Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 23, 2021
Latest Action
September 15, 2022
Primary Sponsor
Robert MenendezDemocratic(NJ)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
99pct
569d open
vs 5,357 other S bills in the 117th — cohort avg 38d
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 This bill requires certain issuers of securities to disclose the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of their boards of directors and executive officers, as well as the status of any of those directors and officers as a veteran. It also requires the disclosure of any plan to promote racial, ethnic, and gender diversity among these groups. The Securities and Exchange Commission must establish a Diversity Advisory Group to report on strategies to increase gender, racial, and ethnic diversity among board members.
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Filing registrants (24)
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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2026 · third_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · third_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| NJ |
| Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | CA |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Raphael G. Warnock | Democratic | GA |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |
2025 · second_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · fourth_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · third_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · second_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4640, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155, Basel III Endgame Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S. 374) SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management SEC Custody Rule
Client expense: $1,070,515 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2023 · fourth_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · fourth_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4640, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155, Basel III Endgame Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S. 374) SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management SEC Custody Rule
Client expense: $859,376 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2023 · third_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · third_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4640, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155, Basel III Endgame Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S. 374) SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management SEC Custody Rule
Client expense: $1,278,864 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2023 · second_quarter · Banking
Bank On Central Bank Digital Currency Cryptocurrency Digital Assets Market Structure Bill (Draft) A Bill to Provide for the Regulation of Payment Stablecoins (Draft) Nominations Postal Banking S.1323 & H.R.2891, Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2023 H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 758, Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked Communities Act of 2023 H.R.1533, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 6145, Community Bank Relief Act of 2021 S. 3409, To amend the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to develop a Community Bank Leverage Ratio that is between 8 percent and 8.5 percent for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Emergency Capital Investment Issues for CDFI and MDI S. 3715, The E-SIGN Modernization Act H.R. 7351, To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide for the supervision of non-depository persons offering or making small business loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R 4521, America Competes Act of 2022 H.R.7003, Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Communities Act S. 2677, Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2021 S. 4356, Responsible Financial Innovation Act The impact of Environmental, Social and Governance guidance and regulatory proposals on Banking. UDAAP Supervisory Policies and Adjudication Procedures Community Reinvestment Act Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates S.1838 , Credit Card Competition Act H.R. 3881, Credit Card Competition Act S.4760, Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 Merchant Category Codes S.1790--Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act S.293 & H.R. 2743, Fair Access to Banking Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2603, To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise certain thresholds related to smaller reporting companies, accelerated filers, and large accelerated filers, and for other purposes H.R.2798 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R.1382 TABS Act of 2023 H.R.1411, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau-Inspector General Reform Act H.R. 2489, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act H.R.1313, the Transparency in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Cost-Benefit Analysis Act H.R.1719, Making the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountable to Small Business Act S.1362, the Transparency in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Cost-Benefit Analysis Act H.R.490, Federal Infrastructure Bank Act of 2023
Client expense: $2,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2023 · second_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4640, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS REform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S. 374) SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management SEC Custody Rule
Client expense: $852,623 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2023 · second_quarter · Banking
Issues related to the implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1645 - The Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act; H.R. 1277/ S. 374 - The Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act; S. 2690 - Expanding Access to Affordable Credit for Small Businesses Act; H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act; Issues related to the modernization of government programs to provide expedited and more efficient lending opportunities (PL 116-136 and PL 116-123).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2023 · first_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4640, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS REform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S. 374) SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management
Client expense: $890,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2023 · first_quarter · Banking
Bank On Buy Now, Pay Later Central Bank Digital Currency Cryptocurrency Digital Assets Nominations USPS Pilot Banking Program H.R. 1996, The SAFE Banking Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 758, Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked Communities Act of 2023 S. 910, SAFE Banking Act S.J.RES.15, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to "National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders." H.R.1533, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 6145, Community Bank Relief Act of 2021 S. 3409, To amend the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to develop a Community Bank Leverage Ratio that is between 8 percent and 8.5 percent for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Emergency Capital Investment Issues for CDFI and MDI S. 3715, The E-SIGN Modernization Act Coin Circulation H.R. 7351, To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide for the supervision of non-depository persons offering or making small business loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R 4521, America Competes Act of 2022 H.R.7003, Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Communities Act S. 2677, Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2021 S. 4356, Responsible Financial Innovation Act The impact of Environmental, Social and Governance guidance and regulatory proposals on Banking. UDAAP Supervisory Policies and Adjudication Procedures Issues impacting the modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates S.4674, Credit Card Competition Act H.R. 8874, Credit Card Competition Act S.4760, Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 Merchant Category Codes
Client expense: $1,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2023 · first_quarter · Banking
16. Specific lobbying issues GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Banking
Issues related to the implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1645 - The Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act; H.R. 1277/ S. 374 - The Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act; S. 2690 - Expanding Access to Affordable Credit for Small Businesses Act; H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act; Issues related to the modernization of government programs to provide expedited and more efficient lending opportunities (PL 116-136 and PL 116-123).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Act Workplace Recovery Act Mark to Market Accounting Federal Reserve Credit Facilities Forbearance Issues TALF Main Street Lending Program CARES Act Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1277 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity; entire bill H.R. 1816 - Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act; entire bill H.R. 2039 - To Prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from Requiring that Personally Identifiable Information be Collected under Consolidated Audit Trail Reporting Requirements, and for other Purposes; entire bill H.R. 2288 - to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds; entire bill H.R. 2620 - Investor Choice Act of 2021; entire bill H.R. 3962 - To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes; entire bill H.R. 4616 - Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021; entire bill H.R. 8152 - the American Data Privacy and Protection Act; entire bill S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act; entire bill S. 1171 - Investor Choice Act of 2021; entire bill S. 1209 - Protecting Investors Personally Identifiable Information Act; entire bill S. 1625 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act (SECURE Notarization Act); entire bill S. 3779 - Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act; entire bill S. 4241 - INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act; entire bill Not Yet Introduced: Rep. Patrick McHenry Financial Data Privacy discussion draft
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
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)
Client expense: $20,990,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2022 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 5/S. 393, Equality Act H.R. 7/S. 205, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 447, National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 H.R. 603/S. 53, Raise the Wage Act of 2021 H.R. 804/S. 248, Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act H.R. 830, Wage Increase Fairness Act H.R. 842/S. 420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 H.R. 1065/S. 1486/S. 4431, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act H.R. 1284/S. 403, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 H.R. 1458/S.490, Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1735/S. 673, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021 H.R. 2491, Wage Equity Act of 2021 H.R. 2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 2795, DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act H.R. 2873, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 H.R. 2883, Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications H.R. 2884, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act H.R. 2891/S. 1428, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act H.R. 2926/S. 663, One Agency Act H.R. 3110/S. 1658, Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act H.R. 3114, Longshore and Harbor Workers COVID-19 Compensation Act of 2021 H.R. 3460/S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021 H.R. 3816/S. 2992, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3825, Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3826/S. 3197, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3843/S. 228, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4109/S. 2193, Protections for Socially Good Activities Act H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 5017/S. 2710, Open App Markets Act H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act H.R. 5842, Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act H.R. 6922/S. 3760, Continued Waiver of Interest on State Unemployment Loans during the Pandemic Act H.R. 7194/S. 3889, Employee Rights Act H.R. 7151, Ensuring Sound Guidance Act H.R. 7309, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 H.R. 7701, Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act H.R. 8295/S. 4659, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 H.Res. 823, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3460) to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant H.J. Res. 100,To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees H. Con. Res. 119, Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.J. Res. 100 S. 225, Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 S. 478, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2021 S. 977, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2021 S. 1074, Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act S. 1204, Bust Up Big Tech Act S. 1380, Clean Slate Act of 2021 S. 1425, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (STALLING) Act S. 1435, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 S. 1636, Save Local Business Act S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists (TEAM) Act S. 2991, Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021 S. 3311, FTC Integrity Act S. 3847, Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022 S. 3889, Employee Rights Act S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. J. Res. 13, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to "Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures" Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02, Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees (85 Fed. Reg. 82,798-82,866, December 18, 2020) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, Oct. 13, 2022) Proposed Rule, National Labor Relations Board; Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status Under the National Labor Relations Act (87 Fed. Reg. 54,641-54,663, September 7, 2022) Request for Comments, Internal Revenue Service; Prevailing Wage, Apprenticeship, Domestic Content, and Energy Communities Requirements Under the Act Commonly Known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Docket No. IRS-2022-0025, Notice 2022-51, November 30, 2022) Request for Comments, International Trade Administration; Artificial Intelligence Export Competitiveness (87 Fed. Reg. 50,288-50,289, August 16, 2022) Proposed Rule, Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Federal Acquisition Regulation: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects (87 Fed. Reg. 51,044-51,052, August 19, 2022) Final Rule on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights (87 Fed. Reg. 73,822-73,886, December 1, 2022) Proposed Rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries, and Illnesses (87 Fed. Reg. 18,528-18,558, March 3, 2022) Various issues relating to modernization of the unemployment insurance system; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; unemployment insurance and the coronavirus pandemic; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; the firing of Peter Robb as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and of Alice Stock, Deputy General Counsel of the NLRB; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); The FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; The USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; COVID-19 vaccine requirements, including a potential Emergency Temporary Standard from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to employers with more than 100 employees; vaccine requirements for federal contractors; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; Executive Order 13999 Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; President Bidens Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID Action Plan; unemployment insurance; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; Transparency at the FTC; FTCs Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2026; section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Gudelines; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257)
Client expense: $20,990,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 842 National Labor Relations Act Amendments H.R. 1277 Submission by Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 1319 COVID-19 Relief S. 374 Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 3114 Maritime Workers Benefits S. 420 National Labor Relations Act Amendments S. 4524 Workplace Safety
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 699- Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act (Emmer) H.R. 1277- Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 (Meeks) H.R. 2123- Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act (Beatty) H.R. 2265- Financial Exploitation Prevention Act (Wagner) H.R. 3412- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act (Loudermilk) H.R. 3899- Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act (Foster) H.R. 4262- Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (Gonzalez) H.R. 7151- Ensuring Sound Guidance Act (Barr) H.R. 8521- INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act (Huizenga) H.R. 9089- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2022 (Williams) H.R. 9408- Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 (Huizenga) H.R. 9526- Review the Expansion of Government Act (Kim) H.R. 9527- Putting Investors First Act of 2022 (Steil) H.R. 9570- Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2022 (Huizenga) S. 374- Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 (Menendez) S. 2684- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2021 (Toomey) S. 3948- Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (Daines) S. 4241- INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act (Sullivan) S. 5004- Alleviating Stress Test Burdents to Help Investors Act (Rounds) S. 5005- Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 (Rounds) Diverse Investment Advisers Act (draft) Diversity and Inclusion in the Asset Management Industry Processing fees for delivering investment materials SEC data security/Consolidated Audit Trail breach notification SEC money market fund proposal SEC proposed amendments to the fund names rule SEC proposed Investment Adviser and Fund Disclosures about ESG Investment Practices SEC public company climate disclosure proposal SEC open-end fund liquidity rule, swing pricing, and hard close proposal SEC outsourcing by investment advisers proposal
Client expense: $710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Bank On Buy Now, Pay Later Central Bank Digital Currency Cryptocurrency Nominations USPS Pilot Banking Program H.R. 1996, The SAFE Banking Act H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act H.R. 2561, Promoting Access to Capital in Unbanked Communities Act of 2021 S. 910, SAFE Banking Act S.J.RES.15, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to "National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders." H.R. 4590, Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act H.R. 4616, Adjustable Interest Rate LIBOR Act H.R. 5189, Member Business Loan Expansion Act S. 2508, Veterans and Consumer Fair Credit Act Perlmutter Amendment (H.Amdt.97) to H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 H.R. 2989, Financial Transparency Act H.R. 6145, Community Bank Relief Act of 2021 S. 3409, To amend the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to develop a Community Bank Leverage Ratio that is between 8 percent and 8.5 percent for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Emergency Capital Investment Issues for CDFI and MDI S. 3715, The E-SIGN Modernization Act Coin Circulation S. 3779, Adjustable Interest Rate LIBOR Act H.R. 7351, To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide for the supervision of non-depository persons offering or making small business loans, and for other purposes. H.R. 4277, Overdraft Protection Act of 2021 H.R 4521, America Competes Act of 2022 H.R.7003, Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Communities Act S. 2677, Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2021 S. 4356, Responsible Financial Innovation Act The impact of Environmental, Social and Governance guidance and regulatory proposals on Banking. H.R. 2543, Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act UDAAP Supervisory Policies and Adjudication Procedures Issues impacting the modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates S.4674, Credit Card Competition Act H.R. 8874, Credit Card Competition Act H.R. 8485, Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act S.4760, Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 Merchant Category Codes
Client expense: $2,840,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2022 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 842 National Labor Relations Act Amendments H.R. 1277 Submission by Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 1319 COVID-19 Relief S. 374 Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 3114 Maritime Workers Benefits S. 420 National Labor Relations Act Amendments S. 4524 Workplace Safety
Client expense: $1,420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Monitor efforts to reform housing finance; raise awareness of REIT issues; monitor H.R. 1277 / S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021; monitor federal home loan bank legislative proposals.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Manufacturing
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374) SEC Proposed rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management
Client expense: $913,660 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Issues related to banking regulatory reform: -HR 1277/S 374 Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 -HR 4258 To establish a governmentwide approach to improving digital identity, and for other purposes. -Issues related to interest rate caps -HR 745 Fair Access to Credit Act of 2021 -HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (issues related to banking) -HR 4373 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023 -Issues related to credit scores -HR 1491 Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act -HR 1645 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make improvements to the regulation of consumer reporting agencies and protect consumers, and for other purposes. -HR 166 Fair Lending for All Act -HR 5376 Build Back Better Act -HR 5974/S 2508 Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act -Issues related to unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices -Issues related to financial innovation -Issues related to financial literacy -Issues related to the Community Reinvestment Act -Issues related to debt collection -Issues related to artificial intelligence and machine learning -Issues related to credit scoring/credit risk -Issues related to privacy -HR 8152 American Data Privacy and Protection Act -S 4356 Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act -S. 4674 Credit Card Competition Act -Issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion -Issues related to anti-trust -Issues related to fees -Issues related to climate -Issues related to digital assets
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2022 · fourth_quarter · Economics/Economic Development
H.R. 1277/S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 Issues pertaining to corporate board diversity
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
H.R. 1277/S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 Issues pertaining to corporate board diversity
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Economics/Economic Development
H.R. 1277/S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 Issues pertaining to corporate board diversity
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
H.R. 1277/S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 Issues pertaining to corporate board diversity
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes. ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs ISSUE Insurance Underwriting HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research. HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes. HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050. S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing. HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics. S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions. HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business. HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency. S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding. HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program. HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks. HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC. HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes. HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes. HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics. HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes. HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification. S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data 4614 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021 - improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands HR 4866 Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act - to abolish FIO HR 5823, Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) 2022 - establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program HR 5736, Booster Seat Safety Act - direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations relating to child restraint systems HR 5807/S 3065, DATA Privacy Act - establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information HR 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act - prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute HR 5734, Catastrophic Risk Transfer (CART) Act - to establish a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses HR 5689, Resilient AMERICA Act - improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects HR 4006 Fair Repair Act -- requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers HR 6580/S 3572 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 -- direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes HR 6570 REPAIR Act -- ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles HR 4521 America COMPETES Act -- bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters HR 4777/S 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act -- addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors S 3844Economic Continuity and Stability Act -- establish a clear and uniform process, on a nationwide basis, for replacing the London interbank offered rate in existing contracts S 3715E-SIGN Modernization Act -- repeals certain requirements regarding the use of electronic records in commerce S 3755Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act -- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 with respect to arbitration HR 6027 Online Privacy Act -- establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties S 3875, Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act -- require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States DRAFT, Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2022 -- help accelerate economic growth and spur new business formation S 4110, Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2022 -- establishes a state insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council S 4299, Rebuilding Small Businesses After Disasters Act -- to repeal the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans S 4274, National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act -- improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks ISSUE, SEC 144A/Rule 15c2-11 No Action Letter ISSUE, ESG, DEI, Climate-Related Financial Risk HR 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act - to create a federal privacy standard DRAFT, Rep. McHenry/Financial Services Privacy Draft - to amend GLBA HR 8063, RAMP Act - to improve MSP statute by eliminating the private right of action HR 8254 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 - FY2023 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 - authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 HR 4346 CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 - funds to support the domestic production of semiconductors and authorizes various programs and activities of the federal science agencies. S 4619 Fair Access to Financial Services Act - provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions HR 8589 To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the proposed rule titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors", and for other purposes - prevent finalization of SEC climate-risk disclosure rule HR 2123 D&I DATA Act - requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies ISSUE SEC Rule 144A/15c2-11 HR 8483 Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2022 - require studies regarding insurance coverage for damages from wildfires DRAFT Diverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse individual-owned and controlled firms when seeking the services of investment advisers DRAFT Minority and Women Inclusion in Insurance Act - require FIO to conduct an annual survey of insurers to determine the extent of diversity in the insurance industry DRAFT Diversify Insurers Workforce Study Act - require FIO to conduct a study regarding recruitment, retention, and attrition of employees in the insurance industry S 4826 Community Wildfire Protection Act- amend the Heathy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term at-risk community HR 9570 Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2022 - direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules with respect to the electronic delivery of certain required disclosures HR 7776 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2023 - National defense authorization for FY 23 HR 9588 Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act (CINRA) - amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification on behalf of all consumers
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Issues related to the implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1645 - The Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act; H.R. 1277/ S. 374 - The Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act; S. 2690 - Expanding Access to Affordable Credit for Small Businesses Act; H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act; Issues related to the modernization of government programs to provide expedited and more efficient lending opportunities (PL 116-136 and PL 116-123)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2022 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 699- Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act (Emmer) H.R. 1277- Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 (Meeks) H.R. 2123- Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act (Beatty) H.R. 2265- Financial Exploitation Prevention Act (Wagner) H.R. 3412- Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act (Loudermilk) H.R. 3899- Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act (Foster) H.R. 4262- Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (Gonzalez) H.R. 8521- INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act (Huizenga) H.R. 9089- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2022 (Williams) S. 374- Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 (Menendez) S. 2684- Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2021 (Toomey) S. 3919- Reporting Requirements Reduction Act of 2022 (Tillis) S. 3945- Restoring Shareholder Transparency Act of 2022 (Haggerty) S. 3948- Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (Daines) S. 3961- Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act (Daines) S. 3965- Increasing Access to Adviser Information Act (Moran) S. 4241- INvestor Democracy is EXpected (INDEX) Act (Sullivan) Diverse Investment Advisers Act (draft) Diversity and Inclusion in the Asset Management Industry Improving Disclosure for Investors Act (draft) Processing fees for delivering investment materials Russia Sanctions/Executive Orders SEC data security/Consolidated Audit Trail breach notification SEC money market fund proposal SEC proposed amendments to the Fund Names Rule SEC proposed Investment Adviser and Fund Disclosures about ESG Investment Practices SEC public company climate disclosure proposal
Client expense: $1,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Banking
H.R. 3962 SECURE Notarization Act S. 1625 SECURE Notarization Act H.R. 6814 Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act H.R. 7022 Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2022 H.R.8152 The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) H.R.7661 Trigger Leads Abatement Act of 2022 H.R.8269 PATH Data Act of 2022 S.374 Improving Corporate Diversity Through Governance Act HR 1277 Improving Corporate Diversity Through Governance Act H.R.6054 Small Business Lending Disclosure Act of 2021 S. 3235 Small Business Lending Disclosure Act of 2021 S.3884 Economic Continuity and Stability Act S.4004 Small Business Loan Collection Data
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 842 National Labor Relations Act Amendments H.R. 1277 Submission by Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 1319 COVID-19 Relief S. 374 Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 3114 Maritime Workers Benefits S. 420 National Labor Relations Act Amendments
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Manufacturing
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 1277 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity; entire bill H.R. 1816 - Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act; entire bill H.R. 2039 - To Prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from Requiring that Personally Identifiable Information be Collected under Consolidated Audit Trail Reporting Requirements, and for other Purposes; entire bill H.R. 2620 - Investor Choice Act of 2021; entire bill H.R. 3962 - To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes; entire bill H.R. 8152 - the American Data Privacy and Protection Act; entire bill S. 374 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act; entire bill S. 1171 - Investor Choice Act of 2021; entire bill S. 1209 - Protecting Investors Personally Identifiable Information Act; entire bill S. 1625 - Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act (SECURE Notarization Act); entire bill S. 4241 - INvestor DEmocracy is Expected (INDEX) Act; entire bill Not Yet Introduced: Rep. Patrick McHenry Financial Data Privacy discussion draft
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 842 National Labor Relations Act Amendments H.R. 1277 Submission by Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 1319 COVID-19 Relief S. 374 Issuers of Data Relating to Diversity H.R. 3114 Maritime Workers Benefits S. 420 National Labor Relations Act Amendments
Client expense: $1,380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Banking
GSE Reform Housing Bills Dodd Frank Regulations (Volker Rule, Credit Risk Retention, OTC Derivatives) H.R. 4620, S. 2155 Basel III, Liquidity Coverage Ration, HVCRE Rule, S. 2155 Terrorism Risk Insurance Flood Insurance (NFIP Reauthorization) CFIUS Reform (FIRRMA) Beneficial Ownership, Corporate Transparency Act, Enablers Act Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Cyber Security (H.R. 3776, H.R. 3359) Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Cannabis Issues, Safe Banking Act (H.R. 1595) LIBOR Reform Pandemic Risk Insurance Mark to Market Accounting Forbearance Issues Stimulus Legislation Liability Reform Troubled Debt Restructuring (TDR) Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act (H.R. 1277, S.374) SEC Proposed rule on Climate Financial Risk Reporting SEC Proposed Rules on: Amendments to Form PF, Private Fund Advisers, Cybersecurity Risk Management
Client expense: $1,278,075 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2022 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 5/S. 393, Equality Act H.R. 7/S. 205, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 447, National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 H.R. 603/S. 53, Raise the Wage Act of 2021 H.R. 804/S. 248, Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act H.R. 830, Wage Increase Fairness Act H.R. 842/S. 420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 H.R. 1065/S. 1486/S. 4431, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act H.R. 1284/S. 403, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 1277/S. 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 H.R. 1458/S.490, Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1735/S. 673, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021 H.R. 2491, Wage Equity Act of 2021 H.R. 2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act H.R. 2795, DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act H.R. 2873, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021 H.R. 2883, Stop Stalling Access to Affordable Medications H.R. 2884, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act H.R. 2891/S. 1428, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act H.R. 2926/S. 663, One Agency Act H.R. 3110/S. 1658, Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act H.R. 3114, Longshore and Harbor Workers COVID-19 Compensation Act of 2021 H.R. 3460/S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021 H.R. 3816/S. 2992, American Choice and Innovation Online Act H.R. 3825, Ending Platform Monopolies Act H.R. 3826/S. 3197, Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021 H.R. 3843/S. 228, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 3849, Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act of 2021 H.R. 4109/S. 2193, Protections for Socially Good Activities Act H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 H.R. 4841, Restoring Justice for Workers Act H.R. 5017/S. 2710, Open App Markets Act H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act H.R. 5842, Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act H.R. 6922/S. 3760, Continued Waiver of Interest on State Unemployment Loans during the Pandemic Act H.R. 7194/S. 3889, Employee Rights Act H.R. 7151, Ensuring Sound Guidance Act H.R. 7309, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 H.R. 7701, Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act H.R. 8295/S. 4659, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 H.Res. 823, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3460) to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant S. 225, Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 S. 478, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2021 S. 977, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2021 S. 1074, Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act S. 1204, Bust Up Big Tech Act S. 1380, Clean Slate Act of 2021 S. 1425, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (STALLING) Act S. 1435, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2021 S. 1636, Save Local Business Act S. 2039, Tougher Enforcement Against Monopolists (TEAM) Act S. 3311, FTC Integrity Act S. 3847, Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022 S. 3889, Employee Rights Act S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2022 S. J. Res. 13, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to "Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures" Draft legislation titled Retirement Savings Modernization Act Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Proposed rule on Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, (84 Fed. Reg. 14,043-14,061, April 9, 2019) Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Interim final rule on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard (86 Fed. Reg. 61,402-61,555, November 5, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, Oct. 27, 2021) Proposed Amendments to Agriculture Acquisition Regulations (87 Fed. Reg. 9,005-9,021, February 17, 2022) Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02, Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees (85 Fed. Reg. 82,798-82,866, December 18, 2020) Final rule on Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments (85 Fed. Reg. 72,846-72,885, November 13, 2020) Final rule on Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights (85 Fed. Reg. 81,658-81,695, December 16, 2020) Proposed rule on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights (86 Fed. Reg. 57,272-57,304, October 13, 2021) Various issues relating to modernization of the unemployment insurance system; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; unemployment insurance and the coronavirus pandemic; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); contractor blacklisting; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); The FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; The USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking on classification of independent contractors and employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; COVID-19 vaccine requirements, including a potential Emergency Temporary Standard from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to employers with more than 100 employees; vaccine requirements for federal contractors; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Directive (DIR) 2022-01; Executive Order 13999 Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; President Bidens Path Out of the Pandemic: COVID Action Plan; unemployment insurance; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; Transparency at the FTC; FTCs Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2026; efforts to revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Gudelines; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; competition in the agriculture marketplace; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); GAO study on Fiduciary Investment Advice
Client expense: $23,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)