What was lobbied
8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Volcker Rule, money market reforms, Dodd-Frank Act, over the counter derivatives regulation,"too big to fail" issues
Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Retirement plans; tax policy related to retirement plans, nondiscrimination testing in pension plans, multiemployer defined benefit pension plans; PBGC premium increases
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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| BRIAN COVE New |
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Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
Job creation, tax policy, debt ceiling, burdensome regulations negatively impacting the economy, financial regulations, implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of
Federal acquisition and contracting policy; compensation caps for government contractors, National Defense Authorization Act
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Taxation of pass-through entities, S-corporation modernization, tax reform, private company access to capital; Affordable Care Act, estate tax issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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| BRIAN COVE New |
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Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of
National Defense Authorization, defense acquisition and contracting issues
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Complexity in financial reporting; auditor liability, SEC's interpretative guidance; accounting standards (FASB & IASB); convergence/international financial reporting standards; Dodd-Frank Act; hedge accounting; repeal of last in-first out (LIFO) accounting method; money market funds reform; impact of tax reform on accounting standards
Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System
Corporate and individual rate reduction, pass-through entity tax treatment, territorial tax system, repatriation of foreign profits, border adjustment tax, deductibility of interest/immediate expensing; IRS audit and exam process reform, base erosion and profit shifting
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
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| BRIAN COVE New |
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Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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