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Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute opposed H.R. 2454, originally titled as "To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy." This bill has since been renumbered and renamed as H.R. 2998, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. CCIM Institute supported incentive-based legislation that achieves energy efficiency in buildings and provides financial assistance for retrofits. Additionally, CCIM Institute opposed mandatory labeling, building code development by federal agencies and mandatory retrofitting. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 1778, called the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act, which provides incentives for energy retrofits for buildings.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services.
Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.
INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2009 · fourth_quarter · 4A
IREM sent a letter to Representatives Frank, Bachus, Kanjorski, and Garrett, urging them to ensure that reforms aimed at the securitized credit markets are customized and applied appropriately in order to support the existing mechanisms in commercial real estate finance that work well, create liquidity, and promote sound practices and transparency.
IREM submitted comments urging the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed rule on regulating carbon dioxide and any other rule that would trigger regulation of commercial buildings.
Source: Senate LDA
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute opposed H.R. 1935, titled as "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services." The bill proposed to eliminate capital gains treatment for any carried interest of a real estate partnership. Specifically, CCIM Institute supported an exemption for real estate partnerships from this tax treatment.
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute opposed H.R. 2454, originally titled as "To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy." This bill has since been renumbered and renamed as H.R. 2998, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. CCIM Institute supported incentive-based legislation that achieves energy efficiency in buildings and provides financial assistance for retrofits. Additionally, CCIM Institute opposed mandatory labeling, building code development by federal agencies and mandatory retrofitting. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 1778, called the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act, which provides incentives for energy retrofits for buildings.
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute asked Congress to solve the problem of availability and affordability of natural disaster insurance through the creation of a federal reinsurance program that is funded through contributions from insurers or state catastrophic insurance programs. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 3355, the Homeowners Defense Act of 2007 and its companion bill S. 2310; and S. 2286, the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007.
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute supported positive incentives for energy conservation activities. The Institute supported energy tax credits and asked Congress to focus on voluntary standards for new construction and existing commercial properties. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 5351, the Renewable Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008.
Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute asked Congress to solve the problem of availability and affordability of natural disaster insurance through the creation of a federal reinsurance program that is funded through contributions from insurers or state catastrophic insurance programs. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 3355, the Homeowners Defense Act of 2007 and its companion bill S. 2310; and S. 2286, the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007.
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007
Client: CCIM INSTITUTE · Firm: INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
CCIM Institute asked Congress to solve the problem of availability and affordability of natural disaster insurance through the creation of a federal reinsurance program that is funded through contributions from insurers or state catastrophic insurance programs. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 3355, the Homeowners Defense Act of 2007 and its companion bill S. 2310; and S. 2286, the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007.
IREM met with Department of Housing & Urban Development staff to discuss the ongoing problems with Section 8 HAP payment delays. IREM also inquired about the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) and property inspections.
IREM submitted comments urging Representatives Rangel and Camp to not change the carried interest tax rate. IREM also sent letters to each member of the U.S. Senate, urging them to not change the tax treatment of carried interests.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
IREM submitted comments urging the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed rule on regulating carbon dioxide and any other rule that would trigger regulation of commercial buildings.
IREM submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding its request for comments on ending "Hold Harmless" policy in calculating income limits under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. Specifically, IREM stated that a decision to discontinue the hold harmless policy of Section 8 income limits at this time would be premature.
Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) submitted comments urging Representatives Rangel and Camp to not change the carried interest tax rate. IREM also sent letters to each member of the U.S. Senate, urging them to not change the tax treatment of carried interests.
IREM sent a letter to Representatives Frank, Bachus, Kanjorski, and Garrett, urging them to ensure that reforms aimed at the securitized credit markets are customized and applied appropriately in order to support the existing mechanisms in commercial real estate finance that work well, create liquidity, and promote sound practices and transparency.
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2009 · third_quarter · RR
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
Federal housing policies; property rights issues such as bankruptcy and eminent domain; terrorism and natural disaster insurance; homeland security issues; tax issues affecting the commercial real estate industry; climate change/energy issues such as "cap & trade" legislation; environmental issues such as lead paint abatement; credit crisis facing the commercial real estate industry; "mark-to-market" accounting rules; health care issues; economic stimulus issues; telecommunications and data security issues.
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2009 · second_quarter · 2T
CCIM Institute opposed H.R. 2454, originally titled as "To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy." This bill has since been renumbered and renamed as H.R. 2998, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. CCIM Institute supported incentive-based legislation that achieves energy efficiency in buildings and provides financial assistance for retrofits. Additionally, CCIM Institute opposed mandatory labeling, building code development by federal agencies and mandatory retrofitting. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 1778, called the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act, which provides incentives for energy retrofits for buildings.
CCIM Institute urged Congress to provide favorable relief to the liquidity crisis in the commercial real estate industry. Specifically, CCIM Institute requested Congress to provide for the availability of small business loans, short-term loans for capital improvements, and refinancing for mortgages in any stimulus plan. CCIM Institute asked Congress to support the federal government's Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) and Term Asset-backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). Furthermore, CCIM Institute urged Congress to expand the financing of TALF loans to a 5-year term, support new Finacial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance on mark-to-market accounting of assets in an illiquid market, and hold a hearing on the state of the commercial real estate industry.
CCIM Institute opposed H.R. 1935, titled as "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services." The bill proposed to eliminate capital gains treatment for any carried interest of a real estate partnership. Specifically, CCIM Institute supported an exemption for real estate partnerships from this tax treatment.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2009 · first_quarter · Q1
CCIM Institute wrote to Representatives Frank and Bachus to encourage them to express the Institute's concern regarding "mark-to-market" accounting rules that have elevated the credit crisis to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
CCIM Institute asked Treasury Secretary Paulson that in implementing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the Treasury Department take advantage of local commercial real estate professionals in the management and disposition of real property.
Filing targets: Treasury, Dept of
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2008 · second_quarter · Q2
CCIM Institute supported positive incentives for energy conservation activities. The Institute supported energy tax credits and asked Congress to focus on voluntary standards for new construction and existing commercial properties. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 5351, the Renewable Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008.
CCIM Institute asked Congress to solve the problem of availability and affordability of natural disaster insurance through the creation of a federal reinsurance program that is funded through contributions from insurers or state catastrophic insurance programs. CCIM Institute supported H.R. 3355, the Homeowners Defense Act of 2007 and its companion bill S. 2310; and S. 2286, the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007.
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2008 · first_quarter · Q1
CCIM Institute supports request for licensed real estate agent or broker to receive compensation for Tenant-In-Common Security transactions.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
CCIM INSTITUTE via INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2007 · year_end · YY
CCIM Institute supported request for a licensed real estate agent or broker to receive compensation for Tenant-In-Common Security transactions.
CCIM Institute opposed legislation to increase present capital gains and carried interest tax rates.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
CCIM Institute supported depreciation reform for nonresidential and residential real estate that secures a significantly shorter cost recovery period for commercial real estate without adding complexity or creating artificial acceleration of deductions. The Institute opposed rates for depreciation recapture that are higher than the capital gains rate.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE