2nd Quarter - Report — THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (2024)

Firm

THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Client

ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$117,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, including reporting (IRC 6055 and 6056); employer mandate; wellness issues; out-of-pocket (OOP) limits, nondiscrimination, PCORI & comparative effectiveness, coverage mandates on ERISA plans, access to preventive care items and services ADA and GINA, HIPAA compliance, privacy, claims data and all payers claims databases mental health, substance use disorders, opioids mitigation tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits and insurance patent reforms, prescription drug costs, rebates, biosimilars, Rx supply chain, medical management value-driven care in public and private coverage, patient safety Medicare Advantage, Medicare secondary payer, end stage renal disease (ESRD) retiree health, COBRA, Medicare expansion and public option health savings accounts, high deductible health plan expansion ERISA preemption, plan administration, electronic delivery transparency and accountability in the health care system caregiving, surprise medical billing, telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices, vertical integration impacts on health care, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MELISSA BARTLETT New	Privacy Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce
JAMES PATRICK GELFAND	—
CHRISTINA STROGIS	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Retirement RET

Paid leave issues Emergency savings Single-employer defined benefit issues Retirement plan disclosures Retirement plan investment requirements, options, duties, and related issues Retirement plan contribution flexibility Retirement savings tax issues Modernizing retirement plan administration Retirement plan recordkeeping issues PBGC premiums SECURE 2.0 Act Multiemployer pensions Litigation and enforcement affecting benefit plans Proposals to change capital holding requirements for banks Retirement plan coverage

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREW BANDUCCI	Professional Staff Member and Workforce Policy Counsel, House Comm. on Education and the Workforce;Labor and Pensions Policy Director, Sen. HELP Comm.;Chief Policy Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp;Pensions Detailee, Sen. Finance Comm.
JAMES PATRICK GELFAND	—
CHRISTINA STROGIS	—

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

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.