4th Quarter - Report

ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG) for ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,050,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Immigration IMM

General issues related to the expansion of business visas and business visa reforms; issues related to immigration reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LESLIE BRORSEN —
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General issues related to comprehensive, corporate and individual tax reform; issues related to taxation of professional service firm revenue (cash to accrual); and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, HR 1 / P.L. 115-97 (general tax reform, including issues related to taxation of professional service firms).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LESLIE BRORSEN —
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JONATHAN GLAZER New —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Telecommunications TEC

General issues related to cybersecurity and cyber information sharing requirements; general issues related to preservation of EU-US privacy shield agreement; general issues related to data breach and data security legislation; HR 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 (issues related to cybersecurity disclosures and reporting).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LESLIE BRORSEN —
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1224 (115th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

General issues related to short and long term US economic health and activity; general issues related to the budget.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Banking BAN

Issues related to consideration of reforms to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203); general issues related to anti-money laundering and corporate reporting laws; general issues related to financial service regulation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE

Accounting ACC

General issues related to accounting, auditing, investor protection and corporate governance; general issues related to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Pub. L. 107-204), including Section 404(b); Financial CHOICE Act, HR 10 (accounting, auditing, investor protection and corporate governance issues); issues related to PCAOB enforcement transparency; issues related to independence of accounting standard setting; and issues related to required rotation of accounting firms.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LESLIE BRORSEN —
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 10 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues related to implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Pub. L. 107-204).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Housing HOU

General issues related to housing finance reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System

Torts TOR

General issues related to securities litigation and liability reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY ELAINE COYLE —
JOHN DAMERON HALLMARK —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System

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.