SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION
Versions of this report
Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.
| Filing | Filed | Amount | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | Apr 17, 2008 | $1,360,000 | Replaced |
| 1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) | May 13, 2008 | $1,360,000 | Yes |
What was lobbied
13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Homeland Security HOM
HR 2347/S. 1430 (International Sanctions)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
Computer Industry CPI
HR 964 (Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass or SPY Act); HR 1525 (Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act); S. 1625 (Counter Spy Act)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
S. 1145/HR 1908 (Patent Reform)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
HR 556 (Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007); Foreign Trade Agreements; HR 888 (Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007); China financial services market access and currency issues; HR 3688 (United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); S. 2271 (Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007); HR 594 (Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2007); Strategic Economic Development; Transatlantic Economic Counsel
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
S. 1677 (International Economic Coordination/Market Access); S. 577 (OTC Derivatives); Fee Based Brokerage Accounts; Soft Dollars; Client Commission Arrangements; 12B-1 Fees; Global Capital Markets Competitiveness; Hedge Funds, private pools of capital, asset management issues; S. 1782/HR 3010 (Arbitration Fairness); HR 3225 (Mutual Fund Fee Reform Act); Sovereign Wealth Funds; Auction Rate Securities Market; Mutual Recognition; Rule 15a-6; Municipal bonds
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| JILL HERSHEY | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
Insurance INS
HR 2761/HR 4299/S. 2285 (Terrorism Risk Insurance); PL. 110-160 (Terrorism Risk Insurance Revisions and Extension Act of 2007)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
Immigration IMM
Immigration/H1-B Visas, Visa facilitation
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
Banking BAN
HR 1685 (Protect Information Relating to Consumers to Require Notice of Security Breaches); S. 1260 (Data Security Act); HR 958 (Data Accountability and Trust Act); S. 1202 (Personal Data Act of 2007); S. 239 (Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act of 2007); S. 495 (Personal Privacy Data and Security Act); S. 1178 (Identity Theft Prevention Act); HR 948 (Social Security Number Protection Act); HR 3915 (Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act); S. 2452 (Homeownership Preservation Act); S. 1299 (Subprime Lending); S. 1208 (Social Security Account Number Protection Act); HR 3837 (Escrow, Appraisal and Mortgage Servicing Improvements); HR 3012 (Fair Mortgage Practices Act); S. 1926 (National Infrastructure Bank); HR 4178 (Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act); HR 5579 (Emergency Loan Modification Act of 2008); Servicer safe harbor for debt restructuring of residential mortgages; S. 2338/HR 1852 (Expanding American Homeownership Act) (FHA Reform); HR 1427/S. 1100 (GSE Reform); HR 3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 with Senate Amendment); S. 2517 (Mortgage revenue bonds); S. 1356/HR 698 (Industrial Bank Holding Company Act) (Industrial Loan Companies); S. 238 (Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act); S. 2636 (Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008); HR 5140 (Economic Stimulus/MRBs/FHA & GSE Loan Limits) (Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, with Senate Amendment); S. 2737 (Security Against Foreclosures and Education Act - "Safe Act"); S. 1691 (Social Security Number Online Protection Act); S. 2168 (Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Bill); HR 3046 (Social Security Number and Identity Theft Prevention Act); Federal Family Education Loan Program/Private Student Lending Secondary Market Issues
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| JILL HERSHEY | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
Agriculture AGR
HR 2419 (Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007); Senate 2007 Farm Bill, The Food and Energy Security Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
Commodities (big ticket) CDT
HR 4626 (CFTC Reauthorization Act); S. 577 (Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
S. 2242/HR 2419 (Settlement and deductibility) (Denial of deduction for certain settlement payments); HR 3996/HR3970/HR 6/HR 878/ S. 601 (Discussion draft released by Senate Finance Committee (adjusted basis reporting requirements for brokers); S. 2242/HR 2419/HR 3970/HR 4351 (Codification of economic substance doctrine); HR 1509; S. 902; permanence of active financing exception under Subpart F; Basis reporting by brokers; Issuer reporting of tax consequences of corporate actions under IRC sections 6043(c) and 6043 A; S. 636 relating to change in due date for providing payee statements to investors; De minimis exception to requirement to provide 1099 to investors; Subpart F exemption for active financing income; Low rate on dividends of individuals; Business tax reform; Valuation safe harbor under IRC section 475 mark-to-market requirements; Valuation of CDOs and related securities for purposes of section 475; IRS Notice 2006-97 concerning excess inclusion income of REIT taxable mortgage pools; Exchange traded notes/prepaid forwards (Notice 2008-2); Taxation of credit default swaps; taxation of notional principal contracts; Tax treatment of derivatives generally; Tax patent reporting; Foreign tax credit rules (including proposed "technical taxpayer" rule, noncompulsory payment rules, and treatment of UK manufactured overseas dividends tax); Allocation of income and deductions from global securities dealing operations; OECD project on attribution of profits to permanent establishments; Withholding tax consequences of self tenders and other distributions analyzed under IRC section 302; OECD Forum on Tax Administration's project on tax intermediaries; OECD and EU projects on provision of treaty withholding tax relief when investment is made through collective investment vehicles or other intermediate structures; Arbitration provisions in OECD Model Tax Convention, U.S. bilateral tax treaties, U.S. Model Treaty; International reform generally, including importance of interest expense allocation rule; IRS Form W-8 and instructions; Currency gains and losses of qualified business units under IRC section 987; Application of FIRPTA to debt exchangeable into REIT shares; Cross-border equity swaps; HR 3996/HR 4351/HR 3970/HR 3920 (Temporary Tax relief Act of 2007) (The AMT Relief Act of 2007) (delay in effective date of worldwide interest allocation election); HR 3996/S. 636/HR 3970/HR 6 (delay in filing deadline for 1099 statements; HR 4912 (Tax treatment of prepaid derivatives contracts) (prepaid derivative contracts and exchange traded notes); Basis Reporting; Active Financing Exception; Extension of capital gains and dividend rates; HR 2091/S. 1963 (Federal home loan bank bonds to tax exempt)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| JILL HERSHEY | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| PATRICIA MCCLANAHAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
Retirement RET
S. 819/HR 1419 (Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007); S. 1141/HR 2167 (Automatic IRA Act of 2007); S. 1010/HR 2205 (Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007); S. 2 (Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007); S. 1725 (Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act); S. 1288 (Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007); HR 2669 (College Cost Reduction Act of 2007); HR 2831 (Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007); Pension technicals; Fee disclosure and transparency; Small business pension coverage; Pension Protection Act implementation; Wrap fee revenue ruling request; 529 plan regulatory project; PRM on Sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA; RFI on disclosure to participants; Form 5500 revisions; HR 3923/S. 2199 (Offshore Deferred Compensation Act of 2007); S. 2473 (Deferred Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007); HR 3185 (The 4019K) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| JOSIE STORRS | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
Bankruptcy BNK
S. 2136 (Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); S. 2133 (Homeowners Mortgage and Equity Savings Act); HR 3609 (Emergency Homeownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act) (treatment of mortgages in bankruptcy)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| JILL HERSHEY | — |
| RICHARD HUNT | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
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.