LEE WOODS

HR 4297 "Tax Increase Prevention and Reconcilliation Act of 2005" (corporate tax provisions including Subpart F Foreign Sales Corporation leases, extension of rates for dividends and capital gains); Common Trust Funds (technical correction regarding conversions of certain common trust funds); Credit Card Merchant Payments (IRS reporting proposal)

HR 5337 "National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2006" and S 3549 "Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2006"(support reform of CFIUS process); HR 5684 "United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act" (support passage of U.S.-Oman trade agreement); HR 5602 and S 3495 "Authorizing the Extension of Normal Trade Relations Treatement to the Products of Vietnam" (extend permanent trade relations status to Vietnam); Russia WTO accession HR 3045 "Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act" (support for the passage and implementation of CAFTA); HR 5068 "Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006" (support Ex-Im Bank reauthorization);

S 190 "Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005" (regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises); HR 4473 "CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2005" and S 1566 "Commodity Reauthorization Act of 2005" (CFTC Reauthorization, CEA, derivatives)

HR 4314 and S 467 "Terrorism Risk Insurance Act" (implementation of Act going forward)

HR 2830 "Pension Protection Act of 2005" and S 1783 "Pension Security and Transparency Act of 2005" (reform of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, specifically the prohibited transactions provisions of ERISA and the provisions governing cash balance retirement plans)

Phishing (proposals that could limit access and ability to detrmine owners of interest phishing sites)

HR 22 and S 662 "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act" (modernize the U.S. Postal Service)

HR 2795 "Patent Reform Act of 2005" (reform of the process for issuing patents and of the rules governing patent infringement legislation)

S 2856 "Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006" and HR 3505 "Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005" (original bills to provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes); Credit Card Pricing (address concerns and educate members of Congress on credit card pricing and marketing practices); Deposit Insurance Reform (proposed rules regarding large bank premiums); Large Bank Deposits (advance notice of proposed rulemaking, large bank deposits); Predatory Lending Reform (protect home buyers from predatory lending practices and support legislation providing for federal preemption of state predatory lending laws); Regulatory Parity (discuss the need for a level playing field for regulated financial institutions); Electronic Benefits Transfer (implementation of electronic benefits transfer programs); HR 3997 "Financial Data Protection Act of 2006" and HR 4127 "Data Accountability and Trust Act" (amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for secure financial data, and for other purposes. This legislation prescribes the regime for notification to consumer in the event of data breaches); HR 5789 "To Amend Title 31 U.S.C. to Modernize Cash Management by Allowing the Use of Certain Obligations Instead of Surety Bonds" (advocate the modernization of cash management by allowing the use of certain obligations instead of surety bonds); Basel II (regarding implementation of Basel II capital accords); HR 5122 "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" (regarding provision that could potentially limit credit products to service members and their dependents) S 2767 "Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act" (address unintended consequences of provisions that would affect legal lending practices of depository institutions);

HR 4939 "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006" and HR 619 "Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act" (repeal of single holder rule, provision allowing loan holders to renegotiate lower rates with lender of their choice); S 1932 "Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconcilliation Act of 2005" (reforms of the Federal Family Education Loan Program contained in the Deficit Reduction Act)