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Defense DEF

The National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2017; Various sections and amendments having to do with defense acquisitions, e.g., commercial items definition, allowable costs of compensation; Limitations on cost type contracts, etc.

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Accounting ACC

Complexity in financial reporting; Auditor liability; SEC's interpretive 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;

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Volcker rule; Proposed money market fund reforms; Dodd-Frank Act over-the-counter derivatives regulation; Dodd-Frank Title VII; Extra territoriality issues in swaps regulation; Too big to fail; Stay of early termination rights; Volumetric optionality; Cross border harmonization

Contacted: SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate and individual rate reduction and reform; Proposals to adopt a territorial tax system; Estate tax, H.R. 1105; Deductibility of interest; S. 386 and H.R. 2315, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act; Preserving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement and healthcare plans; Retirement savings tax incentives; Base erosion and profit shifting; PBGC premium increases; IRS audit process reform

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 386 (114th), H.R. 1105 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th)

Retirement RET

Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Nondiscrimination testing in pension plans; Preserving the tax treatment of retirement savings; Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan reform; PBGC premium increases

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Job creation; Tax policy; Debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting economy; Financial regulations; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of

Small Business SMB

S Corporation Modernization; Tax reform; Private company access to capital and tax structure; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Healthcare law and its impact on business; Paperwork burden; Jobs act; Small Business Tax Cut Act, estate tax H.R. 1105

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1105 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; Compensation caps for government contractors, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal year 2017

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)