2nd Quarter - Report

PUBLIC CITIZEN for PUBLIC CITIZEN

Period 2nd Quarter 2015 Filed Jul 17, 2015 Signed by Joseph E Stoshak

Official filing
Firm
PUBLIC CITIZEN
Client
PUBLIC CITIZEN
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

2016 FSGG appropriations bill, Bright Lines Project, Political intervention definition-tax rules regulations defining political activity for nonprofits by the IRS, Wall Street Financial Transaction Tax, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, Stop corporate inversions/repatriation, Opposition to Repatriation and the Highway Trust Fund,

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
CRAIG HOLMAN —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Regulatory reform, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act-CFPB, CFPB and mandatory arbitration, mandatory arbitration for-profit colleges, HR 2-Medicare access and CHIP re-authorization Act of 2015, S. 1038/HR 504-Energy Star Program Integrity Act, S.1122-Court Legal Access and Student support (CLASS) act, Product safety, HR 1927-Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, Regulatory policy, APA issues, HR 526-Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015 (FACT Act), Consumer review Freedom Act, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces EO Toxic substances control act reform (S.697 and House discussion draft).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
CHRISTINE E HINES —
AMIT NARANG —

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 697 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), H.R. 1927 (114th), S. 1122 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), H.R. 526 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

HJR 22, HB 20, SJR 5-Amendment to the constitution relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections, Political intelligence legislation (STOCK Act), HR 425-Stop Super PAC Candidate Coordination Act, Coordination and super PAC reform, HR 2143/S 1176 ENPOWER Act of 2015 (enpowering mass participation to offset wealthy's electoral role act), Public financing of Presidential campaigns, EO on contractor disclosure of political activity, HR 653-FOIA act,

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
CRAIG HOLMAN —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 2143 (114th), H.R. 425 (114th), H.R. 653 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Appropriations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Religion REL

Regulations defining political activity for non profits by the IRS

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FAST TRACK, TPP, TAFTA

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LORI WALLACH —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Health Issues HCR

HR 6-21st Century Cures/HEAL, HR 676-Expanded and Improved medicare for all act, PATH act, HR 2462-Health insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (HR 2462), Access to Medicines

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VIJAY DAS —
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 2462 (114th), H.R. 676 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fighting bad FSGG (Financial Services and General Government)/HHS-AG riders, Anti-inversion amendments, TAX-IRS appropriation possible riders, Inversions-American business for American companies

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Banking BAN

HR 650-Preserving Access to Manufactured housing act, bank prosecution transparency, derivatives risk, Stop subsidizing multi-million bonuses, too big to jail legislation, pay vs. performance, Financial regulatory Improvement Act, CFTC reauthorization act, HR 2289-Commodity end user relief act, SEC rules on executive compensation, bank pay deferral for violations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
BARTLETT NAYLOR —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 650 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Financial Services conflict of interest Act, Protecting Dodd-Frank wall street reform, protecting Dodd-Frank rulemakings, Appropriations FSGG bill, CFTC

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRAIG HOLMAN —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

CFPB rule on arbitration, banning forced arbitration clauses

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of

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.