1st Quarter - Report — THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (2014)

Firm

THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Client

ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Income

—

Expenses

$120,000

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.

Retirement RET

Excepted Benefits - ERISA section 732. Frozen Plans - Notice 2014-5. PBGC interest rate assumptions, tax reform issues. IRS Notice 2014-5-Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief for Closed Defined Benefit Plan. E-delivery ; hybrid plans, non-discrimination testing; Budget deal 2013 provision on death master file; cash balance plans. General issues and regulations: pension and retirement proposals and related tax reform issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBRA DAVIS	—
SCOTT J MACEY	—
KATHRYN RICARD	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Public Law 111-148/H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations; IRC 6055 and 6056, ACA information reporting. HIPAA (i.e., the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - Section 1172(a) of the Social Security Act. COBRA Notice - ERISA section 606. OOP / Cost-Sharing - Section 1302 of the Affordable Care Act; and FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XIX). General issues and regulations: health care; out of pocket limits; reinsurance proposed regulations, nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit plans; excepted benefits proposed regulation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBRA DAVIS	—
SCOTT J MACEY	—
GRETCHEN YOUNG	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (113th)

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.