4th Quarter - Report

TASSEY & ASSOCIATES for ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS COALITION ("EPC")

Firm
Client
Income
$150,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 118-83 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, all provisions related to credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 118-47 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Division B - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2025; all provisions related to credit card interchange. HR 8773 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2025, all provisions related to credit card interchange. S 5272 Protect Your Points Act, all provisions. HR 8467 Food, Farm and National Security Act of 2024, all provisions related to credit card interchange, SNAP and EBT. HR 3881 / S 1838 Credit Card Competition Act, all provisions. HR 8070 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2025, all provisions related to electronic payments. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 118-63 Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 2024, all provisions related to credit card interchange. Issues pertaining to MDL-1720 multi-district antitrust litigation. HR 4763 Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century, all provisions related to credit card interchange. S 2190 RECOUP Act of 2023, all provisions related to credit card interchange. S 2860 SAFER Banking Act, all provisions related to credit card interchange. HR 3021 Protecting the Second Amendment in Financial Services Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (no bill number), all provisions relating to interchange and increased requirements placed on payments processors. Issues pertaining to Federal Reserve Regulation II, all provisions related to modifying debit and interchange fees and routing requirements. Issues pertaining to Buy Now Pay Later Programs. Issues pertaining to the Payment Card Industrys standards-setting. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to electronic payment of federal taxes. Issues pertaining to possible legislation relating to data security. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-24 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, all provisions relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions relating to the provisions in Title X-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to antitrust legislation relating to interchange. Issues pertaining to payment card interchange fee and merchant discount anti-trust litigation. Issues pertaining to Real Time Payments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JEFFREY A TASSEY —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3881 (118th), H.R. 4763 (118th), H.R. 3021 (118th), H.R. 8070 (118th), H.R. 8467 (118th), H.R. 8773 (118th)

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.