SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Retirement RET
H.R. 1984 (401(k) Fair Disclosure Act); H.R. 1988 (Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009); H.R. 2989 (401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009); S. 906 (Senior Investment Protection Act).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
Banking BAN
H.R. 1 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 200 (Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); H.R. 225 (Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act); H.R. 230 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 384 (TARP Reform and Accountability Act) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 703 (Legislation to promote bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, and other enhancements); H.R. 786 (To make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, and for other purposes); H.R. 787 (to make improvements in the Hope for Homeowners Program) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 788 (To provide a safe harbor for mortgage servicers who engage in specified mortgage loan modifications, and for other purposes); H.R. 1106 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 1728 (To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes) (mortgage reform); H.R. 1758 (Mortgage Reform and Anti-predatory Lending Act of 2009); S. 61 (Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); S. 376 (Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act of 2009); Housing Affordability and Stability Plan; Credit Rating Agency Reform; H.R. 1020 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009); S. 931 (Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009); S. 896 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act); Student loans (special allowance payment rates).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| JOSEPH VAUGHAN New | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
H.R. 1 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (amendment to section 111 of EESA) (H1-B); H.R. 302 (To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities); H.R. 1260 (Patent Reform Act); H.R. 1424 (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act); H.R. 1575 (End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act); H.R. 1664 (To amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards) (restrictions on compensation); H.R. 1669 (To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a market for municipal securities, to require cooperation between the Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in addressing the municipal securities market situation including through the establishment of municipal securities funding facilities, and for other purposes); S. 515 (Patent Reform Act); S. 651 (Compensation Fairness Act of 2009); European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Financial Services Regulatory Reform and Restructuring; G-20 (Issues related to the November 15, 2008 "Washington Action Plan"); Municipal Securities; Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; Systemic Risk Regulation; Troubled Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (H-1B); H.R. 2221 (Data Accountability and Trust Act); H.R. 2896 (Equal Treatments Of Covered Bonds Act of 2009); S. 961 (Regulation of Credit Default Swaps and Other Swap Agreements); State Regulation of Credit Default Swaps as Insurance; S. 386 (Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act); PPIP Investor and Asset Manager Requirements; S. 961 (Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act); H.R. 1944 (Active Financing Rules); State regulation of credit default swaps as insurance; China - strategic and economic dialog; Worker classification of broker dealers as independent contractors; Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Securitization reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| TOM DEUTSCH | — |
| RANDALL DRAIN | — |
| NATHANIEL EMODI | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
| CORY STRUPP | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
| JOSEPH VAUGHAN New | — |
Commodities (big ticket) CDT
H.R. 977 (Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009) (derivatives regulation); S. 272 (Derivatives Trading Integrity Act of 2009) (derivatives regulation); Regulation of OTC derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); H.R. 2454 (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009)(sections 342 and 351 through 360 - derivatives regulation).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RANDALL DRAIN | — |
| NATHANIEL EMODI | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| CORY STRUPP | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 2452 (Net Operating Loss (NOL) Carryback Act); Administration's FY2010 International Tax Proposals; Administration's FY2010 and Senate Finance Committee discussion draft offshore tax compliance proposals; S. 506 (Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act) (Administration's FY2010 dividend witholding proposals); H.R. 1256 (Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act) (Administration's FY2010 dividend witholding proposals); Tax issues related to standardization of credit default swaps; Tax issues related to implementation of charge for failure to deliver Treasury securities; Extension of Active Financing Rules (bill not yet introduced); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
| JOSEPH VAUGHAN New | — |
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