SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Commodities (big ticket) CDT
H.R. 977 (Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009) (derivatives regulation); S. 272 (Derivatives Trading Integrity Act of 2009) (derivatives regulation); S. 447 (A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes) (energy derivatives regulation).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN ANDERSON | — |
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RANDALL DRAIN New | — |
| NATHANIEL EMODI New | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| CORY STRUPP | — |
Banking BAN
H.R. 1 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 200 (Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); H.R. 225 (Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act); H.R. 230 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 384 (TARP Reform and Accountability Act) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 703 (Legislation to promote bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, and other enhancements); H.R. 786 (To make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, and for other purposes); H.R. 787 (to make improvements in the Hope for Homeowners Program) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 788 (To provide a safe harbor for mortgage servicers who engage in specified mortgage loan modifications, and for other purposes); H.R. 1106 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act) (foreclosure avoidance and loan modifications); H.R. 1728 (To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes) (mortgage reform); H.R. 1758 (Mortgage Reform and Anti-predatory Lending Act of 2009); S. 61 (Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); S. 376 (Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act of 2009); Housing Affordability and Stability Plan; Credit Rating Agency Reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RICARDO DELFIN New | Senior Counsel, House Fin. Services Comm. |
| TOM DEUTSCH New | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
H.R. 1 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (amendment to section 111 of EESA) (H1-B); H.R. 302 (To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities); H.R. 1260 (Patent Reform Act); H.R. 1424 (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act); H.R. 1575 (End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act); H.R. 1664 (To amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards) (restrictions on compensation); H.R. 1669 (To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a market for municipal securities, to require cooperation between the Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in addressing the municipal securities market situation including through the establishment of municipal securities funding facilities, and for other purposes); S. 515 (Patent Reform Act); S. 651 (Compensation Fairness Act of 2009); European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; Financial Services Regulatory Reform and Restructuring; G-20 (Issues related to the November 15, 2008 "Washington Action Plan"); Municipal Securities; Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; Systemic Risk Regulation; Troubled Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (H-1B).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| RANDALL DRAIN New | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| DAVID STRONGIN | — |
| CORY STRUPP | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 1 (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009) (NOL carryback and REMIC tax status) (Repeal of AMT for tax-exempt bonds and various tax issues) (energy provisions); H.R. 425 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the alternative minimum tax from effectively repealing the Federal tax exemption for interest on State and local private activity bonds) (Repeal of AMT for tax-exempt bonds); H.R. 598 (To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health); H.R. 1586 (To impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients) (restrictions on compensation); S. 138 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest, and for other purposes) (Repeal of AMT for tax-exempt bonds); S. 279 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the limitations on the deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes) (various tax-exempt bond issues); S. 651 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on excessive bonuses paid by, and received from, companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the amount of nonqualified deferred compensation that employees of such companies may defer from taxation, and for other purposes) (restrictions on compensation); Extension of Active Financing Rules (bill not yet introduced).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN SCOTT DEFIFE | — |
| SHAHIRA KNIGHT | — |
| MICHAEL PAESE | — |
| TIMOTHY RYAN | — |
| MARGARET SIMMONS | — |
| ELIZABETH VARLEY | — |
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.