangements HR1153 - Mortgage Choice Act QRM Rules HR__ - FY2018 Appropriations Credit Scoring HR123 - FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR435 - The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 HR898 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 HR2262 - Free Credit Score Act of 2017 HR3911 - Risk-Based Credit Examination Act S1685 - Credit Scoring Competition Act Credit Reporting/Data Security HR3755 - Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 HR3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 HR3878 - Free Credit Freeze Act HR3896 - Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act S1816 - Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act Student Loans HR795 - Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act HR1635 - Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act HR2477 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act HR4508 - PROSPER Act S1162 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S1176 - Repay Act of 2017 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules HR2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Beneficial Ownership Disclosure/Anti-Money Laundering HR3089 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S1454 - TITLE Act S1717 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S3336 - Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 Financial Regulatory Reform HR10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR3971 - Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 S2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Short Sales HR5237 - Fast Help For Homeowners Act CFPB Commission HR5266 - Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 Seller Financing HR5287 - PARITY Act of 2018 Discussions with the Department of the Treasury regarding anti-money laundering, housing finance reform, credit availability, geographic targeting orders, and multifamily risk-sharing. Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding GSE guarantee fees (G-fees), housing finance reform, G-fees LLPAS (overlays), and capital standards. Discussions with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the 3% cap. Discussions with the White House regarding GSE reform, agency nominations. Discussions with the National Economic Council (NEC) regarding GSE reform and GSE capital. Discussions with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding anti-money laundering. Discussions with the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding student loan debt.
Client expense: $26,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
General education regarding blockchain and distributed ledger technology; no bill yet introduced. General education regarding certain industry pilot programs run by the government sponsored housing enterprises; no bill yet introduced. H.R. 5534, the Give Useful Information to Define Effective Compliance Act or the GUIDE Compliance Act, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide procedures for guidance issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes; entire bill. General education regarding regulatory reform and innovation within the title industry; no bill yet introduced. General education regarding the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network(FinCEN) extending its real estate Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs); no bill introduced. S. Amdt. 3399, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 6147, the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; section 129. S. 1454, the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement Act (TITLE), a bill to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent the formation of corporations with hidden owners, stop the misuse of United States corporations by wrongdoers, and assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, tax evasion, and other criminal and civil misconduct involving United States corporations, and for other purposes; section 3. H.R. 6068, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act, to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, to improve the sharing of suspicious activity reports within a financial group, and for other purposes; section 10, subsection a. H.R. 3089 and S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act, to amend title 31, United States Code, to ensure that persons who form corporations or limited liability companies in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations or limited liability companies, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations and limited liability companies for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations and limited liability companies, and for other purposes; entire bill. S. 3336, the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018, a bill to strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to combat international cybercrime, and to impose additional sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; section 702. General education on data security and breach notification requirements. H.R.6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification on behalf of all consumers, and for other purposes; section 501. H.R.6258, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019, making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; subtitle XIII, section 936.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2128, Due Process Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4753, Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5192/S. 2498, Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5534, Give Useful Information to Define Effective (GUIDE) Compliance Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6021, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act H.R. 6158, Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018 H.R. 6177, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2018 H.R. 6319, Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act H.R. 6320, Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act H.R. 6321, Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act H.R. 6322, Enhancing Multi-Class Stock Disclosures Act H.R. 6324, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. 3421, Blue Sky Harmonization Act S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 Fed. Reg. 20,753-20,773, May 8, 2018) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies and Certain of Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions; Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity Requirements for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Federal Reserve System Docket No. R-1604 and OCC Docket ID OCC-2018-0002 Nomination of Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Nomination of Elad Roisman to serve as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Dr. Dino Falaschetti to serve as Director of the Office of Financial Research Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174, section 215); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission strategic plan; Security Exchange Commission Rule 701 Form S-8 reforms; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; Security Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; Security Exchange Commission auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships file no. S7-10-18; Security Exchange Commission Staff Legal Bulletin 20 Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the Proxy Rules for Proxy Advisory Firms; Security Exchange Commission proposal on the use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; Security Exchange Commission standards of conduct for investment advisers and broker-dealers; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), including draft strategic plan for 2018-2022; Federal Trade Commission competition and consumer protection in the 21st century hearings regarding common ownership; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; consolidated asset thresholds related to the Advanced Approaches capital framework, the net stable fund ratio rule, and the liquidity coverage ratio rule; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; testimony by the Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board, to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; CFTC Proposed rulemaking on the De Minimis Exception to the Swap Dealer Definition; HUD proposed rulemaking regarding implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Federal Trade Commission concerning Common Ownership; SEC proposed amendments to the Commissions Whistleblower Program rules; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $17,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Homeland Security
H.R. 302, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3010, Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3776, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4176, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 4747, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 5576, Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018 H.R. 5729, Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018 H.R. 6032, State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends of (SMART) IoT Act H.R. 6378, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 6743, Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 770, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1872, TSA Modernization Act S. 2392, Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018 S. 2735, Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 S. 2785, Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes (DETER) Act S. 2852, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 S. 3057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2018 S. 3085, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 S. 3107, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 S. 3336, Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018 S. 3405, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018 Nomination of Christopher C. Krebs to be undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Cyber Reserves Act of 2018 Draft legislation titled Sharing Urgent, Potentially Problematic Locations that Yield Communications Hazards in American Internet Networks (SUPPLY CHAIN) Act Draft legislation on Customs Modernization Act II (Mod Act 2.0) Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization; cybersecurity protections; Federal Trade Commission hearings on competition and consumer protection in the 21st century; air cargo advance screening pilot and proposed regulation; potential cybersecurity legislation regarding Internet of Things (IoT)
Client expense: $17,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Banking
Issues related to anti-money laundering and incorporation transparency H.R. 3089 / S. 1717, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act S.3153, Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 S.2313, Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2018 H.R.6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4790, the "Volcker Rule Harmonization Act," a bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to grant exclusive rulemaking authority under the Volcker Rule (limiting proprietary trading) to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; entire bill. H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017," legislation to improve the quality of proxy advisory firms for the protection of investors and the U.S. economy, and in the public interest, by fostering accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in the proxy advisory firm industry; entire bill. H.R. 3089, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. S. 1717, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. H.R. 5037, the "Securities Fraud Act of 2018," legislation to ensure that federal securities law is applied to securities traded on nationally-registered exchanges regulated by the SEC; entire bill. H.R. 6068, the "Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act," legislation to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, to improve information sharing between financial institutions with respect to terrorism, money laundering, and other unlawful activities, and to provide an 18-month enforcement delay of FinCEN's final rulemaking on Customer Due Diligence (81 Fed. Reg. 29397, May 11, 2016); entire bill. H.R. 6239, the "DISCLOSE Act of 2018," legislation to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities; provisions related to beneficial ownership, the SEC requiring public companies to disclose political spending, and requirements for federal contractors to disclose their support for public issues and causes that are not otherwise subject to disclosure under federal law. S. 3150, the "DISCLOSE Act of 2018," legislation to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities; provisions related to beneficial ownership, the SEC requiring public companies to disclose political spending, and requirements for federal contractors to disclose their support for public issues and causes that are not otherwise subject to disclosure under federal law. S. 1454, the "True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act," legislation to direct each state to amend their business formation laws to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. S. 3421, the "Blue Sky Harmonization Act," legislation to ensure uniform application of federal securities law is applied to securities traded on nationally registered exchanges regulated by the SEC; entire bill. Legislative proposals to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest. Sec. 1006 of Public Law 115-232, the "John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019," to require any company doing business with the Department of Defense to have its audit firm report to the Department any disciplinary proceeding against the audit firm brought on a Federal or State level, including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings against an audit firm that audits a company doing business with the Department. Implementation of Pub. Law 115-174, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act." Implementation of the July 11, 2018 Executive Order Regarding the Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Nomination of Elad Roisman to be a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nomination of Dino Falaschetti for Director of the Office of Financial Research. General education regarding the SEC's proposed Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21574, May 9, 2018), and Form CRS Relationship Summary (83 Fed. Reg. 21416, May 9, 2018). General education concerning the need to modernize and improve the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime applicable to financial institutions. General education concerning the need to include in the Senate Financial Services General Government appropriations bill the policy rider prohibiting the SEC from using funds to promulgate any rule compelling public companies to disclose payments made to entities, such as trade associations, that engage in political activity. General education concerning the need for a uniform federal regulatory scheme for financial technology. General education concerning ways to rationalize and improve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory and enforcement policies. General education concerning the Financial Stability Oversight Council's exercise of authority to designate entities for enhanced oversight under section 117 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
General labor policy and regulatory issues Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Regs HR.2776, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act HR.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act S.1717 and HR.2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act HR.4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act HR.3441, Save Local Business Act S.2810 and HR.5728, Workplace Democracy Act S.3064, Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act Amicus Letter re: McDonald's USA, LLC, A Joint Employer, et al. and Fats Food Workers Committee and Service Employees International Union, CTW, CLC, et al., Cases 02-CA-093893, et al.; 04-CA-125567, et. al Amicus Curiae re Boeing vs. International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Client expense: $121,523 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
Issues related to anti-money laundering and incorporation transparency H.R. 3089 / S. 1717, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act S. 3153, Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 H.R. 5886, Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Prevention Act Issues related to combating global corruption H.R. 5101, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Issues related to anti-money laundering and incorporation transparency H.R. 3089 / S. 1717, The Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 2219, End Banking for Human Traffickers Act S. 3153, Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Issues related to combating global corruption H.R. 5101, Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act H.R.4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act S.851 and H.R.1932, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act-provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1454, TITLE Act-provisions requiring states, certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1717 and H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act-provisions requiring states or the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act Draft legislation requiring all United States entities to have an employer identification number issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and hence to file IRS Form SS-4 listing responsible party information for each entity in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-provisions in Section 9 or original draft bill requiring certain businesses and their lawyers to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5970 To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the use of Form 10-Q and for other purposes, general issues regarding the cost benefit analysis of Form 10-Q; H.R. 5037 Securities Fraud Act of 2018, general issues regarding securities litigation; H.R. 3089 / S. 1717 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, general issues regarding deterring money laundering; and General issues regarding capital market developments.
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · second_quarter · Banking
Beneficial ownership proposals, discussion drafts, rules, and legislation, including the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (H.R. 6068 (115th)), the Corporate Transparency Act (H.R.3089, S. 1717 (115th)), the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act (S.1454)), the Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act (H.R. 2426 (115th)), the End SHELLs Act (H.R. 3295 (115th)), the Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act (H.R. 3544 (115th)); and proposed changes to BSA/AML laws.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS)
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
G-Fees HR916 - Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017 Affiliated Business Arrangements HR1153 - Mortgage Choice Act QRM Rules HR__ - FY2018 Appropriations Credit Scoring HR123 - FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR435 - The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 HR898 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 HR2262 - Free Credit Score Act of 2017 HR3911 - Risk-Based Credit Examination Act S1685 - Credit Scoring Competition Act Credit Reporting/Data Security HR3755 - Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 HR3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 HR3878 - Free Credit Freeze Act HR3896 - Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act S1816 - Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act Student Loans HR795 - Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act HR1635 - Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act HR2477 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act HR4508 - PROSPER Act S1162 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S1176 - Repay Act of 2017 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules HR2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Beneficial Ownership Disclosure/Anti-Money Laundering HR3089 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S1454 - TITLE Act S1717 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 Financial Regulatory Reform HR10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR3971 - Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 S2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Short Sales HR5237 - Fast Help For Homeowners Act CFPB Commission HR5266 - Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 Seller Financing HR5287 - PARITY Act of 2018 Discussions with the Department of the Treasury regarding anti-money laundering, housing finance reform, and credit availability. Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding GSE guarantee fees (G-fees), housing finance reform, and G-fees LLPAS (overlays). Discussions with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding Dodd-Frank, 3% cap. Discussions with the White House regarding housing finance reform.
Client expense: $14,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 2213/S. 595, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3010, Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3355, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 3776, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4176, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 4747, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act H.R. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H.R. 5576, Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018 H.R. 6032, State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends of (SMART) IoT Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1872, TSA Modernization Act S. 2391, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act S. 2392, Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018 S. 2735, Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 S. 2852, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 S. 3085, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 Nomination of Christopher C. Krebs to be undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation on Cybersecurity Education Pilot Program Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization; cybersecurity protections; air cargo advance screening pilot and proposed regulation; Customs and Border Protection appropriations; Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; implementation of Department of Justice Cloud Act (P.L. 115-141, Division V); Department of Justice Cyber-Digital Task Force; Department of Energy Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity; Draft NISTIR 8200, Interagency Report on Status of International Cybersecurity Standardization for the Internet of Things (IoT); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notice of proposed rulemaking, Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards; National Institute of Standards and Technology 5G cybersecurity and standards development; National Telecommunications and Information Administration International Internet Policy Priorities; National Telecommunications and Information Administration Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats; National Telecommunications and Information Administration Study on Interagency Process Following Cybersecurity Incidents; Transportation Security Administration appropriations; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) statement and guidance on public company cybersecurity disclosures
Client expense: $15,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79/S. 588, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645/S. 2126, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1702, Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746/S. 2702, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3903/S. 2347, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281/S. 2953, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4790, Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5054, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018 H.R. 5059, State Insurance Regulation Preservation Act H.R. 5105/S. 2436, Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 H.R. 5192/S. 2498, Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act H.R. 5266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018 H.R. 5749, Options Markets Stability Act H.R. 5756, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals H.R. 5783, Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 H.R. 5877, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5970, Simplifying Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 5999, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6035, Streamlining Communications for Investors Act H.R. 6068, Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act H.R. 6130, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 6139, Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1117, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1744, Brokaw Act S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 S. 2499, A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority S. 2756, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act S. 2765, RBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2018 S. 3004, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 S. J. Res. 57, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Draft legislation directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase and align the smaller reporting company and nonaccelerated filer financial thresholds Draft legislation to remove the limitation on large accelerated filers qualifying as an emerging growth company Draft legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying portfolio company to include an emerging growth company, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Draft legislation to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to increase the percentage of voting shares a diversified company may hold in a single issuer Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,945-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Proposed regulation on Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21,574-21,682, May 9, 2018) Proposed Commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment (83 Fed. Reg. 21,203-21,214, May 9, 2018) Proposed rule on form CRS relationship summary; amendments to form ADV; required disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 Fed. Reg. 21,416-21,575, May 9, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Civil Investigative Demands and Associated Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 3,686-3,687, January 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rules and Practices for Adjudication Proceedings (83 Fed. Reg. 5,055-5,056, February 5, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Enforcement Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 5,999-6,000, February 12, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau External Engagements (83 Fed. Reg. 8,247-8,249, February 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Public Reporting Practices of Consumer Complaint Information (83 Fed. Reg. 9,499-9,501, March 6, 2018) Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rulemaking Processes (83 Fed. Reg. 10,437-10,440, March 9, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Adopted Regulations and New Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,286-12,289, March 21, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Inherited Regulations and Inherited Rulemaking Authorities (83 Fed. Reg. 12,881-12,883, March 26, 2018) Request for Information Regarding the Bureaus Supervision Program (83 Fed. Reg. 7,166-7,168, February 20, 2018) Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital, Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Standards for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies and Certain of Their Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions; Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity Requirements for U.S. Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Federal Reserve System Docket No. R-1604 and OCC Docket ID OCC-2018-0002 Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 3.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending; consolidated asset thresholds related to the Advanced Approaches capital framework, the net stable fund ratio rule, and the liquidity coverage ratio rule; impact of prudential regulations on lending to small businesses by depository institutions; testimony by the Vice Chairman for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board, to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; blockchain and fintech
Client expense: $15,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
General labor policy and regulatory issues Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Regs HR.2776, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act HR.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act S.1717 and HR.2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act HR.4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act HR.3441, Save Local Business Act S.2810 and HR.5728, Workplace Democracy Act S.3064, Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act
Client expense: $102,243 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Banking
Beneficial ownership proposals, discussion drafts, rules, and legislation, including the Corporate Transparency Act (H.R.3089, S. 1717 (115th)), the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act (S.1454)), the Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act (H.R. 2426 (115th)), the End SHELLs Act (H.R. 3295 (115th)), the Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act (H.R. 3544 (115th)); and proposed changes to BSA/AML laws.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5037 Securities Fraud Act of 2018, general issues regarding securities litigation; H.R. 3089 / S. 1717 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, general issues regarding deterring money laundering; and General issues regarding capital market developments.
Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act S.851 and H.R.1932, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act-provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1454, TITLE Act-provisions requiring states, certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1717 and H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act-provisions requiring states or the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act Draft legislation requiring all United States entities to have an employer identification number issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and hence to file IRS Form SS-4 listing responsible party information for each entity in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing Draft Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-provisions requiring certain businesses and their lawyers to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226/S. 2013, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312/S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3860, IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4537, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act H.R. 4607, Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act H.R. 4659, To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives H.R. 4771, Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 4861, Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018 H.R. 5051, Public Company Registration Threshold Act H.R. 5323, Derivatives Fairness Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018 S. 2498, Protecting Children From Identity Theft Act Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Jelena McWilliams to be Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Federal Reserve: Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserves Supervisory Stress Test, Docket No. OP-1586; Stress Testing Policy Statement, Docket No. OP-1587; Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, Docket No. OP-1588; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128); application of Customer Identification Program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies; application of the May 2016 Customer Due Diligence Rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies; proposals to audit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; small business lending
Client expense: $15,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 H.R. 2105, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 H.R. 2213/S. 595, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, including provisions relating to National Institute of Standards and Technology budget H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 3776, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act H.R. 4176, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 4668, Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 H.R. 4747, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 770, MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 S. 1157, Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking (PATCH) Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1872, TSA Modernization Act S. 1904, Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 S. 2083, Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2289, Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 S. 2392, Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Air Cargo Advance Screening Program and Explosives Detection Canine Teams for Air Cargo Security Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and 4 Technology Accountability and Security Act Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization; cybersecurity protections; Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; National Telecommunications and Information Administration request for public comment, Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats; National Institute of Standards and Technology proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; implementation of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (P.L. 114-113, Division N); implementation of Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-91, Subtitle G); Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rule on Wassenaar Arrangement intrusion software and surveillance items; Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework-like effort on IoT security and resilience; Department of Justice Cyber-Digital Task Force; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notice of proposed rulemaking, Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards; National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) cybersecurity vulnerabilities disclosure initiative; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) statement and guidance on public company cybersecurity disclosures
Client expense: $15,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Mens Rea Reform; Money Laundering (S. 1241, S.1757); Anti-Terrorism Information Sharing is Strength Act and related provisions; Corporate Transparency Bills (S.1454, S. 1717 and H.R. 3089); Financial Institution Security Act (H.R. 3439); Megabank Accountability & Consequences Act (H.R. 3937);CLOUD Act (H.R. 4943); Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (S. 1693, H.R. 1865); Disclosing Foreign Influence Act (H.R. 4170); Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (S. 1327, H.R. 2851); Ending the Fentanyl Crisis Act (S.2635); GRACE Act (S. 2471); Building America's Trust Act (S. 1757); Securing America's Future Act (H.R. 4760); Death penalty for drug dealers
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Expanding Look-Back Period for Married Same-Sex Couples Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act (H.R. 4110; S.1717) Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (H.R. 2498; S. 1143) Refund Equality Act (S. 1564, H.R. 3234) Transparency in Taxpayer Funded-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3574)
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl AIDS Policy, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
G-Fees HR916 - Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017 Affiliated Business Arrangements HR1153 - Mortgage Choice Act QRM Rules HR__ - FY2018 Appropriations Credit Scoring HR123 - FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR435 - The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 HR898 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 HR2262 - Free Credit Score Act of 2017 HR3911 - Risk-Based Credit Examination Act S1685 - Credit Scoring Competition Act Credit Reporting/Data Security HR3755 - Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 HR3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 HR3878 - Free Credit Freeze Act HR3896 - Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act S1816 - Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act Student Loans HR795 - Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act HR1635 - Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act HR2477 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act HR4508 - PROSPER Act S1162 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S1176 - Repay Act of 2017 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules HR2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans S2405 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Beneficial Ownership Disclosure/Anti-Money Laundering HR3089 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S1454 - TITLE Act S1717 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 Financial Regulatory Reform HR10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR3971 - Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 S2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Short Sales HR5237 - Fast Help For Homeowners Act CFPB Commission HR5266 - Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 Discussions with the Senate regarding the nomination of David C. Tryon to be the Chief Counsel of Advocacy to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and GSE reform. Discussions with the House of Representatives regarding anti-money laundering and GSE reform. Discussions with the Department of the Treasury regarding financial institutions regulatory reform, anti-money laundering, and Government Sponsored Entities (GSE) reform. Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding credit scores and GSE guarantee fees (G-fees). Discussions with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding RESPA.
Client expense: $13,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · first_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
General labor policy and regulatory issues; Vacancies at NLRB; Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Regs; HR.2776, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act; HR.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act; S.1717 & HR.2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act; HR.4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act; HR.3441, Save Local Business Act; Peter Robb Confirmation as General Counsel of the NLRB; Brief before U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit-Chamber of Commerce vs. City of Seattle
Client expense: $128,835 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2018 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3089, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. S. 1717, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017," legislation to improve the quality of proxy advisory firms for the protection of investors and the U.S. economy, and in the public interest, by fostering accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in the proxy advisory firm industry; entire bill. S. 1241, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017," legislation to expand prohibitions on money laundering and tax evasion; entire bill. S. 1454, the "True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act," legislation to direct each state to amend their business formation laws to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill. S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act," legislation amending the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exempt banks with assets valued at less than $10 billion from the "Volcker Rule," which prohibits banking agencies from engaging in proprietary trading or entering into certain relationships with hedge funds and private-equity funds; exempts certain types of banks from specified capital and leverage ratios, with federal banking agencies directed to promulgate new requirements; and alters enhanced prudential regulation for financial institutions, including those related to stress testing and leverage requirements to allow them to use municipal bonds for purposes of meeting liquidity requirements; entire bill. Draft legislative proposal entitled the "Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act," a bill to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, and to improve information sharing between financial institutions with respect to terrorism, money laundering, and other unlawful activities (no bill introduced). General education concerning the need to include in the omnibus appropriations bill the policy rider prohibiting the SEC from using funds to promulgate any rule compelling public companies to disclose payments made to entities such as trade associations that engage in political activity. General education concerning problems relating to the upcoming implementation of FINCEN's final rulemaking on Customer Due Diligence and the need to delay implementation, 81 Fed. Reg. 29397 (May 11, 2016). General education concerning the need to modernize and improve the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime applicable to financial institutions. General education concerning regulatory reform at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Administration proposals related to a requirement for business owners to file with the federal or a state government information on every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity (no proposal introduced).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 3089 / S. 1717 Corporate Transparency Act of 2017, general issues regarding deterring money laundering; and General issues regarding capital market developments.
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 4550, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act S.851 and H.R.1932, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act-provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1454, TITLE Act-provisions requiring states, certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act S. 1717 and H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act-provisions requiring states or the Treasury Departments Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), certain businesses, and company formation agents to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies, and provisions subjecting lawyers that act as formation agents to the anti-money laundering and suspicious activity reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act Draft legislation requiring all United States entities to have an employer identification number issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and hence to file IRS Form SS-4 listing responsible party information for each entity in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing Draft Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-provisions requiring certain businesses and their lawyers to obtain and disclose beneficial ownership information regarding new companies
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
G-Fees HR916 - Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017 Affiliated Business Arrangements HR1153 - Mortgage Choice Act QRM Rules HR__ - FY2018 Appropriations Credit Scoring HR123 - FHA Alternative Credit Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR435 - The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017 HR898 - Credit Score Competition Act of 2017 HR2262 - Free Credit Score Act of 2017 HR3911 - Risk-Based Credit Examination Act S1685 - Credit Scoring Competition Act Credit Reporting/Data Security HR3755 - Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2017 HR3766 - Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 HR3878 - Free Credit Freeze Act HR3896 - Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act S1816 - Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act Student Loans HR795 - Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act HR1635 - Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act HR2477 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act HR4508 - PROSPER Act S1162 - Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S1176 - Repay Act of 2017 High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rules HR2148 - Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Beneficial Ownership Disclosure/Anti-Money Laundering HR3089 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S1454 - TITLE Act S1717 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 Financial Regulatory Reform HR10 - Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 HR3971 - Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 S2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Discussions with the House of Representatives regarding anti-money laundering. Discussions with the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding RESPA, and TRID. Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding GSE reform, credit scoring, and credit availability. Discussions with the Department of the Treasury regarding money laundering, credit availability, and GSE reform. Discussions with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding money laundering. Discussions with the Federal Reserve regarding high volatility acquisition, development, and construction loans for commercial real estate. Discussions with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regarding high volatility acquisition, development, and construction loans for commercial real estate. Discussions with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding high volatility acquisition, development, and construction loans for commercial real estate. Discussions with the Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding small business loans. Discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding crowdfunding rules and small business capital raising.
Client expense: $22,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3971, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation At Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE)Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.J. Res. 111/S.J. Res. 47, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Potential legislation similar to H.R 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 347, Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; CFPB arbitration rulemaking; Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128) modernization; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; Small Business Lending Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011; Consumer Credit Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0006; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128)
Client expense: $16,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 H.R. 2105, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 H.R. 2213/S. 595, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, including provisions relating to National Institute of Standards and Technology budget H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 4668, Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 763, Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act S. 770, MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 S. 1157, Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking (PATCH) Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1904, Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 S. 2083, Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Cyber SAFETY Act of 2017 Proposed Regulation on intrusion and surveillance items (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853-28,863, May 20, 2015) Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; National Telecommunications and Information Administration request for public comment, Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats; National Institute of Standards and Technology proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; USTR Initiation of Section 301 Investigation; Hearing; and Request for Public Comments: Chinas Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation; implementation of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (P.L. 114-113, Division N); implementation of Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-91, Subtitle G); Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296), including potential amendment qualifying cyber incidents as a trigger for liability protections; proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ENISA, the "EU Cybersecurity Agency", and repealing Regulation (EU) 526/2013, and on Information and Communication Technology cybersecurity certification (''Cybersecurity Act''); Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (NIS Directive); Regulations (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation); National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) cybersecurity vulnerabilities disclosure initiative
Client expense: $16,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Beneficial ownership proposals, discussion drafts, rules, and legislation, including the Corporate Transparency Act (H.R.3089, S. 1717 (115th)), the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act (S.1454)), the Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act (H.R. 2426 (115th)), the End SHELLs Act (H.R. 3295 (115th)), the Aircraft Ownership Transparency Act (H.R. 3544 (115th)); and proposed changes to BSA/AML laws.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - including but not limited to any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; Treasury's report on FinTech and Innovation; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); HR 3978, the TRID Improvement Act; Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; FCC Oversight; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (HR 3758/S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; HR 4545, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Debt Collection Quantitative Disclosure Testing (OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX; Docket No. CFPB-2017-00380); Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Mortgage Servicing Rules under the Truth in Lending Act; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate Methodology; NCUA proposed 2018 and 2019 budgets; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76); H.R. 4464, the Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017; HR 1457, the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017; S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act; HR 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017; HR 4296, related to operational risk capital requirements; Lawsuit abuse related to website access requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act; More oversight of credit Bureaus including subjecting them to examinations related to data security; HR 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act; HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act; HR 3072, the CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act; HR 3857, the Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act; Comments on Proposed Rule - Capital Planning and Supervisory Stress Testing (RIN: 3133-AE80; Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Accuracy of Advertising (RIN: 3133-AE78); Draft Strategic Plan (NCUA 2018-2022); Request for Delay of HMDA Implementation Deadline; CFPB Remittance Rule; NCUA Regulatory Reform Agenda; SBA Reducing Reg Burden RFI (Docket Number SBA-2017-0005); Mortgage Servicing Rules under RESPA (RIN 3170-AA77); NCUA Consideration of HMDA "good faith" compliance efforts in examination process; FCC expand its exigent circumstances exception for data breaches so CUs can contact members without limitation to provide notification and remediation options; IRS Tax Transcript Processing; OCC, FDIC, FRB: proposed Simplified Capital Requirements; FHFA Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022; Amendments to Federal Mortgage Disclosure Requirements under TILA (RIN 3170-AA61); Deferred Compensation Plans.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national data security standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - including but not limited to any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, raise the de minimis exclusion; exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389 and S. 836); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; alternative capital for credit unions; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; Treasury's report on FinTech and Innovation; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID); HR 3978, the TRID Improvement Act; Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; FCC Oversight; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (HR 3758/S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; do not cut funding for CDFI program; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Examination reform; HR 4545, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA business loan programs including but not limited to 7(a), 504, express and patriot; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); "Development of a Private Flood Insurance Market" title of HR 3823; Future of the Payments system; Federal Reserve's role in developing an improved payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL and its implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; protecting the NCUSIF; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; debt collection practices; Debt Collection Quantitative Disclosure Testing (OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX; Docket No. CFPB-2017-00380); Qualified Mortgages; QM safe harbor for portfolio loans; Ability to Repay; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Mortgage Servicing Rules under the Truth in Lending Act; CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Requirements; Payday Lending; small dollar loans (PALs); Prevent arbitration restrictions; S.J. Res. 47/ H.J. Res. 111; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; TCPA lawsuit abuse; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lessen reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de novo credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws; examiner consistency; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) proposed update and revisions to the collection of Suspicious Activities Reports (SARs) required under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules; combat financial crimes; CFPB's rule governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z); Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act; thresholds related to open- and close-ended loans; Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs); CFPB's remittance transfer rule; call report modernization; Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and it's implementing, Regulation B; Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process; do not bifurcate the credit union industry with arbitrary thresholds; Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act); Allowable Charges and Fees Assessed Incident to VA-Guaranteed Home Loans; H.R. 1958 and S. 838, the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act; Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans; Overhead Transfer Rate Methodology; NCUA proposed 2018 and 2019 budgets; NCUA Budget Transparency and Increased Efficiency; independent appeals process for credit unions; Credit Risk Transfer; Chattel Loans/duty to serve; H.R. 2133 and S. 1002, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act; Hold regulators accountable for cost and compliance burden estimates; NCUA exemption authority over CFPB rules as they relate to credit unions; regulatory coordination; Credit Score Competition Act; S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act; HR 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017; HR 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017; HR 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act; keep NCUA out of the appropriations process; subject non-depository GLBA institutions to regular examinations; require credit reporting agencies to notify depository institutions when one of their accounts is breached; HR 3354 - retain the 3 member board structure at NCUA, CDFI funding, CDRLF full funding, change single director of CFPB to five member Board; support for recommendations in Treasury Report, A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities; Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Proposed Underserved Markets Plan; CFPB - 2013 RESPA Servicing Rule (Docket No. - 2017-0012); Dept of Labor - Fiduciary Rule and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions RIN 1210-AB82; FHFA- Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing Request for Input; CFPB - Request for Information regarding the Ability-to-repay/QM Rule Assessment (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0014); Dept. of Treasury - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Reserve - Docket No. R-1564: Reg CC - Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks - The Expedited Funds Availability Act, Proposed Rule and Request for Comment - 82 Federal Register 25539 (June 2, 2017); NCUA - proposal to adopt procedures governing appeals to the Board; Voluntary Mergers of Federally Insured Credit Unions; NCUA - 2017 Regulatory Review; NCUA - Publish 2016 Annual Review Report; NCUA-Codify IRPS; NCUA - Standardized publication of Legal Opinion Letters; NCUA - Model Bylaws; NCUA - PAL Improvements; CFPB - Amendments to Rules Concerning Prepaid Accounts, RIN 3170-AA72; NCUA's proposal to close the temporary corporate credit union stabilization fund and set the share insurance fund normal operating level - return all of the money credit unions paid in and do not raise the NOL; FCC - In the Matter of Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59); NCUA - Corporate Credit Unions (RIN 3133-AE75); FHFA - FHLB Capital Requirements (RIN 2590-AA70); NCUA - Comments on Requirements for Insurance; NCUSIF Equity Distributions (RIN 3133-AE77); FHFA - 2018-2020 Enterprise Housing Goals (RIN 2590-AA81); CFPB - Small Business Lending (Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011); Dept. of Labor - Overtime Rule (RIN 1235-AA20); NCUA Emergency Mergers - Chartering and Field of Membership (RIN 3133-AE76); H.R. 4464, the Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017; HR 1457, the Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 2017; S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act; HR 3221, the Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017; HR 4296, related to operational risk capital requirements; Lawsuit abuse related to website access requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act; More oversight of credit Bureaus including subjecting them to examinations related to data security; HR 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act; HR 2954, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act; HR 3072, the CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act; HR 3299, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act; HR 3857, the Protecting Advice for Small Savers Act; Comments on Proposed Rule - Capital Planning and Supervisory Stress Testing (RIN: 3133-AE80; Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Accuracy of Advertising (RIN: 3133-AE78); Draft Strategic Plan (NCUA 2018-2022); Request for Delay of HMDA Implementation Deadline; CFPB Remittance Rule; NCUA Regulatory Reform Agenda; SBA Reducing Reg Burden RFI (Docket Number SBA-2017-0005); Mortgage Servicing Rules under RESPA (RIN 3170-AA77); NCUA Consideration of HMDA "good faith" compliance efforts in examination process; FCC expand its exigent circumstances exception for data breaches so CUs can contact members without limitation to provide notification and remediation options; IRS Tax Transcript Processing; OCC, FDIC, FRB: proposed Simplified Capital Requirements; FHFA Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022; Amendments to Federal Mortgage Disclosure Requirements under TILA (RIN 3170-AA61); Deferred Compensation Plans.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office