4th Quarter - Report

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$109,613
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

The National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 4435 and S. 2410; Various sections and amendments having to do with defense acquisitions, e.g., commercial items definition, allowable costs of compensation; Limitations on cost type contracts, etc.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 2410 (114th), H.R. 4435 (114th)

Accounting ACC

Complexity in financial reporting; Auditor liability; SEC's interpretive guidance; Accounting Standards (FASB&IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Dodd-Frank Act; Hedge Accounting; Repeal of Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) accounting method; Money Market Funds Reform; -The Volcker Rule H.R. 1317 A bill to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions CFTC Reauthorization Legislation, H.R. 26 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, including The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act H.R. 37 Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —
KAREN BACHMAN LAPSEVIC —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 26 (114th), H.R. 37 (114th), H.R. 1317 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Volcker rule; Proposed money market fund reforms; Dodd-Frank Act over-the-counter derivatives regulation; Dodd-Frank Title VII; Extra territoriality issues in swaps regulation; Too big to fail; H.R. 1317, a bill to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions; H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act; CFTC reauthorization; Capital requirements; Stay of early termination rights; Volumetric optionality; Cross border harmonization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 37 (114th), H.R. 1317 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate and individual rate reduction and reform; Proposals to adopt a territorial tax system; Enactment of expired individual and business tax provisions (i.e., the extenders package); Estate tax, H.R. 1105; Deductibility of interest; S. 386 and H.R. 2315, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act; Preserving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement and healthcare plans; H.R. 880, the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015; Retirement savings tax incentives; Making research and development credit permanent; Base erosion and profit shifting; PBGC premium increases; IRS audit process reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —
KAREN BACHMAN LAPSEVIC —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 1105 (114th), S. 386 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th)

Retirement RET

Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Nondiscrimination testing in pension plans; Preserving the tax treatment of retirement savings; Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan reform; PBGC premium increases

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —
KAREN BACHMAN LAPSEVIC —

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Job creation; Tax policy; Debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting economy; Financial regulations; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —
KAREN BACHMAN LAPSEVIC —

Contacted: SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Small Business SMB

S Corporation Modernization; Tax reform; Private company access to capital and tax structure; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Healthcare law and its impact on business; Paperwork burden; Jobs act; Small Business Tax Cut Act, estate tax H.R. 1105

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —
KAREN BACHMAN LAPSEVIC —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 1105 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; Compensation caps for government contractors, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) H.R.4435 and S.2410

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KRAMER —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Bills named: S. 2410 (114th), H.R. 4435 (114th)

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.