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Butch Lewis Act of 2019 This bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. To receive a loan, a plan must be either in critical and declining status (including any plan with respect to which a suspension of benefits has been approved) or insolvent, if the plan became insolvent after December 16, 2014, and has not been terminated. Treasury must issue bonds to fund the loan program and transfer amounts equal to the proceeds to the trust fund established by this bill. The Pension Rehabilitation Administration may use the funds, without a further appropriation, to make loans, pay principal and interest on the bonds, or for administrative and operating expenses. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow the sponsor of a multiemployer pension plan that is applying for a loan under this bill to also apply to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for financial assistance if, after receiving the loan, the plan will still become (or remain) insolvent within the 30-year period beginning on the date of the loan. The bill also appropriates to the PBGC the funds that are necessary to provide the financial assistance required by this bill.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Multi-employer pension reform issues. H.R.397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act S.270 & H.R.7 - Paycheck Fairness Act S.2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Maritime Commission, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Vice President of the U.S.
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
Multi-Employer Pension Assistance - Lobbied in support of various multi-employer pension assistance bills as stand alone legislation (H.R. 397, S 2254) and as part of COVID relief bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
H.R.397/S. 2254 - Rehabilitation for Multi-Employer Pensions Act (composite pensions and pension reform);
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans Withdrawal liability. Multi-employer pension plans & legacy/ orphan issues; proposed retiree benefit cuts; proposed premium increases H.R. 397, The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pension Act S. 2254 The Butch Lewis Act of 2019 Multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan Grassley-Alexander pension proposal GROW Act Coronavirus relief proposals including H.R. 6800/H.R. 8406 re: retirement and multiemployer pension plans & Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (HEROES Act) Retirement Priorities with Biden Transition Agency Review Team
Client expense: $371,552 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 5054, Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1874 to reform the treatment of multiemployer plans, to ensure the ability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to provide guaranteed benefits of retirees, and for other purposes. Entire bill H.R. 8406, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021; Division G ("Retirement Provisions"), Title I ("Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans") and Division H ("Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act").
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
| Democratic |
| HI |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic | NV |
| Charles E. Schumer | Democratic | NY |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | MD |
| Christopher A. Coons | Democratic | DE |
| Cory A. Booker | Democratic | NJ |
| Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | MI |
| Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | CA |
| Doug Jones | Democratic | AL |
| Edward J. Markey | Democratic | MA |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Gary C. Peters | Democratic | MI |
| Jack Reed | Democratic | RI |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | NV |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| Joe Manchin, III | Independent | WV |
| Jon Tester | Democratic | MT |
| Kamala D. Harris | Democratic | CA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | Democratic | NH |
| Mark R. Warner | Democratic | VA |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Patrick J. Leahy | Democratic | VT |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Robert Menendez | Democratic | NJ |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | RI |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |
| Tom Udall | Democratic | NM |
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397: Rehabilitation for Multi-employer Pensions Act; all provisions. S. 2254 Butch Lewis Act of 2019; all provisions.
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied in support of the rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions provisions to be included in pandemic response legislation; text similar to Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (H.R. 397) and the Butch Lewis Act (S. 2254) would provide long-term, low-interest loans to distressed multiemployer defined pension plans. The intended effect of this legislation is to protect the defined pensions of over one million retirees and active workers in the United States and maintaining the long-term solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The IBEW is the sponsor of the second-largest multiemployer defined benefit pension plan in the United States, the National Electrical Benefit Fund. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied against the inclusion of the Giving Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act in COVID-19 response legislation. The GROW Act would allow for the creation of new composite pension plans that would weaken the multiemployer pension system. Composite plans would allow for employers to withdraw from the pension system without playing liability, result in cuts to multi-employer pension benefits, and are exempt from paying Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums. The GROW Act was included in H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied in opposition to the Giving Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act. While the legislation was not introduced as an individual bill, it was included in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800). The GROW Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan design.
Client expense: $68,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
S. 2254 Butch Lewis Act of 2019 - bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. Bill in entirety.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S.2254, "Butch Lewis Act", legislation to assist multiemployer pension plans through the creation of the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, providing loans to plans in critical and declining status; Grassley-Alexander proposal. H.R. 6800 (Division D) Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (EPPRA), legislation to allow pension plans to partition or transfer responsibility for a portion of the benefits of retirees to the PBGC.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000
Government targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
Issues relating to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act: issues related to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019. S. 2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. S. 1431, Retirement Security & Savings Act. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act. S. 4192/H.R. 7439, Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act. S. 5064, Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act. No bill number. Discussed the Social Security Average Wage Index (AWI). No bill number. Discussed Social Security payroll tax pause. No bill number. Discussed Grassley-Alexander multi-employer pensions draft legislation. No bill number. Comments letter to the Social Security Administration regarding interim final rule on the Waiver of Recovery of Certain Overpayment Debts Accruing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period. S. 4180, Protecting Benefits for Retirees Act / H.R. 7499, Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act. H.R. 8598, Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act. No bill number, Statement for the record in Senate Finance Committee hearing on Investigating Challenges to American Retirement Security. H.R. 7830, Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act. No bill number. Discussed potential legislation to require the Social Security Administration to send letters to beneficiaries whenever a substantive change to the program is made by Congress. No bill number. Discussed delivery of retirement disclosures by electronic and paper methods. H.R.8696, Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020. No bill number. Discussed State-facilitated retirement savings programs for private sector workers. No bill number. Discussed part-time worker, independent contractor, contingent worker, personal/individual and portable retirement plan issues. No bill number. Discussed fiduciary responsibility issues. No bill number. Discussed student loan and retirement saving issues for lower wage workers, including the SAVER tax credit. No bill number. Discussed retirement plan data collection, retention, dissemination and cybersecurity issues. No bill number. Discussed small employer and pooled retirement plan issues. No bill number. Discussed small retirement account cash out issues. No bill number. Discussed Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) issues. No bill number. Discussed access to retirement savings for dependent care expenses. No bill number. Discussed savings for emergency expenses. No bill number. Discussed options to improve retirement savings spend down after retirement. No bill number. Submitted a Statement for the Record to the US Senate Committee on Finance on Challenges to Retirement.
Client expense: $2,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. S. 1431, Retirement Security & Savings Act. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act. S. 4192/H.R. 7439, Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act. No bill number. Discussed financial exploitation. No bill number. Discussed Grassley-Alexander multi-employer pensions draft legislation. No bill number. Discussed federal tax on financial transactions. No bill number. Discussed suggestions on executive actions, rules for 117th Congress.
Client expense: $2,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
1. Proposals to change the Social Security annual Cost of Living Adjustment formula 2. Proposals to raise the Social Security normal retirement age 3. Proposals to "means test" Social Security benefits 4. Beneficiary information available through Social Security Administration field offices 5. Status of the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund 6. Closing of Social Security Administration field offices 7. Implementation of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 8. Status of Social Security Disability claims backlog 9. U.S. House and Senate Expand Social Security Caucuses 10. Social Security Administration online COLA notifications 11. Proposals for loan guarantees for multi-employer pension plans 12. Proposals for multiple employer retirement accounts 13. H.R. 860, Social Security Act 2100, entire bill 14. H.R. 1540, Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, entire bill 15. H.R. 1170, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 16. S. 478, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 17. Nominations for Social Security Public Trustees 18. H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, entire bill 19. H.R. 2654, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2019, entire bill 20. H.R. 4540, Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, entire bill 21. Social Security Administration field office hours opening and closing 22. Electronic disclosure and notification of pension plan information 23. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act of 2019, entire bill 24. H.R. 5306, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 25. S. 2989, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 26. H.R. 6356, Emergency Social Security Benefits Improvement Act, entire bill 27. Social Security Administration policy on benefits overpayments 28. H.R. 8171, Save our Social Security Now Act, entire bill 29. H.R. 141, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019, entire bill 30. U.S. Department of Labor proposed final fiduciary rule, June 29, 2020, entire rule 31. H.R. 8598,Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act, entire bill 32. H.R. 8171, Save Our Social Security Now Act, entire bill 33. S. 269, Social Security 2100 Act, entire bill 34. H.R. 4386, Stop the Wait Act, entire bill 35. S. 2496, Stop the Wait Act, entire bill
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
Support for H.R. 397/S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act; Multi-employer pension reform, generally; Support for Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act; opposition to Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
HCONRES 36, "Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.", all provisions. HR 1, "For the People Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 2, "Moving Forward Act", all provisions. HR 779, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 935, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. HR 397, "Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 1129, "Union Transparency and Accountability Act", all provisions. HR 1133, "VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 1140, "Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020", all provisions. HR 1154, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. HR 1316, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 1319, "Davis-Bacon Repeal Act", all provisions. HR 1417, "Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 1612, "To ensure election security, enhance Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics through transparency, establish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, a, all provisions. HR 1775, "Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 1855, "Employee Rights Act", all provisions. HR 2103, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. HR 2190, "Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 2259, "Truth in Employment Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 2317, "Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act", all provisions. HR 2474, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 2571, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. HR 2741, "Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America Act", all provisions. HR 2977, "DISCLOSE Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 2992, "RAISE Act", all provisions. HR 3068, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. HR 3091, "National Flood Research and Education Center Act", all provisions. HR 3315, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. HR 3368, "Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 3463, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 4090, "Do Your Job Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 4101, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. HR 4256, "Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 5004, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions. HR 5073, "A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act", all provisions. HR 5104, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. HR 5143, "OPEN Act", all provisions. HR 5147, "Worker's Choice Act of 2019", all provisions. HR 5185, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. HR 5712, "Nationwide Right to Unionize Act", all provisions. S 27, "American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S 219, "Corporate Freeloader Fee Act", all provisions. S 226, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. S 462, "Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. S 525, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. S 530, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. S 664, "Protecting Workers Freedom to Organize Act", all provisions. S 671, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. S 735, "Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act", all provisions. S 1026, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. S 1147, "DISCLOSE Act of 2019", all provisions. S 1306, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. S 1356, "Honest Ads Act", all provisions. S 1394, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. S 1633, "RAISE Act", all provisions. S 1769, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. S 1878, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. S 1970, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2046, "Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2185, "Good Jobs for 21st Century Energy Act", all provisions. S 2254, "Butch Lewis Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2302, "America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2368, "Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2404, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. S 2524, "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020", all provisions. S 2709, "Protecting American Jobs Act", all provisions. S 2788, "Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S 2876, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. S 3146, "A bill to ensure a fair process for negotiations of collective bargaining agreements under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.", all provisions. S 3219, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. S 3245, "WORKER Act", all provisions. S 3255, "Nationwide Right To Unionize Act", all provisions. S 3256, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
H.R.397/S. 2254 - Rehabilitation for Multi-Employer Pensions Act (composite pensions and pension reform);
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied in support of the rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions provisions to be included in pandemic response legislation; text similar to Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (H.R. 397) and the Butch Lewis Act (S. 2254) would provide long-term, low-interest loans to distressed multiemployer defined pension plans. The intended effect of this legislation is to protect the defined pensions of over one million retirees and active workers in the United States and maintaining the long-term solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The IBEW is the sponsor of the second-largest multiemployer defined benefit pension plan in the United States, the National Electrical Benefit Fund. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied against the inclusion of the Giving Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act in COVID-19 response legislation. The GROW Act would allow for the creation of new composite pension plans that would weaken the multiemployer pension system. Composite plans would allow for employers to withdraw from the pension system without playing liability, result in cuts to multi-employer pension benefits, and are exempt from paying Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums. The GROW Act was included in H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied in opposition to the Giving Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act. While the legislation was not introduced as an individual bill, it was included in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800). The GROW Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan design.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans Withdrawal liability. Multi-employer pension plans & legacy/ orphan issues; proposed retiree benefit cuts; proposed premium increases H.R. 397, The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pension Act S. 2254 The Butch Lewis Act of 2019 Multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan Grassley-Alexander pension proposal GROW Act Coronavirus relief proposals including H.R. 6800/H.R. 8406 re: retirement and multiemployer pension plans & Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (HEROES Act) Proxy voting issues & retirement plans
Client expense: $402,022 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S.2254, "Butch Lewis Act", legislation to assist multiemployer pension plans through the creation of the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, providing loans to plans in critical and declining status; Grassley-Alexander proposal. H.R. 6800 (Division D) Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act, legislation to allow pension plans to partition or transfer responsibility for a portion of the benefits of retirees to the PBGC.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. Grassley-Alexander Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan Discussed the Senates proposal to address multiemployer pension reform "no bill introduced" H.R.8406 Heros Act, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. Specifically Division G, Title I; and Division H
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397: Rehabilitation for Multi-employer Pensions Act; all provisions. S. 2254 Butch Lewis Act of 2019; all provisions.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
Issues relating to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act: issues related to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019. S. 2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
1. Proposals to change the Social Security annual Cost of Living Adjustment formula 2. Proposals to raise the Social Security normal retirement age 3. Proposals to "means test" Social Security benefits 4. Beneficiary information available through Social Security Administration field offices 5. Status of the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund 6. Closing of Social Security Administration field offices 7. Implementation of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 8. Status of Social Security Disability claims backlog 9. U.S. House and Senate Expand Social Security Caucuses 10. Social Security Administration online COLA notifications 11. Proposals for loan guarantees for multi-employer pension plans 12. Proposals for multiple employer retirement accounts 13. H.R. 860, Social Security Act 2100, entire bill 14. H.R. 1540, Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, entire bill 15. H.R. 1170, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 16. S. 478, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 17. Nominations for Social Security Public Trustees 18. H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, entire bill 19. H.R. 2654, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2019, entire bill 20. H.R. 4540, Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, entire bill 21. Social Security Administration field office hours opening and closing 22. Electronic disclosure and notification of pension plan information 23. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act of 2019, entire bill 24. H.R. 5306, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 25. S. 2989, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 26. H.R. 6356, Emergency Social Security Benefits Improvement Act, entire bill 27. Social Security Administration policy on benefits overpayments 28. H.R. 8171, Save our Social Security Now Act, entire bill 29. H.R. 141, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019, entire bill 30. U.S. Department of Labor proposed final fiduciary rule, June 29, 2020, entire rule
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
No bill number. $500 economic stimulus payments for SSA and SSI beneficiaries with dependent children. No bill number. Submitted comments on proposed rule regarding Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F). No bill number. Submitted comments on proposed rules regarding National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders. No bill number. Discussed CARES Act economic impact payments. No bill number. Discussed garnishment of CARES Act economic impact payments by creditors. H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. S. 1431, Retirement Security & Savings Act. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act. S. 4192/H.R. 7439, Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act. No bill number. Discussed multi-employer pensions.
Client expense: $1,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
No bill number. Discussed permitting electronic delivery to be the default method for providing important retirement plan disclosures and notices and discussed delivery of retirement disclosures by electronic and paper delivery methods. No bill number. Discussed private sector retirement reform issues, including establishment of a national automatic retirement system. No bill number. Discussed state facilitated retirement savings programs for private sector workers. No bill number. Discussed part-time worker, independent contractor, contingent worker, personal/individual and portable retirement plan issues. No bill number. Discussed multi-employer pension plan issues. No bill number. Discussed fiduciary responsibility issues. No bill number. Discussed student loans and retirement saving issues. No bill number. Discussed retirement plan data collection, retention, dissemination and cybersecurity issues. No bill number. Discussed small employer and pooled retirement plans. No bill number. Discussed small retirement account cash out issues. No bill number. Discussed Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA). No bill number. Discussed Required Minimum Distributions (RMD). No bill number. Discussed access to retirement savings for dependent care expenses. No bill number. Discussed savings for emergency expenses. No bill number. Discussed retirement savings distribution options. No bill number. Submitted testimony to the Department of Labor on fiduciary responsibilities. No bill number. Submitted testimony to US Senate Special Committee on Aging on Women and Retirement. No bill number. Submitted a statement for the record to the House Ways and Means Committees Subcommittee on Social Security on The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and Its Beneficiaries. No bill number. Discussed Social Security payroll tax deferral and potential elimination. H.J. Res 94, Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule relating to "Relief with Respect to Employment Tax Deadlines Applicable to Employers Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease 2019 Pandemic. H.R. 7830, Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act. H.R. 4907/S. 2733, TRUST Act. S. 4180, Protecting Benefits for Retirees Act. H.R. 7499, Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act. No bill number. Discussed Social Securitys 85th Anniversary and shared public opinion polling. No bill number. Discussed The Fundamentals of Social Security via a virtual Hill briefing. No bill number. Discussed $500 CARES Act child dependent payments to eligible non-filing federal beneficiaries. S.4495, Automatic Cash Assistance Act. H.R. 8171, Save Our Social Security Now Act. No bill number, discussed the anticipated 2021 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. HR 925, Updated Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (Updated HEROES). S 4318, American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act (HEALS). H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act. S. 1431, Retirement Security & Savings Act. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act. S. 4192/H.R. 7439, Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act. No bill number. Discussed multi-employer pensions.
Client expense: $1,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397/S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act; Multi-employer pension reform, generally; Support for Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act; opposition to Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 1, "For the People Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2, "INVEST in America Act", all provisions. H.R. 397, "Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 779, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 935, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. H.R. 1129, "Union Transparency and Accountability Act", all provisions. H.R. 1133, "VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1140, "Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1154, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. H.R. 1316, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1319, "Davis-Bacon Repeal Act", all provisions. H.R. 1417, "Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1612, "Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1775, "Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1855, "Employee Rights Act", all provisions. H.R. 2103, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 2190, "Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2259, "Truth in Employment Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2317, "Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act", all provisions. H.R. 2474, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2571, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. H.R. 2741, "Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act", all provisions. H.R. 2977, "DISCLOSE Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2992, "RAISE Act", all provisions. H.R. 3068, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. H.R. 3091, "National Flood Research and Education Center Act", all provisions. H.R. 3315, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. H.R. 3368, "Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 3463, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 4090, "Do Your Job Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 4101, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. H.R. 4256, "Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 5004, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions. H.R. 5073, "A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 5104, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 5143, "OPEN Act", all provisions. H.R. 5147, "Worker's Choice Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 5185, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. H.R. 5712, "Nationwide Right to Unionize Act", all provisions. HCONRES 36, "Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.", all provisions. S. 27, "American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 219, "Corporate Freeloader Fee Act", all provisions. S. 226, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 462, "Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 525, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. S. 530, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 664, "Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act", all provisions. S. 671, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. S. 735, "Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act", all provisions. S. 1026, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. S. 1147, "Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 1306, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 1356, "Honest Ads Act", all provisions. S. 1394, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. S. 1633, "RAISE Act", all provisions. S. 1769, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. S. 1878, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. S. 1970, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2046, "Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2185, "Good Jobs for 21st Century Energy Act", all provisions. S. 2254, "Butch Lewis Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2302, "America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2368, "Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2404, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. S. 2524, "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020", all provisions. S. 2709, "Protecting American Jobs Act", all provisions. S. 2788, "Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2876, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. S. 3146, "A bill to ensure a fair process for negotiations of collective bargaining agreements under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.", all provisions. S. 3219, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. S. 3245, "WORKER Act", all provisions. S. 3255, "Nationwide Right To Unionize Act", all provisions. S. 3256, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions.
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R.397/S. 2254 - Rehabilitation for Multi-Employer Pensions Act
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. Grassley-Alexander Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan Discussed the Senates proposal to address multiemployer pension reform "no bill introduced"
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans Withdrawal liability. Multi-employer pension plans & legacy/ orphan issues; proposed retiree benefit cuts; proposed premium increases H.R. 397, The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pension Act S. 2254 The Butch Lewis Act of 2019 Multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan Grassley-Alexander pension proposal GROW Act HR 6201 re: Pensions Coronavirus relief proposals/legislation including CARES Act (HR 748)and HR 6800 re: retirement & multiemployer pension issues Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (HR 6800/HEROES Act)
Client expense: $367,432 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied in support of the rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions provisions to be included in pandemic response legislation; text similar to Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (H.R. 397) and the Butch Lewis Act (S. 2254) would provide long-term, low-interest loans to distressed multiemployer defined pension plans. The intended effect of this legislation is to protect the defined pensions of over one million retirees and active workers in the United States and maintaining the long-term solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The IBEW is the sponsor of the second-largest multiemployer defined benefit pension plan in the United States, the National Electrical Benefit Fund. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) lobbied against the inclusion of the Giving Retirement Options to Workers (GROW) Act in COVID-19 response legislation. The GROW Act would allow for the creation of new composite pension plans that would weaken the multiemployer pension system. Composite plans would allow for employers to withdraw from the pension system without playing liability, result in cuts to multi-employer pension benefits, and are exempt from paying Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums. The GROW Act was included in H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act.
Client expense: $91,766 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
Support Butch Lewis Act H.R. 397; S. 2254 Oppose GROW Act-Composite Pension Proposal (No Bill Number) Support Multi-employer Pension Reform in HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcy Act (No Bill Number)
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
S. 2254 - The Butch Lewis Act; Provisions related to establishing a fund in the treasury to rescue bankrupt or troubled pension plans. H.R. 397 - The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019; Provisions related to establishing a fund in the treasury to rescue bankrupt or troubled pension plans.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
Issues relating to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act: issues related to multi-employer pension plans. H.R. 397 - Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 S. 2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397: Rehabilitation for Multi-employer Pensions Act; all provisions. S. 2254 Butch Lewis Act of 2019; all provisions.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S.2254, "Butch Lewis Act", legislation to assist multiemployer pension plans through the creation of the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, providing loans to plans in critical and declining status; Grassley-Alexander proposal. H.R. 6800 (Division D) Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act, legislation to allow pension plans to partition or transfer responsibility for a portion of the benefits of retirees to the PBGC.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
No bill number. Discussed Social Security and the 2020 Social Security Trustees Report. H.R. 7499, the Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act. S. 2733/H.R. 4907, the TRUST Act. H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act; H.R. 6074, Preparedness and Response Supplemental; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; H.R. 266, Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Discussed stimulus payments. S. 4044, the Re-Open Enrollment of Servicemembers for Opt-in to Updated Retirement Choices for Enduring Security Act (RESOURCES Act). No bill number. Discussed problem of electronic delivery as default method for providing important retirement plan disclosures and notices. No bill number. Discussed private sector retirement reform issues, including establishment of a national automatic retirement system. No bill number. Discussed State facilitated retirement savings programs for private sector workers. No bill number. Discussed part-time worker, independent contractor, contingent worker, personal/individual and portable retirement plan issues. No bill number. Discussed multi-employer pension plan issues. No bill number. Discussed fiduciary responsibility issues. No bill number. Discussed student loans and retirement saving issues. No bill number. Discussed retirement plan data collection, retention, dissemination and cybersecurity issues. No bill number. Discussed small employer and pooled retirement plan issues. No bill number. Discussed small retirement account cash out issues. No bill number. Discussed Individual Retirement Account (IRA) issues. No bill number. Discussed Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) issues. No bill number. Discussed access to retirement savings for dependent care expenses. No bill number. Discussed savings for emergency expenses. No bill number. Discussed options to improve spend down retirement savings after retirement. No bill number. Discussed proposed Department of Labor rules on retirement plan disclosures and fiduciary responsibility. H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multi-employer Pensions Act. S. 1431, Retirement Security & Savings Act. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act.
Client expense: $1,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. Grassley-Alexander Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan Discussed the Senates proposal to address multiemployer pension reform "no bill introduced"
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
1. Proposals to change the Social Security annual Cost of Living Adjustment formula 2. Proposals to raise the Social Security normal retirement age 3. Proposals to "means test" Social Security benefits 4. Beneficiary information available through Social Security Administration field offices 5. Status of the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund 6. Closing of Social Security Administration field offices 7. Implementation of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 8. Status of Social Security Disability claims backlog 9. U.S. House and Senate Expand Social Security Caucuses 10. Social Security Administration online COLA notifications 11. Proposals for loan guarantees for multi-employer pension plans 12. Proposals for multiple employer retirement accounts 13. H.R. 860, Social Security Act 2100, entire bill 14. H.R. 1540, Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, entire bill 15. H.R. 1170, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 16. S. 478, Social Security Expansion Act, entire bill 17. Nominations for Social Security Public Trustees 18. H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, entire bill 19. H.R. 2654, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2019, entire bill 20. H.R. 4540, Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, entire bill 21. Social Security Administration field office hours opening and closing 22. Electronic disclosure and notification of pension plan information 23. S. 2254, Butch Lewis Act of 2019, entire bill 24. H.R. 5306, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 25. S. 2989, Know Your Social Security Act, entire bill 26. H.R. 6356, Emergency Social Security Benefits Improvement Act, entire bill
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397/S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act; Multi-employer pension reform, generally; Support for Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act; opposition to Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act within H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 1, "For the People Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2, "INVEST in America Act", all provisions. H.R. 397, "Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 779, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 935, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. H.R. 1129, "Union Transparency and Accountability Act", all provisions. H.R. 1133, "VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1140, "Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1154, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. H.R. 1316, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1319, "Davis-Bacon Repeal Act", all provisions. H.R. 1417, "Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1612, "Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1775, "Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 1855, "Employee Rights Act", all provisions. H.R. 2103, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 2190, "Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2259, "Truth in Employment Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2317, "Peter J. McGuire Labor Day Landmark Act", all provisions. H.R. 2474, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2571, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. H.R. 2741, "Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act", all provisions. H.R. 2977, "DISCLOSE Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 2992, "RAISE Act", all provisions. H.R. 3068, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. H.R. 3091, "National Flood Research and Education Center Act", all provisions. H.R. 3315, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. H.R. 3368, "Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 3463, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 4090, "Do Your Job Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 4101, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. H.R. 4256, "Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 5004, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions. H.R. 5073, "A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 5104, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. H.R. 5143, "OPEN Act", all provisions. H.R. 5147, "Worker's Choice Act of 2019", all provisions. H.R. 5185, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. H.R. 5712, "Nationwide Right to Unionize Act", all provisions. HCONRES 36, "Supporting efforts to enact a bold jobs and infrastructure package that benefits all Americans, not just billionaires.", all provisions. S. 27, "American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 219, "Corporate Freeloader Fee Act", all provisions. S. 226, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 462, "Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 525, "National Right-to-Work Act", all provisions. S. 530, "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 664, "Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act", all provisions. S. 671, "Miners Pension Protection Act", all provisions. S. 735, "Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act", all provisions. S. 1026, "Tax Fairness for Workers Act", all provisions. S. 1147, "Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 1306, "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 1356, "Honest Ads Act", all provisions. S. 1394, "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act", all provisions. S. 1633, "RAISE Act", all provisions. S. 1769, "Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act", all provisions. S. 1878, "Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act", all provisions. S. 1970, "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2046, "Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2185, "Good Jobs for 21st Century Energy Act", all provisions. S. 2254, "Butch Lewis Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2302, "America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2368, "Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2404, "Build Local, Hire Local Act", all provisions. S. 2524, "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020", all provisions. S. 2709, "Protecting American Jobs Act", all provisions. S. 2788, "Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019", all provisions. S. 2876, "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act", all provisions. S. 3146, "A bill to ensure a fair process for negotiations of collective bargaining agreements under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.", all provisions. S. 3219, "Respect Graduate Student Workers Act", all provisions. S. 3245, "WORKER Act", all provisions. S. 3255, "Nationwide Right To Unionize Act", all provisions. S. 3256, "Schedules That Work Act", all provisions.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Retirement
S. 2254 - Butch Lewis Act of 2019
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
H.R.397/S. 2254 - Rehabilitation for Multi-Employer Pensions Act
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
S. 2254 Butch Lewis Act of 2019 - bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. Bill in entirety.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
-H.R.397- Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act -S.3548 - CARES Act -S.2254 - The Butch Lewis Act
Client expense: $3,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 397/S. 2254- Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2020 H.R. 582- Raise the Wage Act H.R. 1140- The Right for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020 H.R. 1534/S. 1174- Federal Employee Paid Leave Act H.R. 2474/S. 1306- PRO Act H.R. 2478- Fed Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 3934- Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act S. 2254- Butch Lewis Act of 2020 H.R. 5885- Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act H.R. 6246- Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. S. 2254, the Butch Lewis Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund and to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans; entire bill. Grassley-Alexander Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan Discussed the Senates proposal to address multiemployer pension reform "no bill introduced" S. 3548/H.R. 748, the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act," legislation to provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; proposals to include provisions to address multiemployer pension reform (provisions included).
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S.2254, "Butch Lewis Act", legislation to assist multiemployer pension plans through the creation of the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, providing loans to plans in critical and declining status; Grassley-Alexander proposal.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000
Government targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
Support Butch Lewis Act H.R. 397; S. 2254 Oppose Composite Pension Proposal (No Bill Number) Support Multi-employer Pension Reform in COVID-19 legislation (Phase 4)
Client expense: $980,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Retirement
Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans Withdrawal liability. Multi-employer pension plans & legacy/ orphan issues; proposed retiree benefit cuts; proposed premium increases H.R. 397, The Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pension Act S. 2254 The Butch Lewis Act of 2019 Multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan Grassley-Alexander pension proposal GROW Act HR 6201 re: Pensions Coronavirus relief proposals/legislation including CARES Act (HR 748) re: retirement & multiemployer pension issues
Client expense: $348,656 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office