AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts.Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially comments on the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value regulations. S. 24, the Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013 S.1031, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 H.R. 956, the Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2013 H.R. 1140, the Family Friendly HSA Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 1342, the Helping Americans Health Care Choices Act of 2013 H.R. 1326, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs. H.R. 1248, the Family Health Care Flexibility Act H.R. 1552, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account. H.R. 2194, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 24 (113th), H.R. 956 (113th), H.R. 1140 (113th), H.R. 2194 (113th), H.R. 1248 (113th), S. 1031 (113th), H.R. 1552 (113th), H.R. 1342 (113th), H.R. 1326 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. Con. Res. 8, Fiscal year 2014 budget resolution (amendments on the use of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee fees, to eliminate any funding advantages that banks with more than $500 billion in assets may have, to facilitate the criminal prosecutions of financial institutions to ensure none is too big to prosecute, and urging Congress to address the regulatory burdens on community banks).H.R. 933, Fiscal year 2013 continuing appropriations resolution (provisions to continue an existing grandfather of USDA rural definitions through September 30 and to increase in the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee program) H.R. 2217, Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Legislation (amendment to delay rate increases under the National Flood Insurance Program)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2217 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), H.R. 933 (113th)

Banking BAN

S. 451, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 673, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2013 (all provisions to set an interest rate and fee cap of 36 percent for consumer credit transactions)H.R. 688, the Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (all provisions) H.R. 1261, the Overdraft Protection 5 Act of 2013 (all provisions)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 673 (113th), H.R. 1261 (113th), S. 451 (113th), H.R. 688 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S.474, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) S. 635, the Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 (all provisions)S. 731, the Basel III CASE Act (all provisions) S. 737, the Basel III Impact Study Act (all provisions) S. 798, the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 87, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (provisions to extend to savings and loan holding companies the new SEC shareholder registration and deregistration thresholds under the JOBS Act) S. 710, the Municipal Advisors Relief Act of 2013 (all provisions to exempt commercial banks and savings and loan associations from the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring regulation of municipal advisors) S. 968, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (all provisions to increase credit union business lending limits) H.R. 613, the Systemic Risk Mitigation Act (all provisions) H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (provisions to clarify that end users would not be subject to margin requirements for un-cleared swaps) H.R. 701, to amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such action H.R. 742, the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (all provisions) H.R. 801, the Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 992, the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (all provisions) H.R. 1003, to provide for a full assessment of the costs and benefits of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions to require the SEC to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation) H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act (all provisions H.R.797 , the Municipal Advisor Oversight Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 1256, would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act to cross-border transactions H.R. 1341, the Financial Competitive Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 1553, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 1750, the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act Draft Senate legislation to exempt commercial banks from municipal advisor regulation Discussion Draft of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions)Draft legislation that would require the Treasury Department to determine which commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies are too-big-to-fail, and to break up those institutions within one year.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 710 (113th), S. 474 (113th), S. 731 (113th), S. 87 (113th), H.R. 1256 (113th), H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 1062 (113th), H.R. 1003 (113th), H.R. 1341 (113th), S. 968 (113th), H.R. 992 (113th), H.R. 749 (113th), H.R. 742 (113th), S. 737 (113th), S. 798 (113th), H.R. 801 (113th), H.R. 1750 (113th), H.R. 701 (113th), H.R. 613 (113th), H.R. 797 (113th), H.R. 1553 (113th), S. 635 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

S. 954, the 2013 Farm Bill (provisions regarding crop insurance, rural lending limits and guarantees, term limits on farm operating loans)H.R. 1947, the 2013 Farm Bill (provisions regarding crop insurance, rural lending limits and guarantees, amendment to limit use of SNAP benefit cards)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 954 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 410, the Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act (all provisions to impose taxes on certain financial trading transactions) H.R. 880, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act (all provisions to impose a tax on certain financial trading transactions)H.R. 1552, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account. Discussion Draft on the Tax Treatment of Certain Financial Products Discussion Draft on the Tax Treatment of Pass-Through Entities

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1552 (113th), S. 410 (113th), H.R. 880 (113th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Federal Reserve Monetary Policy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Housing HOU

S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act (all provisions) H.R. 1145, the FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2013

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1217 (113th), H.R. 1145 (113th)

Insurance INS

S. 534, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 (all provisions) H.R. 1, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (provisions to increase Terrorism Risk Insurance Program borrowing authority)H.R. 508, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 (all provisions to extend the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for five years) H.R. 1945, the Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 (all provisions to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for 10 years) Amendments to delay rate increases under the National Flood Insurance Program

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 508 (113th), H.R. 1 (113th), H.R. 1945 (113th), S. 534 (113th)

Government Issues GOV

S. 215, the Federal Reserve Single Mandate Act of 2013 (all provisions) S. 450, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2013 (all provisions)H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (all provisions)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 215 (113th), S. 450 (113th), H.R. 1062 (113th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 624, to improve cyber intelligence information-sharing between the private and public sectors H.R. 736, the Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013H.R. 967, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013 H.R. 1163, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 736 (113th), H.R. 1163 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th)