4th Quarter - Report

FDD ACTION for FDD ACTION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$20,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

H.R.6395, "William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," (Issues related to beneficial ownership). Issues related to Treasury Department and TFI challenges, financial services, and Treasury's role in national security (no bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TYLER STAPLETON —
MASEH ZARIF —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6395 (116th)

Defense DEF

H.R.3616, "Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999," (Issues related to Chinese military companies). H.R.3342, "Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act," all provisions. H.R.4331, "Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019," all provisions. H.R.6210, "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," all provisions. H.R.6270, "Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020," all provisions. H.R.6395, "William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," (Issues related to U.S. military funding, Virginia-class submarines, Pacific Deterrence Initiative, Chinese activities in international standard-setting bodies, U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group, limiting Defense funding for U.S. universities that host Confucius Institutes, documenting activities of Chinas United Front Department, reporting on Chinese money laundering activities, reporting on Chinas research and development efforts, reporting on Chinas illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing schemes, strategic leadership in cyberspace, national cyber resilience, U.S. cybersecurity reform initiatives, cybersecurity directives for the Pentagon and Homeland Security, Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative, enhanced military cooperation with Taiwan, energizing America's semi-conductor industry, CCP state repression, China's military-civil fusion strategy, U.S. policy on Taiwan). H.R.7415, "Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act," all provisions. H.R.8428, "Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act of 2020," all provisions. H.R.8733, "United States-Israel Common Defense Authorization Act," all provisions. S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," (Issues related to Pacific Deterrence Initiative, enhanced military cooperation with Taiwan, energizing America's semi-conductor industry, U.S.-Israel Operations Technology Working Group, supply chain for strategic minerals, Chinese corruption). S. 4978, "Israel CENTCOM Reclassification Act," all provisions. S.2093, "RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act," all provisions. S.2539, "Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019," all provisions. S.2943, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017," (issues related to authorities for security assistance). Issues related to 2020 Malabar exercise, Afghanistan drawdown, Al-Qaeda operations, CENTCOM, Chinas Big Tech, China-India relations, China-Israel relations, Chinese military capabilities, Chinese military companies, Chinese military-civil fusion strategy, EUCOM, European Deterrence Initiative, Great power competition in the Indo-Pacific, ICT supply chain, INDOPACOM, Iran arms embargo, Irans precision-guided munitions, Iranian cyber activities, Iranian proxy wars, Iran-Venezuela relations, Iraq drawdown, Israels QME, North Korean cyber capabilities, Supply chain security, Taliban operations, Trilateral BIRD, U.S. arms sales to the Middle East, U.S. Counterterrorism efforts, U.S. cyber capabilities, U.S. defense policy, U.S. military capabilities, U.S. military posture in the Indo-Pacific, U.S. military presence in Syria, U.S. missile defense, U.S. policy on Afghanistan, U.S. policy on China, U.S. policy on Iran, U.S. policy on Iraq, U.S. policy on Taiwan, U.S. Special Operations Forces (no bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TYLER STAPLETON —
MASEH ZARIF —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 8428 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 8733 (116th), H.R. 3616 (116th), H.R. 7415 (116th), H.R. 4331 (116th), S. 2093 (116th), H.R. 3342 (116th), S. 4049 (116th), H.R. 6210 (116th), S. 2539 (116th), H.R. 6270 (116th), S. 4978 (116th), S. 2943 (116th)

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R. 1811, "Countering Chinese Government and Communist Partys Political Influence Operations Act," all provisions. H.R. 3364, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, all provisions. H.R. 8445, "Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020," all provisions. H.R.6210, "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," all provisions. H.R.7415, "Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act," all provisions. S. 1790 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, (issues related to the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019). S. 4049, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," (Issues related to China's military-civil fusion strategy). S. 480, Countering Chinese Government and Communist Partys Political Influence Operations Act, all provisions. S. Res. 195, "A resolution opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing Iran's nuclear program, ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, and other destabilizing activities, all provisions." S.3471, "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," all provisions. S.4110, "Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act," all provisions. H.R.4331, "Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019," all provisions. Al-Qaeda-Taliban relations, CFIUS reform, China and the South China Sea, China in Europe, China-Cuba relations, China-Russia relations, Chinese activities international standard-setting bodies, Chinese election interference, Chinese human rights abuses, Chinese influence operations and funding at academic institutions, non-profits, and think tanks, Chinese intellectual property theft, Chinese investments, Chinese malign activities, Chinese supply chains, Hezbollah in Europe, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hezbollah operations, Banning sanctioned entities from U.S.-based virtual events, International Criminal Court, Iran in Iraq, Iran in Syria, Iran in the Persian Gulf, Iran sanctions, Irans financial sector, Irans IRGC, Irans nuclear program, Iran-al-Qaeda relations, Iran-Armenia relations, Iran-Canada relations, Iranian corruption, Iranian economy, Iranian human rights abuses, Iranian protests, Iranian sanctions evasion, Iranian sectors and entities with ties to terrorism activities and/or the IRGC, Killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Lebanon bailout, National security challenges in the 21st Century, Nord Stream II, Normalization efforts in the Middle East, North Korean forced labor, North Korean sanctions evasion, Nuclear energy cooperation in the Middle East, Russia in Syria, Russian election interference, Syria sanctions, Turkish human rights abuses, U.N. multilateralism, U.S. aid to Syria, U.S. policy on China, U.S. policy on Hong Kong, U.S. policy on Iran, U.S. policy on Iraq, U.S. policy on Japan, U.S. policy on Lebanon, U.S. policy on Russia, U.S. policy on Sudan, U.S. policy on Syria, U.S. policy on Taiwan, U.S. policy on Turkey, U.S. sanctions policy, United Nations Human Rights Council, Terrorists use of human shields, World Health Organization, ZTE penalties (no bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TYLER STAPLETON —
MASEH ZARIF —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7415 (116th), S. 4049 (116th), S. 480 (116th), S. 3471 (116th), S. 1790 (116th), H.R. 3364 (116th), H.R. 1811 (116th), S.Res. 195 (116th), S. 4110 (116th), H.R. 8445 (116th), H.R. 4331 (116th), H.R. 6210 (116th)

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.