4th Quarter - Report

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

Firm
Client
Income
$100,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Issues relating to the implementation of PL111-24 "Credit Card Act of 2009," all provisions pertaining to interchange. PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, regarding implementation of the provisions in Title XBureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to interchange. PL 112-74 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act 2012, provisions regarding the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Federal Trade Commission.H.Con.Res. 25 "Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and for setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023," issues relating to interchange and card acceptance. S.Con.Res. 8 "An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023," issues relating to interchange and card acceptance. FY 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, House and Senate. PL 113-46 FY 2014 Continuing Resolution, all provisions. Issues regarding antitrust legislation relating to interchange. Matters pertaining to payment card interchange fee and merchant discount anti-trust litigation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BEVERLY BELL —
JEFFREY A TASSEY —

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), H.Con.Res. 25 (113th)

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.