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H. R. 1849, Credit Union Small Business Lending Act''a bill that would allow large bank-like credit unions to skirt their congressionally mandated business lending cap of 12%, which is not the best way to increase credit availability to small businesses.

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Reserve System; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1849 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Hedge funds and other private investment vehicles. Shareholder access to company proxy materials for shareholder director nominees, and to withdraw a second proposal. Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 relief.

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1876, Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act of 2007a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1876 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007--a bill to reform the patent process that will help banks cope with "business method patent" infringement claims

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th)

Small Business SMB

H.R. 2829--a bill providing funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 for the Small Business Administration and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Contacted: Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 2829 (110th)

Housing HOU

H.R. 1427, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007a bill to reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

Bills named: H.R. 1427 (110th)

Bankruptcy BNK

H.R. 3609, "Emergency Home Ownership Mortgage Equity Protection Act-- a bill to allow judges to modify the terms of a mortgage in Chapter 13 proceedings .

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

Bills named: H.R. 3609 (110th)

Insurance INS

H.R. 920, Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2007a bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for the national flood insurance program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, and for other purposes.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Bills named: H.R. 920 (110th)