2nd Quarter - Report

EDUCATION FINANCE COUNCIL, INC. for EDUCATION FINANCE COUNCIL INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$24,655
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Support of the Student Loan Bond Expansion Act that would exempt qualified student loan bonds from private activity bond cap and the AMT.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GAIL DAMOTA President

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

To discuss the response to changes in federal student loan by nonprofit and state-based education loan organizations. Request support for the State Based Education Loan Awareness Act that would allow institutions of higher education to inform students of nonprofit and state-based education loans without triggering onerous preffered lender list rules if the nonprofit/state-based organization offers loans with fees and interest rates equal to or less than the federal PLUS program. Release appropriated funds for federal servicing, extend account maintenance fees, revise the guarantor voluntary flexible agreement, obtain an update on changes to federal servicing and default collections.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GAIL DAMOTA President

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.