MERRILL LYNCH & CO, INC for MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 1145 - patent reform

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1145 (110th)

Banking BAN

H.R. 698 & S. 1356 - Industrial Loan Companies H.R. 3010 & S. 1782 - Arbitration

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 698 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), S. 1356 (110th)

Housing HOU

H.R. 5818, the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 H.R. 5830, the FHA Housing and Homeowner Retention Act

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Bills named: H.R. 5818 (110th), H.R. 5830 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 6 - Energy Independence Security Act of 2007; H.R. 878 & S. 601 - broker reporting; H.R. 1509 & S. 940 - Subpart F; H.R. 2136, H.R. 2345 & S. 681 - tax shelters; H.R. 3970 - tax reform/corporate tax; H.R. 3996 - Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007; H.R. 4912 - prepaid derivatives; H.R. 5351 & S. 1508 - energy tax credit extensions; S. 2 - minimum wage; S. 349 - small business tax issues; S. 2242 - alternative energy tax incentives; (no bill #) - regulations re. foreign tax credit & non-compulsory payments

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Bills named: S. 2 (110th), S. 601 (110th), H.R. 2345 (110th), H.R. 878 (110th), H.R. 3970 (110th), S. 2242 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th), H.R. 4912 (110th), S. 349 (110th), H.R. 6 (110th), H.R. 1509 (110th), S. 681 (110th), H.R. 3996 (110th), H.R. 2136 (110th), S. 1508 (110th), S. 940 (110th)

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R. 888 - business travel facilitation; H.R. 2942 - currency reform in China; H.R. 5724 - US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement; S. 1607 - exchange rate oversight; S. 1677 - exchange rates; S. 2830 - US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; (no bill number) - FINSA Implementation

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1677 (110th), S. 2830 (110th), H.R. 2942 (110th), H.R. 888 (110th), S. 1607 (110th), H.R. 5724 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 2419 - farm bill, CEA provisions; H.R. 2776 - renewable energy, climate change; H.R. 5351 - tax incentives for renewable energy; H.R. 5575 - coal generation emissions; S. 577 - oil and gas trading oversight; S. 2191 - climate change; S. 2555 - state control of GHG emissions; S. 2642 - renewable energy; S. 2821 - clean energy production incentives

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 577 (110th), S. 2642 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 5351 (110th), S. 2821 (110th), S. 2191 (110th), S. 2555 (110th), H.R. 2776 (110th), H.R. 5575 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 1443, H.R. 3010 & S. 1782 - makes arbitration clauses in consumer contracts unenforceable S. 221 - abrogates arbitration agreements in farm product contracts S. 1135 - amends arbitrations provided by contract (no bill number) - fee-based accounts

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3010 (110th), S. 221 (110th), H.R. 1443 (110th), S. 1135 (110th), S. 1782 (110th)