1st Quarter - Report

BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION for BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Period 1st Quarter 2022 Filed Apr 19, 2022 Signed by Kristin McKenzie Smith

Official filing
Firm
BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION
Client
BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$460,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Issues related to internet-based distributed financial systems and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies; H.R. 5496 - Clarity for Digital Tokens Act; H.R. 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 1602 - Eliminating Barriers to Innovation Act; H.R. 1628 - Token Taxonomy Act; H.R. 6006 - The Keep Innovation in America Act; H.R. 6727 - Keep Your Coins Act; H.R. 4521 - America COMPETES Act; H.R.___ - Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act; S. 3867 - Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act; S.___ - Stablecoin TRUST Act; Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020; Digital Commodity Exchange Act; Securities Clarity Act; Stablecoin Classification and Regulation Act of 2020; Docket No.FINCEN-2020-0020: proposed rule changes to verify, collect and privately store records of all crypto transactions over $3,000 (or a series exceeding $10,000) involving unhosted wallets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIMALDI —
RON HAMMOND —
JACOB HARRY HAMPLE —
KRISTIN MCKENZIE SMITH —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1602 (117th), H.R. 6727 (117th), H.R. 6006 (117th), H.R. 4521 (117th), H.R. 5496 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 1628 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), S. 3867 (117th)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues related to internet-based distributed financial systems and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies; H.R. 5496 - Clarity for Digital Tokens Act; H.R. 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 1602 - Eliminating Barriers to Innovation Act; H.R. 1628 - Token Taxonomy Act; H.R. 6006 - The Keep Innovation in America Act; H.R. 6727 - Keep Your Coins Act; H.R. 4521 - America COMPETES Act; H.R.___ - Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act; S. 3867 - Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act; S.___ - Stablecoin TRUST Act; Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020; Digital Commodity Exchange Act; Securities Clarity Act; Stablecoin Classification and Regulation Act of 2020; Docket No.FINCEN-2020-0020: proposed rule changes to verify, collect and privately store records of all crypto transactions over $3,000 (or a series exceeding $10,000) involving unhosted wallets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIMALDI —
RON HAMMOND —
JACOB HARRY HAMPLE —
KRISTIN MCKENZIE SMITH —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 6006 (117th), H.R. 4521 (117th), H.R. 5496 (117th), H.R. 6727 (117th), H.R. 1602 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 1628 (117th), S. 3867 (117th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues related to internet-based distributed financial systems and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies; H.R. 5496 - Clarity for Digital Tokens Act; H.R. 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 1602 - Eliminating Barriers to Innovation Act; H.R. 1628 - Token Taxonomy Act; H.R. 6006 - The Keep Innovation in America Act; H.R. 6727 - Keep Your Coins Act; H.R. 4521 - America COMPETES Act; H.R.___ - Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act; S. 3867 - Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act; S.___ - Stablecoin TRUST Act; Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020; Digital Commodity Exchange Act; Securities Clarity Act; Stablecoin Classification and Regulation Act of 2020; Docket No.FINCEN-2020-0020: proposed rule changes to verify, collect and privately store records of all crypto transactions over $3,000 (or a series exceeding $10,000) involving unhosted wallets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIMALDI —
RON HAMMOND —
JACOB HARRY HAMPLE —
KRISTIN MCKENZIE SMITH —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 1602 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 4521 (117th), H.R. 5496 (117th), S. 3867 (117th), H.R. 6006 (117th), H.R. 6727 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to internet-based distributed financial systems and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies; H.R. 5496 - Clarity for Digital Tokens Act; H.R. 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 1602 - Eliminating Barriers to Innovation Act; H.R. 1628 - Token Taxonomy Act; H.R. 6006 - The Keep Innovation in America Act; H.R. 6727 - Keep Your Coins Act; H.R. 4521 - America COMPETES Act; H.R.___ - Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act; S. 3867 - Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act; S.___ - Stablecoin TRUST Act; Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020; Digital Commodity Exchange Act; Securities Clarity Act; Stablecoin Classification and Regulation Act of 2020; Docket No.FINCEN-2020-0020: proposed rule changes to verify, collect and privately store records of all crypto transactions over $3,000 (or a series exceeding $10,000) involving unhosted wallets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIMALDI —
RON HAMMOND —
JACOB HARRY HAMPLE —
KRISTIN MCKENZIE SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 6006 (117th), H.R. 5496 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 1602 (117th), H.R. 1628 (117th), S. 3867 (117th), H.R. 4521 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 6727 (117th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Issues related to internet-based distributed financial systems and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies; H.R. 5496 - Clarity for Digital Tokens Act; H.R. 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act; H.R. 1602 - Eliminating Barriers to Innovation Act; H.R. 1628 - Token Taxonomy Act; H.R. 6006 - The Keep Innovation in America Act; H.R. 6727 - Keep Your Coins Act; H.R. 4521 - America COMPETES Act; H.R.___ - Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act; S. 3867 - Digital Asset Sanctions Compliance Enhancement Act; S.___ - Stablecoin TRUST Act; Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act; Digital Commodity Exchange Act Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2020; Securities Clarity Act; Stablecoin Classification and Regulation Act of 2020; Docket No.FINCEN-2020-0020: proposed rule changes to verify, collect and privately store records of all crypto transactions over $3,000 (or a series exceeding $10,000) involving unhosted wallets;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIMALDI —
RON HAMMOND —
JACOB HARRY HAMPLE —
KRISTIN MCKENZIE SMITH —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 1602 (117th), S. 3867 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 1628 (117th), H.R. 6006 (117th), H.R. 4350 (117th), H.R. 5496 (117th), H.R. 6727 (117th), H.R. 4521 (117th)

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