NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Agriculture AGR
Support the reinstatement of an inflation adjustment for crop insurance agents; support funding for crop insurance in the Farm Bill; oppose cuts to the crop insurance program
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
Health Issues HCR
Support exempting independent insurance agents from regulatory changes to the Medicare Program: Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs; represent interests of independent insurance agents in agent trade meetings with CMS
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Support the importance of stepped-up basis for family-owned businesses and farms; support making permanent the 20 percent tax deduction for qualifying 199A passthrough entities; S.1108, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023; oppose efforts to raise the top rates paid by pass-through businesses and corporations, increase the Net Investment Income Tax and expand it to cover the active business income of pass-through business owners, make permanent the harmful loss limitation rules, make it harder for family-owned businesses to survive from one generation to the next by gutting the existing grantor trust rules, nearly double the tax rate on capital gains, and impose a new minimum tax on larger family businesses that appears to redefine how income is measured; support S. 1706, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
Comments to the Federal Trade Commission on its proposed ban on the use of non-compete agreements and clauses (FTC-2023-0007-3959); H.R. 731/S. 220, the Workforce Mobility Act of 2023; asked Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee not to mark up the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (S. 567), the Healthy Families Act (S. 1664), or the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 728).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
Insurance INS
Support the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); express concern with a FEMA proposal to provide direct-to-consumer online sales of NFIP policies; Support continuous coverage for NFIP policies; support H.R. 900, the Continuous Coverage for Flood Insurance Act; H.R. 1392, which would extend the NFIP until December 31, 2024; support Cannabis Safe Harbor for insurance agents; H.R. 2984/S. 1359, the Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana (CLAIM) Act; S. 1323/H.R. 2891, the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act; support the repeal or reform of the Federal Insurance Office, including H.R. 2933, the Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act; S. 1694, Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act; urged caution regarding H.R. 1165, the Data Privacy Act; H.R. 4349/S. 2142, the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP Re) Act of 2023.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Oppose cuts to the federal crop insurance program; oppose tax proposals in the fiscal year 2024 budget request to raise the top rates paid by pass-through businesses and corporations alike, oppose proposals to increase the Net Investment Income Tax and expand it to cover the active business income of pass-through business owners, oppose proposals to make permanent the harmful loss limitation rules, oppose proposals to make it harder for family-owned businesses to survive from one generation to the next by gutting the existing grantor trust rules, oppose proposals to nearly double the tax rate on capital gains, and oppose proposals to impose a new minimum tax on larger family businesses that appears to redefine how income is measured.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MIKE BECKER | — |
| JON GENTILE | — |
| LAUREN PACHMAN | — |
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.