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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax (S. 1726) Non-qualified deferred compensation tax treatment

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: S. 1726 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Sarbanes-Oxley Act Implementation

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent Reform (S. 1145, H.R. 1908)

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 1908 (110th), S. 1145 (110th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration Reform – employment-based immigrant visas (S. 2611)

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Bills named: S. 2611 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Fair Labor Standards Act issues

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Banking BAN

Bank overdraft practices (H.R. 946) Bank Secrecy Act Electronic Payment Systems, including Interchange Fees Bank Customer Information Security (S. 1260, S. 1178, S. 495, H.R. 958, H.R. 1685, H.R. 948) Deposit Insurance Reform Implementation Depository Institution Community Development Investments Enhancement Act (H.R. 1066) Regulatory Relief re: federal thrifts Subprime and Anti-Predatory Lending Credit Card Practices (S. 1395, S. 1176, S. 1309, H.R. 2146, H.R. 873, H.R. 1461, H.R. 1510) Basel II Capital proposal

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

Bills named: H.R. 1461 (110th), H.R. 1685 (110th), H.R. 873 (110th), H.R. 958 (110th), H.R. 948 (110th), H.R. 2146 (110th), S. 1309 (110th), S. 1178 (110th), H.R. 946 (110th), S. 1260 (110th), S. 1395 (110th), H.R. 1066 (110th), H.R. 1510 (110th), S. 1176 (110th), S. 495 (110th)

Housing HOU

Adjustable Rate Mortgages Alternative Mortgage Products National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 3121) GSE conforming loan limits Federal Home Loan Bank—corporate governance Regulatory Reform of Government Sponsored Enterprises and Federal Home Loan Bank System (H.R. 1427, S. 1100) RESPA reform Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 1100 (110th), H.R. 1427 (110th), H.R. 3121 (110th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)