The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

H.R.7513/S.3410, Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act, Safe nurse staffing standard. Monitor the following Medicare Advantage and US territories Medicare Program: Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status (CMS-4204-P) Funding for Medicare low-income outreach and enrollment efforts H.R.6004/S.3090, the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act Medicaid funding H.R.3761/S.1774, Advancing Student Services in Schools Today Act Federal Medicaid Funding (FMAP) and the territories Public Law 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act, Prescription Drug related issues Medicaid DSH Payments, Hospital funding formula Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act, Entirety Medicaid funding in schools Medicare Advantage Physician reimbursement rates Site neutral payment proposals

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monitoring and tracking FTC Rulemaking around the Business Opportunity Rule, Penalty Offense Authority, Non-competes, and earning claims. Additionally, monitoring and tracking the progress and development of Senator Mike Lee's (R-Utah) S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act and S.2159 - A bill to clarify the classification of service provider payees as employees or independent contractors in Federal law.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Monitoring and tracking FTC Rulemaking around the Business Opportunity Rule, Penalty Offense Authority, Non-competes, and earning claims. Additionally, monitoring and tracking the progress and development of Senator Mike Lee's (R-Utah) S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act and S.2159 - A bill to clarify the classification of service provider payees as employees or independent contractors in Federal law.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Monitoring and tracking FTC Rulemaking around the Business Opportunity Rule, Penalty Offense Authority, Non-competes, and earning claims. Additionally, monitoring and tracking the progress and development of Senator Mike Lee's (R-Utah) S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act and S.2159 - A bill to clarify the classification of service provider payees as employees or independent contractors in Federal law.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

General consumer protection issues. H.R.6207 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 S.3357 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitoring and tracking FTC Rulemaking around the Business Opportunity Rule, Penalty Offense Authority, Non-competes, and earning claims. Additionally, monitoring and tracking the progress and development of Senator Mike Lee's (R-Utah) S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Issues related to EU/US data flow (Schrems II); India, Turkey, Bangladesh and other data localization issues; India Personal Data Protection Bill; Intermediary liability; S. 228, H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021; H.R. 3460, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021; H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 ( ACCESS Act of 2021); S. 3197, H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021; H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act; H.R. 3825, Ending Platform Monopolies Act; S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists Act (TEAM Act); S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $3,650,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 935/S. 3391, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1087, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 H.R. 1187, Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1602, Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 H.R. 2025/S. 840, To amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes H.R. 2516, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021 H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2570, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 H.R. 2620, Investor Choice Act of 2021 H.R. 2990/S. 3931, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 3007, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act H.R. 3448/S. 4992, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3454, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 H.R. 4227/S. 3914, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022, including provisions related to House Amendment 218 H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5128/S. 3503, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 5525, Establishing New Authorities for Businesses Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act H.R. 5586/S. 3056, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 5598/S. 3961, Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act H.R. 5648/S. 3022, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 5795/S. 3097, Main Street Growth Act H.R. 5910, Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021 H.R. 5911, Fair Hiring in Banking Act H.R. 7151, Ensuring Sound Guidance Act H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 7977, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 8254/S. 4685, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 H.R. 8521, Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act S. 479, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 2417, Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 S. 2508, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3755, Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act S. 3921, Equal Opportunity for all Investors Act S. 3923, Dodd-Frank Material Disclosure Improvement Act S. 3930, Administrative Enforcement Fairness Act of 2022 S. 3939, Small Entrepreneurs' Empowerment and Development (SEED) Act of 2022 S. 3967, Improving Crowdfunding Opportunities Act S. 3976, Expanding American Entrepreneurship Act S. 4241, Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act S. 5005, Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 Draft legislation titled Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act 4.0 of 2022 Draft legislation titled Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 Potential legislation to foster economic growth and job creation through capital formation Potential legislation to further economic growth through environmental, social, and governance factors Potential legislation to make changes to the Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation to hold proxy voting advice businesses accountable Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process Potential legislation to study the term small entity Potential legislation regarding a new regulatory framework for stablecoins Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending SEC Money Market Fund Reforms (86 Fed. Reg. 7,248, December 15, 2021) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Prohibition Against Fraud, Manipulation, or Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps, Prohibition against Undue Influence over Chief Compliance Officers, Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions (87 Fed. Reg. 6,652-6,706, February 4, 2022) Proposed rule on Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11,2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies About Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices (87 Fed. Reg. 36,654-36,761, June 17, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Investment Company Names (87 Fed. Reg. 36,594-36,651, June 17,2022) Request for Comment on Certain Information Providers Acting as Investment Advisers; Securities and Exchange Commission (87 Fed. Reg. 37,254-37,262, June 22, 2022) Request for Comment, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Agency Information Collection Activities, Report of Terms of Credit Card Plans (Form FR 2572) and Consumer and College Credit Card Agreements (87 Fed. Reg. 50,851-50,852, August 18, 2022) Proposed Rule, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission; Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers (87 Fed. Reg. 53,832-53,985 , September 1, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Resubmission of Comments and Reopening of Comment Periods for Several Rulemaking Releases Due to a Technological Error is Receiving Certain Comments (87 Fed. Reg. 63,016-63,017, October 18, 2022) SEC Proposed Rule on ESG Disclosures for Investment Advisers and Investment Companies (87 Fed. Reg. 36,654 - 36,761, August 16, 2022) Request for Comment, Securities and Exchange Commission; Draft 2022-2026 Strategic Plan for Securities and Exchange Commission (87 Fed. Reg. 53,040, August 30, 2022) Request for Information, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Climate-Related Financial Risk (87 Fed. Reg. 34,856-34,862, June 8, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act related to credit reporting; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; House Committee on Financial Services request for information related to Russia sanctions; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination Promoting the importance of appropriate length of SEC Comment Periods; Internal Revenue Service; Priority Guidance Plan; Compliance Assistance Release, Department of Labor; 401(k) Plan Investments in Cryptocurrencies Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services; Notice of Inquiry, Federal Communications Commission; In the Matter of Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination; (GN Docket No. 22-69); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Enhancing Public Data on Auto Lending; Document ID CFPB-2022-0075-0001 (November 17, 2022); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing, Form N-PORT; Outsourcing by Investment Advisers (File Nos. S7-26-22, S7-25-22; RIN 3325-AM98; RIN 3235-AN18, November 2, 2022); EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU requirements for supply chain due diligence and disclosure; EU review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; changes in the enforcement policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission; activity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and recommendations on macro-prudential regulation; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; EU Money Market Fund Regulation, legislative review; electronic delivery of certain investment documents and disclosures; Financial Stability Board recommendations on money market fund reform; IOSCO recommendations on sustainability-related practices, polices, procedures, and disclosure in asset management; Office of Financial Research (OFR) discussions on FSOC Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk; Written responses regarding requests for comment resulting from the March 9, 2022 Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets; FinCEN Implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (P.L. 116-283)

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869/S. 289, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021 H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2501, Spectrum Coordination Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3711, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4346, CHIPS and Science Act H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4609, National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 H.R. 5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 H.R. 6416, Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2022 H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 6796, Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022 H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act H.R. 8256/S. 4664, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 H.R. 9463, Satellite And Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act of 2022 S. 47, Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 S. 113, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2021 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 2710, Open App Markets Act S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 3014, Next Generation Telecommunications Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3290, National MEP Supply Chain Database Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act S. 3890, Improving Intergovernmental Cooperation and Reducing Duplication Act of 2022 S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. 4767, Proper Leadership to Align Networks for Broadband Act (PLAN) for Broadband Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation on platform transparency Draft legislation on improvements to the Paperwork Reduction Act Draft legislation around collection and sharing of government data Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Deceptive or Unfair Earnings Claims (87 Fed. Reg. 13,951-13,958, March 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (87 Fed. Reg. 51,273-51,299, August 22, 2022) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period, Federal Trade Commission; Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (87 Fed. Reg. 63,738-63,739, October 20, 2022) Notice of Inquiry, Federal Communications Commission; Space Innovation; Facilitating Capabilities for In-space Services, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) (87 Fed. Reg. 56,365-56,372, September 14, 2022) Public Notice, Federal Communications Commission; Amendment of Section 15.255 of the Commissions Rules (ET Docket No. 21-264, June 22, 2021) Request for Information, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Implementation of the CHIPS Incentives Program (87 Fed. Reg. 61570-61573, October 12, 2022) Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband permitting reform; nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; facial recognition technology; net neutrality; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2); implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141); implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435); funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, (P.L. 116-92); implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund; increased technology modernization funding for FY22; FY2022 appropriations requests to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, relating to Facial Recognition Vendor Testing (FRVT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling Pilots; Feedback to NIST on AI Risk Management: Future of the FCC Universal Service Fund; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) franchise rule and earnings rule; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) and 19(b) enforcement; potential Executive Order on identity theft; potential childrens privacy legislation in omnibus spending bill; Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation; appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity; Security Criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices; Draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development; House Select Committee on Modernization; the Administrations Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Action Plan; use of third-party messaging apps by corporate employees; request for information, National Institute of Standards and Technology, artificial intelligence risk; management framework second draft (August 18, 2022); Office of Science and Technology Policies Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights; Buy America provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Freedom of Information requests: Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Federal Trade Commission, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 5367, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 including provisions relating to FTC penalty and privacy H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act H.R. 9330/S. 4908, Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act H.R. 9463, Satellite And Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act of 2022 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 3014, Next Generation Telecommunications Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act S. 3890, Improving Intergovernmental Cooperation and Reducing Duplication Act of 2022 S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. 4767, Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act Draft legislation regarding Federal Trade Commission procedural reform Draft legislation on improvements to the Paperwork Reduction Act Draft legislation around collection and sharing of government data Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020); Various issues related to technology and economic relief; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Office of Science and Technology Policies Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) enforcement; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research, and development; appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); intermediary liability; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief; broadband permitting reform; childrens privacy in omnibus spending legislation; artificial intelligence; Buy America provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); facial recognition

General consumer protection issues. H.R.6207 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 S.3357 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Data Privacy and Security - communication of retail views regarding data privacy and security issues, including proposed legislation affecting the collection, use, security and disclosure of personal information and self-regulatory privacy programs providing protection for consumers, including: H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act, S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act, H.R.8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, S.1628, the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, and S. 3663, the Kids Online Safety Act. FTC Enforcement Authority - communications of retail views regarding statutory expansion of Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority, including S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act US-EU Transatlantic Data Transfers - communication of retail views regarding U.S. policy with respect to the regulation of transfers of personal data from EU to U.S., including discussion of the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, modernized Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transatlantic data transfers, and on-going EU-U.S. relations on these and related data protection regulatory issues. CPSC Oversight issues - communication regarding product safety issues; overall agency reviews on key issues.

Client expense: $2,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Dietary supplement regulation, Mandatory product listing Monitor the following: FTC Regulation Business Opportunity Rule and Penalty Offense Authority, Pending rule making S.3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act, Section 13B FTC issue Essential oils and wellness products related issues and initiatives S.420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act), Impact on independent Cosmetics Regulatory reform related issues S.4090, Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, Entirety

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

Government targets: SENATE

Consumer protection efforts by direct sellers. H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection & Recovery Act S. 3410: Consumer Protection and Due Process Act ANPRM on FTC Earnings Claims Rule ANPRM on FTC Business Opportunity Rule

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

General consumer protection issues. H.R.6207 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 S.3357 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Data Privacy and Security - communication of retail views regarding data privacy and security issues, including proposed legislation affecting the collection, use, security and disclosure of personal information and self-regulatory privacy programs providing protection for consumers, including: H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act H.R.8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection act FTC Enforcement Authority - communications of retail views regarding statutory expansion of Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority, including: S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act US-EU Transatlantic Data Transfers - communication of retail views regarding U.S. policy with respect to the regulation of transfers of personal data from EU to U.S., including discussion of the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, modernized Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transatlantic data transfers, and on-going EU-U.S. relations on these and related data protection regulatory issues. CPSC Oversight issues - communication regarding product safety issues; overall agency reviews on key issues.

Client expense: $3,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Issues related to EU/US data flow (Schrems II); India, Turkey and other data localization issues; India Personal Data Protection Bill; Intermediary liability; S. 228, H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021; H.R. 3460, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021; H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 ( ACCESS Act of 2021); S. 3197, H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021; H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act; H.R. 3825, Ending Platform Monopolies Act; S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists Act (TEAM Act); S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $4,720,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 935, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1087, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 H.R. 1187, Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1602, Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 H.R. 2025/S. 840, To amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes H.R. 2516, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021 H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2570, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 H.R. 2620, Investor Choice Act of 2021 H.R. 3007, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act H.R. 3448, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3454, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022, including provisions related to House Amendment 218 H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5586/S. 3056, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 5648/S. 3022, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 5910, Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021 H.R. 5911, Fair Hiring in Banking Act H.R. 7151, Ensuring Sound Guidance Act H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 7977, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 8254/S. 4685, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 H.R. 8521, Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act S. 479, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 2417, Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 S. 2508, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act S. 2621, Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2021 S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3755, Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act S. 3844, Economic Continuity and Stability Act S. 3914, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2022 S. 4241, Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act Draft legislation titled Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act 4.0 of 2022 Draft legislation titled Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 Potential legislation to foster economic growth and job creation through capital formation Potential legislation to further economic growth through environmental, social, and governance factors Potential legislation to make changes to the Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation to hold proxy voting advice businesses accountable Potential legislation to expressing a sense of Congress reaffirming the Supreme Court materiality standard Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process Potential legislation to study the term small entity Potential legislation regarding a new regulatory framework for stablecoins Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending Potential legislation dealing with securities litigation Nomination of Mark Uyeda to be Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Proposed rule regarding SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478-57,524, October 15, 2021) Proposed rule regarding Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions (87 Fed. Reg. 6,652-6,706, December 15, 2021) SEC Money Market Fund Reforms (86 Fed. Reg. 7,248, December 15, 2021) Proposed rules regarding amendments to Form PF (87 Fed. Reg. 9,106-9,235, January 26, 2022) Proposed rule regarding Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization (87 Fed. Reg. 8,443-8,472, February 15, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Prohibition Against Fraud, Manipulation, or Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps, Prohibition against Undue Influence over Chief Compliance Officers, Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions (87 Fed. Reg. 6,652-6,706, February 4, 2022) Proposed rule on Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11,2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies About Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices (87 Fed. Reg. 36,654-36,761, June 17, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Investment Company Names (87 Fed. Reg. 36,594-36,651, June 17,2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization (87 Fed. Reg. 8,443-8,472, April 1, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (87 Fed. Reg. 45,052-45,075. July 27, 2022) Request for Comment on Certain Information Providers Acting as Investment Advisers; Securities and Exchange Commission (87 Fed. Reg. 37,254-37,262, June 22, 2022) Request for Comment, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Agency Information Collection Activities, Report of Terms of Credit Card Plans (Form FR 2572) and Consumer and College Credit Card Agreements (87 Fed. Reg. 50,851-50,852, August 18, 2022) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Card Late Fees and Late Payments (87 Fed. Reg. 42,662, July 18, 2022) Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve System; Community Reinvestment Act (87 Fed. Reg. 33,884-34,066, June 3, 2022) Request for Comments, Department of the Treasury; Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (87 Fed. Reg. 40,881-40,883, July 8, 2022) Request for Comment, International Trade Administration; Developing a Framework on Competitiveness of Digital Asset Technologies (87 Fed. Reg. 30450- 30452, May 19, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act related to credit reporting; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; House Committee on Financial Services request for information related to Russia sanctions; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; Promoting the importance of appropriate length of SEC Comment Periods; Internal Revenue Service; Priority Guidance Plan; Compliance Assistance Release, Department of Labor; 401(k) Plan Investments in Cryptocurrencies Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services; Notice of Inquiry, Federal Communications Commission; In the Matter of Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination; (GN Docket No. 22-69); EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; changes in the enforcement policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission; activity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and recommendations on macro-prudential regulation; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; implementation and enforcement of proxy advisory firm regulations finalized in 2020; implementation and enforcement of SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process reforms finalized in 2020; EU Money Market Fund Regulation, legislative review; electronic delivery of certain investment documents and disclosures; implementation of beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act FY2021 (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Social Security Administrations Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification System Service; Financial Stability Board recommendations on money market fund reform; IOSCO recommendations on sustainability-related practices, polices, procedures, and disclosure in asset management; Office of Financial Research (OFR) discussions on FSOC Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk; staff legal guidance at the SEC concerning no-action letters on shareholder proposals with broad societal impact (Staff Legal Bulletin 14L-CF); SEC Reforms to regulations related to Cybersecurity Disclosures; SEC Reforms to regulations related to Human Capital Management Disclosures; SEC Reforms to regulations related to proxy voting advice businesses; SEC request for information on digital engagement practices; Written responses regarding requests for comment resulting from the March 9, 2022 Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets; SEC Proposed Rule amending 10b5-1; SEC Proposed Rule on Private Fund Advisers; Documentation of Registered Investment Adviser Compliance Reviews; SEC Amended Rule 15c2-11, applicability to 144A securities; SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; SEC Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8; PCAOB 2022-2026 Draft Strategic Plan; SEC FY 22-26 Strategic Plan; FinCEN Implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (P.L. 116-283)

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4346, CHIPS and Science Act H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 5367, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 including provisions relating to FTC penalty and privacy H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 7624, Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022 H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act H.R. 8573/S. 4676, Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 3014, Next Generation Telecommunications Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act S. 3890, Improving Intergovernmental Cooperation and Reducing Duplication Act of 2022 S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. 4767, Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act Draft legislation regarding Federal Trade Commission procedural reform Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, "Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications" (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13,2020); Various issues related to technology and economic relief; FCC implementation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) enforcement; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research, and development; reauthorization and appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); intermediary liability; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief; artificial intelligence; facial recognition

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869/S. 289, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021 H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 2501, Spectrum Coordination Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3711, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4346, CHIPS and Science Act H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4609, National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 H.R. 5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act H.R. 5367, Build Back Better Act, including provisions relating to Federal Trade Commission penalty and privacy provisions H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 H.R. 6416, Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2022 H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 6796, Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022 H.R. 7624, Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022 H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act H.R. 8256/S. 4664, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 H.R. 8573/S.4676, Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022 S. 47, Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 S. 113, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2021 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 2710, Open App Markets Act S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 3014, Next Generation Telecommunications Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3290, National MEP Supply Chain Database Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act S. 3890, Improving Intergovernmental Cooperation and Reducing Duplication Act of 2022 S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. 4767, Proper Leadership to Align Networks for Broadband Act (PLAN) for Broadband Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Draft legislation on platform transparency Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies,Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Deceptive or Unfair Earnings Claims (87 Fed. Reg. 13,951-13,958, March 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Telemarketing Sales Rule (87 Fed. Reg. 33,677-33,695, June 3, 2022) Request for Extension of Time to File Comments, Federal Trade Commission; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (87 Fed. Reg. 51,273-51,299, August 22, 2022) Request for Information, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Science Foundation; National AI Research Resource Interim Report (87 Fed. Reg. 31,914-31,915, May 25, 2022) Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service; broadband infrastructure and deployment; nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); amendments related to American semiconductor capacity; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; facial recognition technology; net neutrality; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2); implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141); implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435); funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, (P.L. 116-92); implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund; increased technology modernization funding for FY22; FY2022 appropriations requests to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, relating to Facial Recognition Vendor Testing (FRVT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling Pilots; Feedback to NIST on AI Risk Management: Future of the FCC Universal Service Fund; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) franchise rule; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) and 19(b) enforcement; potential Executive Order on identity theft; Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation; appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); reauthorization for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity; Security Criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices; Draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development; the Administrations Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Action Plan

Dietary supplement regulation, Mandatory product listing Monitor the following: FTC Regulation Business Opportunity Rule and Penalty Offense Authority, Pending rule making S.3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act, Section 13B FTC issue H.R.2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, Section 13B FTC issue H.R.5214, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements, HSA/FSA dietary supplement issues Dietary supplement eligibility for Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Essential oils and wellness products related issues and initiatives S.420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act), Impact on independent

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Consumer protection efforts by direct sellers. H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection & Recovery Act S. 3410: Consumer Protection and Due Process Act ANPRM on Earnings Claims

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

Data Privacy and Security - communications of retail views regarding data privacy and security issues, including proposed legislation affecting the collection, use, security and disclosure of personal information and self-regulatory privacy programs providing protection for consumers, including: H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act H.R. ____, Control Our Data Act (Discussion Draft of Reps. McMorris Rodgers and Bilirakis) FTC Enforcement Authority - communications of retail views regarding statutory expansion of Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority, including: S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act H.R. 8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act US-EU Transatlantic Data Transfers - communication of retail views regarding U.S. policy with respect to the regulation of transfers of personal data from EU to U.S., including discussion of the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, modernized Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transatlantic data transfers, and on-going EU-U.S. relations on these and related data protection regulatory issues. CPSC Oversight issues - communications regarding product safety issues; overall agency reviews on key issues.

Client expense: $2,910,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Issues related to EU/US data flow (Schrems II); India data localization; India Personal Data Protection Bill; Intermediary liability; S. 228, H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021; H.R. 3460, the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021; H.R. 3849, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 ( ACCESS Act of 2021); S. 3197, H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021; H.R. 3816, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act; H.R. 3825, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act; S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists Act (TEAM Act); S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act; H.R. 6093, FTC Whistleblower Act; S. 3197, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Client expense: $5,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 935, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1087, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 H.R. 1187, Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1602, Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 H.R. 2025/S. 840, To amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes H.R. 2516, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021 H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2570, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 H.R. 2620, Investor Choice Act of 2021 H.R. 3007, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act H.R. 3448, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3454, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022, including provisions related to House Amendment 218 H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5586/S. 3056, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 5648/S. 3022, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 5910, Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021 H.R. 5911, Fair Hiring in Banking Act H.R. 7977, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act S. 479, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 2417, Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 S. 2508, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act S. 2621, Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2021 S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3844, Economic Continuity and Stability Act S. 3914, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2022 S. 4241, INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act Draft legislation titled Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act 4.0 of 2022 Draft legislation titled Making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes Potential legislation to foster economic growth and job creation through capital formation Potential legislation to further economic growth through environmental, social, and governance factors Potential legislation to speed up the timeline of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Potential legislation to enshrine SEC threshold ownership requirements for shareholder proposals Potential legislation to require the SEC to study barriers in accessing capital for minority entrepreneurs Potential legislation to expressing a sense of Congress reaffirming the Supreme Court materiality standard Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process Nomination of Mark Uyeda to be Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Proposed rule regarding SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478-57,524, October 15, 2021) Proposed rule regarding SEC Reporting of Securities Loans (86 Fed. Reg. 69,802-69,853, December 8, 2021) Proposed rule regarding Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions (87 Fed. Reg. 6,652-6,706, December 15, 2021) SEC Money Market Fund Reforms (86 Fed. Reg. 7,248, December 15, 2021) Proposed rules regarding amendments to Form PF (87 Fed. Reg. 9,106-9,235, January 26, 2022) Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; (87 Fed. Reg. 5,801-5,803, February 2, 2022) Request for Comment, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Framework for the Supervision of Insurance Organizations (87 Fed. Reg. 6,537-6,549, February 4, 2022) Procedural Rule, Request for Comment, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Supervisory Authority Over Certain Nonbank Covered Persons Based on Risk Determination; Public Release of Decisions and Orders (87 Fed. Reg. 25397-25398, April 29, 2022) Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking (Regulation V) (87 Fed. Reg. 20,771-20,781, April 8, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Rules, Regulations, Guidance, and Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions (87 Fed. Reg. 18,740-18,744, March 31, 2022) Proposed Rule; Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (87 Fed. Reg. 16,590-16,624, May 9, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Private Fund Advisers; Documentation of Registered Investment Adviser Compliance Reviews (87 Fed. Reg. 16,886-16,977, March 24, 2022) Request for Comment, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Statement of Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions (87 Fed. Reg. 19,507-19,512, April 4, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act related to credit reporting; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; House Committee on Financial Services request for information related to Russia sanctions; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Prohibition Against Fraud, Manipulation, or Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps, Prohibition against Undue Influence over Chief Compliance Officers, Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) activities, including a regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination Promoting the importance of appropriate length of SEC Comment Periods; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; changes in the enforcement policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission; activity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and recommendations on macro-prudential regulation; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; implementation and enforcement of proxy advisory firm regulations finalized in 2020; implementation and enforcement of SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process reforms finalized in 2020; EU Money Market Fund Regulation, legislative review; electronic delivery of certain investment documents and disclosures; implementation of beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act FY2021 (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Social Security Administrations Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification System Service; Financial Stability Board recommendations on money market fund reform; IOSCO recommendations on sustainability-related practices, polices, procedures, and disclosure in asset management; Office of Financial Research (OFR) discussions on FSOC Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk; staff legal guidance at the SEC concerning no-action letters on shareholder proposals with broad societal impact (Staff Legal Bulletin 14L-CF); SEC reforms to regulations related to climate disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Shareholder Proposals; SEC reforms to regulations related to Cybersecurity Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Human Capital Management Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Share Repurchase Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to 10b5-1 Disclosure; SEC request for information on digital engagement practices; FinCEN Implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (P.L. 116-283); SEC Reopening of Comment Period on Pay Versus Performance; SEC Proposed Rule amending 10b5-1; SEC Amended Rule 15c2-11, applicability to 144A securities; SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; SEC prosed rule on private fund advisors; documentation of registered investment adviser compliance reviews; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Money Market Fund Reforms; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization; Notice, Internal Revenue Service; Priority Guidance Plan; Compliance Assistance Release, Department of Labor; 401(k) Plan Investments in Cryptocurrencies Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services; cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting; enhancement and standardization of climate related disclosures to investors SEC regulation

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869/S. 289, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021 H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 2501, Spectrum Coordination Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3711, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4609, National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 H.R. 5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act H.R. 5367, Build Back Better Act, including provisions relating to Federal Trade Commission penalty and privacy provisions H.R. 6416, Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2022 H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 6796, Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022 H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act S. 47, Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 S. 113, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2021 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 2710, Open App Markets Act S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3290, National MEP Supply Chain Database Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3890, Improving Intergovernmental Cooperation and Reducing Duplication Act of 2022 S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Draft legislation on platform transparency Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation titled Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Initiative Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Earnings Claims (87 Fed. Reg. 13,951-13,958, March 11, 2022) Notice, Request for Information, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Evaluating and Improving NIST Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (87 Fed. Reg. 9,579-9,581, February 22, 2022) Request for Comment; National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Developing a Report on Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem (87 Fed. Reg. 24,134-24,139, April 22, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Communications Commission; Affordable Connectivity Program (87 Fed. Reg. 8,385-8,390, February 14, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Deceptive or Unfair Claims (87 Fed. Reg. 13,951-13,958, March 11, 2022) Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service; broadband infrastructure and deployment; nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); amendments related to American semiconductor capacity; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; facial recognition technology; net neutrality; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2); implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141); implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435); funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, (P.L. 116-92); implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund; increased technology modernization funding for FY22; FY2022 appropriations requests to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, relating to Facial Recognition Vendor Testing (FRVT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling Pilots; Feedback to NIST on AI Risk Management: Future of the FCC Universal Service Fund; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) franchise rule; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) and 19(b) enforcement; potential Executive Order on identity theft; Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation; FCC implementation of the emergency broadband benefit; appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); reauthorization for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity; Security Criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices; Draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development

General consumer protection issues. H.R.6207 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 S.3357 - Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, Section 13B FTC issue Dietary supplement regulation, Mandatory product listing FTC Regulation Business Opportunity Rule and Penalty Offense Authority, Pending rule making S.3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act, Section 13B FTC issue Monitor the following: H.R.5214, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements, HSA/FSA dietary supplement issues Dietary supplement eligibility for Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Essential oils and wellness products related issues and initiatives S.420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act), Impact on independent

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

Government targets: SENATE

Consumer protection efforts by direct sellers. H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection & Recovery Act S. 3410: Consumer Protection and Due Process Act ANPRM on Earnings Claims

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

General consumer protection issues. H.R. 5279 Personal Care Products Safety Act of 2019 H.R. 5141 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019 S. 2886 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019 S. 4626- SAFE Data Act of 2019 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

General consumer protection issues. H.R. 5279 Personal Care Products Safety Act of 2019 H.R. 5141 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019 S. 2886 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019 S. 4626- SAFE Data Act of 2019 H.R. 2668 Consumer Protection and Recovery Act of 2021 H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act S.3410 - The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act

Client expense: $155,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Issues related to EU/US data flow (Schrems II); India data localization; India Personal Data Protection Bill; Intermediary liability; S. 228, H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021; H.R. 3460, the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021; H.R. 3849, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 ( ACCESS Act of 2021); S. 3197, H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021; H.R. 3816, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act; H.R. 3825, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act; S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists Act (TEAM Act); S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act; H.R. 6093, FTC Whistleblower Act; S. 3197, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Client expense: $5,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Data Privacy and Security - communications of retail views regarding data privacy and security issues, including proposed legislation affecting the collection, use, security and disclosure of personal information and self-regulatory privacy programs providing protection for consumers, including: H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act H.R. ____, Control Our Data Act (Discussion Draft of Reps. McMorris Rodgers and Bilirakis) FTC Enforcement Authority - communications of retail views regarding statutory expansion of Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority, including: S. 3410, Consumer Protection and Due Process Act US-EU Transatlantic Data Transfers - communication of retail views regarding U.S. policy with respect to the regulation of transfers of personal data from EU to U.S., including discussion of the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, modernized Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transatlantic data transfers, and on-going EU-U.S. relations on these and related data protection regulatory issues. CPSC Oversight issues - communications regarding product safety issues; overall agency reviews on key issues.

Client expense: $1,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 935, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1087, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 H.R. 1187, Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1602, Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 H.R. 2025/S. 840, To amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes H.R. 2516, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021 H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2570, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 H.R. 2620, Investor Choice Act of 2021 H.R. 3007, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act H.R. 3448, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3454, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022, including provisions related to House Amendment 218 H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5586/S. 3056, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 5648/S. 3022, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 5910, Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021 H.R. 5911, Fair Hiring in Banking Act S. 479, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 2417, Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 S. 2508, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act S. 2621, Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2021 S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act S. 3755, Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act S. 3844, Economic Continuity and Stability Act S. 3914, Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2022 Potential legislation to foster economic growth and job creation through capital formation Potential legislation to further economic growth through environmental, social, and governance factors Potential legislation to speed up the timeline of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Potential legislation to enshrine SEC threshold ownership requirements for shareholder proposals Potential legislation to require the SEC to study barriers in accessing capital for minority entrepreneurs Potential legislation to expressing a sense of Congress reaffirming the Supreme Court materiality standard Nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to Serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Proposed rule regarding SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478-57,524, October 15, 2021) Proposed rule regarding SEC Reporting of Securities Loans (86 Fed. Reg. 69,802-69.853, December 8, 2021) Proposed rule regarding Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions (87 Fed. Reg. 6,652-6,706, December 15, 2021) SEC Money Market Fund Reforms (86 Fed. Reg. 7,248, December 15, 2021) Proposed rules regarding amendments to Form PF (87 FR 9,106-9,235, January 26, 2022) Request for Information on "Review of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations and Guidance, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); (86 Fed. Reg. 71,201-71,207, December 15, 2021) Reopening of Comment Period for Pay Versus Performance Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; (87 Fed. Reg. 5,751-5,759, February 2, 2022) Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; (87 Fed. Reg. 5,801-5,803, February 2, 2022) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act related to credit reporting; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; House Committee on Financial Services request for information related to Russia sanctions; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; changes in the enforcement policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission; activity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and recommendations on macro-prudential regulation; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; implementation and enforcement of SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process reforms finalized in 2020; EU Money Market Fund Regulation, legislative review; electronic delivery of certain investment documents and disclosures; implementation of beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act FY2021 (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Social Security Administrations Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification System Service; Financial Stability Board recommendations on money market fund reform; IOSCO recommendations on sustainability-related practices, polices, procedures, and disclosure in asset management; Office of Financial Research (OFR) discussions on FSOC Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk; staff legal guidance at the SEC concerning no-action letters on shareholder proposals with broad societal impact (Staff Legal Bulletin 14L-CF); SEC reforms to regulations related to climate disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Shareholder Proposals; SEC reforms to regulations related to Cybersecurity Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Human Capital Management Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to Share Repurchase Disclosures; SEC reforms to regulations related to 10b5-1 Disclosure; SEC request for information on digital engagement practices; FinCEN Implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act; SEC Reopening of Comment Period on Pay Versus Performance; SEC Proposed Rule Regarding Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization; SEC Proposed Rule amending 10b5-1; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Prohibition Against Fraud, Manipulation, or Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps, Prohibition against Undue Influence over Chief Compliance Officers, Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Rule 10b5-1 and Insider Trading; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization; Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Proxy Voting Advice; Requesting an Extension of the Comment Period for the Securities and Exchange Commissions Private Fund Advisers Proposal; Proposed rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Reporting of Securities Loans; third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending; cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting; enhancement and standardization of climate related disclosures to investors SEC regulation

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869/S. 289, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021 H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund and broadband H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 1848, Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrows (LIFT) America Act H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 2501, Spectrum Coordination Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4609, National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 H.R. 5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act H.R. 5367, Build Back Better Act, including provisions relating to Federal Trade Commission penalty and privacy provisions H.R. 6416, Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2022 H.R. 6580/S. 3572, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 H.R. 6796, Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022 S. 47, Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 S. 113, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2021 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 2710, Open App Markets Act S. 2992, American Innovation and Choice Online Act S. 3035, Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act of 2021 S. 3290, National MEP Supply Chain Database Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Nomination of Alan Davidson to be Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Initiative Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Wireline competition bureau seeks comment on Covid-19 telehealth program application evaluation Metrics (86 Fed. Reg. 8,356-8,359, February 5, 2021) Proposed rule allowing earlier equipment marketing and importation opportunities (86 Fed. Reg. 2,337-2,344, January 12, 2021) Petitions for emergency relief to allow the use of E-rate funds to support remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic (86 Fed. Reg. 9,309-9,312, February 12, 2021) Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Request for Comments, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, (87 Fed. Reg. 1,122-1,126, January 10, 2022) Rule, Federal Communications Commission; Establishing Emergency Connectivity Fund To Close the Homework Gap, (87 Fed. Reg. 14,180-14,181, March 14, 2022) Proposed Rule, Federal Communications Commission; Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency, (87 Fed. Reg. 6,827-6,838, February 7, 2022) Proposed Rule, U.S. Department of Commerce; Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; Connected Software Applications, (86 Fed. Reg. 72,900-72,901, December 23, 2021) Study to Advance a More Productive Tech Economy, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), (86 Fed. Reg. 66,287-66,288, November 22, 2021) Request for Information on the Update of the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, Office of Science and Technology Policy, (87 Fed. Reg. 5,876-5,878, February 2, 2022) Strategic Plan, U.S. Department of Transportation, (86 Fed. Reg. 26,266-26,267, December 3, 2021) Request for Information on Public and Private Sector Uses of Biometric Technologies, Office of Science and Technology Policy, (86 Fed. Reg. 56,300-56,302, October 8, 2021) Petition for Rulemaking by Accountable Tech, Federal Trade Commission, (86 Fed. Reg. 73,206-73,207, December 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Federal Communications Commission; Resilient Networks, Disruptions to Communications, (86 Fed. Reg. 69,609-69,610, December 8, 2021) Study to Advance a More Productive Tech Economy, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), (86 Fed. Reg. 66,287-66,288, November 22, 2021) Request for Information on Development of Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment; Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation (DOT), (86 Fed. Reg. 67,782-67,785, November 29, 2021) Request for Information on Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan; U.S. Department of Transportation, (86 Fed. Reg. 74,429-74,730, December 30, 2021) Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service; broadband infrastructure and deployment; nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); amendments related to American semiconductor capacity; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; facial recognition technology; net neutrality; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2); implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141); implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435); funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, (P.L. 116-92); implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund; increased technology modernization funding for FY22; FY2022 appropriations requests to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, relating to Facial Recognition Vendor Testing (FRVT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling Pilots; Feedback to NIST on AI Risk Management; Future of the FCC Universal Service Fund; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) and 19(b) enforcement; Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation; FCC implementation of the emergency broadband benefit; appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); reauthorization for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity; Security Criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices; Draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development

H.R.2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, Section 13B FTC issue Dietary supplement regulation, Mandatory product listing FTC Regulation Business Opportunity Rule and Penalty Offense Authority, Pending rule making S.3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act, Section 13B FTC issue Monitor the following: H.R.5214, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements, HSA/FSA dietary supplement issues Dietary supplement eligibility for Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Essential oils and wellness products related issues and initiatives S.420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act), Impact on independent

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Consumer protection efforts by direct sellers. H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection & Recovery Act S. 3410: Consumer Protection and Due Process Act ANPRM on Earnings Claims

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

Issues related to encryption; Issues related to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Issues related to EU/US data flow (Schrems II); India data localization; India Personal Data Protection Bill; Intermediary liability; S. 228, H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021; H.R. 3460, the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021; H.R. 3849, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 ( ACCESS Act of 2021); S. 3197, H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021; H.R. 3816, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act; H.R. 3825, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act; S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists Act (TEAM Act); S. 2992 American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3410 The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act; H.R. 6093 FTC Whistleblower Act

Client expense: $5,420,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 847/S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act H.R. 869/S. 289, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act of 2021 H.R. 1251, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021 H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund and broadband H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 1848, Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrows (LIFT) America Act H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 2501, Spectrum Coordination Act H.R. 2668/S. 1494, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3816, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3826, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2021 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4609, National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 H.R. 5367, Build Back Better Act, including provisions relating to Federal Trade Commission penalty and privacy provisions S. 47, Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act of 2021 S. 113, Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2021 S. 919, Data Care Act of 2021 S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021 S. 1957, State and Local Digital Service Act of 2021 S. 3035, GOOD AI Act of 2021 S. 3330, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Potential legislation similar to the H.R. 2231, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Nomination of Alan Davidson to be Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel to be Chair of the Federal Communications Commission Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Initiative Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Wireline competition bureau seeks comment on Covid-19 telehealth program application evaluation Metrics (86 Fed. Reg. 8,356-8,359, February 5, 2021) Proposed rule allowing earlier equipment marketing and importation opportunities (86 Fed. Reg. 2,337-2,344, January 12, 2021) Petitions for emergency relief to allow the use of E-rate funds to support remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic (86 Fed. Reg. 9,309-9,312, February 12, 2021) Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Notice, Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS); National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, (86 Fed. Reg. 54,287-54,291, September 30, 2021) Request for Information, Implementation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource; White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science Foundation, 86 Fed. Reg. 46,278-46,279, August 18, 2021) Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service; broadband infrastructure and deployment; nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); amendments related to American semiconductor capacity; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; facial recognition technology; net neutrality; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2); implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141); implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435); funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, (P.L. 116-92); implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund; increased technology modernization funding for FY22; FY2022 appropriations requests to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, relating to Facial Recognition Vendor Testing (FRVT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; FTC enforcement; FTC section 13(b) and 19(b) enforcement; Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation; FCC implementation of the emergency broadband benefit; appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF); reauthorization for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity; Security Criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices; Draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria; artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development; data privacy

H.R. 935, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 H.R. 1087, Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 H.R. 1187, Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1602, Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 H.R. 2025/S. 840, To amend title 28, United States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions, and for other purposes H.R. 2072, Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act H.R. 2516, Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2021 H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2570, Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 H.R. 2620, Investor Choice Act of 2021 H.R. 3007, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act H.R. 3448, Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act H.R. 3454, Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R. 4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5586/S. 3056, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 5648/S. 3022, Stop Wall Street Looting Act H.R. 5910, Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021 H.R. 5911, Fair Hiring in Banking Act S. 479, Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for (LOCAL) Infrastructure Act S. 2417, Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 S. 2508, Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act S. 2621, Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2021 S. 3410, The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act Potential legislation to foster economic growth and job creation through capital formation Potential legislation to further economic growth through environmental, social, and governance factors Potential legislation to speed up the timeline of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Potential legislation to enshrine SEC threshold ownership requirements for shareholder proposals Potential legislation to require the SEC to study barriers in accessing capital for minority entrepreneurs Potential companion legislation to H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021 Nomination of Saule Omarova to serve as Comptroller of Currency Proposed rule regarding SEC Proxy Voting Advice Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 67,383-67,402, November 26, 2021) Proposed rule regarding SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478-57,524, October 15, 2021) Notice, Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Comptroller of the Currency; Proposed Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management, (86 Fed. Reg. 38,182-38,204, July 19, 2021) Final rule regarding SEC Universal Proxy (86 Fed. Reg. 68,330-68,381, December 1, 2021) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; CFPB regulatory sandbox for disclosures; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) Regulation Z; Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; potential repeal of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Cap; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information Collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; resolutions to establish task forces on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Technology in the House Committee on Financial Services; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Tax Reporting Proposal by the Department of the Treasury related to a $600 or more annual account threshold; Amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act related to credit reporting; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; EU review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive; EU review of prudential regime for investment firms; implementation and enforcement of Regulation Best Interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission; changes in the enforcement policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission; activity of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and recommendations on macro-prudential regulation; clarification in the regulatory treatment of digital assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; implementation and enforcement of proxy advisory firm regulations finalized in 2020; implementation and enforcement of SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process reforms finalized in 2020; EU Money Market Fund Regulation, legislative review; electronic delivery of certain investment documents and disclosures; implementation of beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act FY2021 (P.L. 116-283); implementation of the Social Security Administrations Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification System Service; Financial Stability Board recommendations on money market fund reform; IOSCO recommendations on sustainability-related practices, polices, procedures, and disclosure in asset management; Office of Financial Research (OFR) discussions on FSOC Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk; staff legal guidance at the SEC concerning no-action letters on shareholder proposals with broad societal impact (Staff Legal Bulletin 14L-CF); SEC request for information on climate disclosures; SEC Reforms to regulations related to Shareholder Proposals; SEC Reforms to regulations related to Cybersecurity Disclosures; SEC Reforms to regulations related to Human Capital Management Disclosures; SEC Reforms to Money Market Funds Regulations; SEC request for information on digital engagement practices; FinCEN Implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act; potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending