SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 4626 (CFTC Reauthorization Act); S. 577 (Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007); S. 3122 (Policing United States Oil Commodities Market Act of 2008); S. 3130 (Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008); S. 3131 (Oil Speculation Control Act of 2008); S. 3134 (to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets and for other purposes); S. 3183 (End Oil Speculation Act of 2008); S. 3202 (Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008); H.R. 6377 (The Energy Markets Emergency Act); H.R. 6334 (Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008); H.R. 6330 (Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices (PUMP) Act of 2008); H.R. 6238 (to provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products); H.R. 6264 (to prevent excessive speculation in OTC derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation in those markets); Regulation of Commodities and Energy Derivatives; H.R. 6604 (Commodity Markets Transparency Accountability Act of 2008); S. 3255 (Over-the-Counter Speculation Act); S. 3248 (Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2008).

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 6377 (110th), H.R. 4626 (110th), H.R. 6604 (110th), S. 3202 (110th), S. 3248 (110th), S. 3134 (110th), H.R. 6330 (110th), S. 3130 (110th), S. 577 (110th), S. 3122 (110th), H.R. 6264 (110th), S. 3183 (110th), H.R. 6334 (110th), H.R. 6238 (110th), S. 3131 (110th), S. 3255 (110th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration/H1-B Visas, Visa facilitation.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Education, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Bankruptcy BNK

S. 2136 (Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act); S. 2133 (Homeowners Mortgage and Equity Savings Act); H.R. 3609 (Emergency Homeownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act) (treatment of mortgages in bankruptcy).

Contacted: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: S. 2133 (110th), S. 2136 (110th), H.R. 3609 (110th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 556 (Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007); Foreign Trade Agreements; H.R. 888 (Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007); China financial services market access and currency issues; H.R. 3688 (United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); S. 2271 (Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007); H.R. 594 (Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2007); Strategic Economic Development; Transatlantic Economic Counsel; Bilateral Investment Treaty discussions for Brazil, Russia, India, China; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.

Contacted: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 888 (110th), H.R. 3688 (110th), S. 2271 (110th), H.R. 556 (110th), H.R. 594 (110th)

Banking BAN

H.R. 1685 (Protect Information Relating to Consumers to Require Notice of Security Breaches); S. 1260 (Data Security Act); H.R. 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); H.R. 948 (Social Security Number Protection Act); H.R. 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); H.R. 3837 (Escrow, Appraisal and Mortgage Servicing Improvements); H.R. 3012 (Fair Mortgage Practices Act); S. 1926 (National Infrastructure Bank); H.R. 4178 (Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act); H.R. 5579 (Emergency Loan Modification Act of 2008); Servicer safe harbor for debt restructuring of residential mortgages; S. 2338/ H.R. 1852 (Expanding American Homeownership Act) (FHA Reform); H.R. 1427/ S. 1100 (GSE Reform); H.R. 3648 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 with Senate Amendment); S. 2517 (Mortgage revenue bonds); S. 1356/ H.R. 698 (Industrial Bank Holding Company Act) (Industrial Loan Companies); S. 238 (Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act); H.R. 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); H.R. 3046 (Social Security Number and Identity Theft Prevention Act); Federal Family Education Loan Program/Private Student Lending Secondary Market Issues; H.R. 2091/ S. 1963 (Federal Home Loan Bank bonds to tax exempt); Expanded FHA lending; H.R. 5679 (Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Security Act); H.R. 3221 (Foreclosure Prevention Act) (GSE loan limits; FHA modernization and expansion; servicer safe harbor); H.R. 5723/ S. 2847 (Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act); H.R. 5715;PL 110-227 (to ensure continued availability of access to Federal student loan program); S. 2815 (Strengthening Student Aid for All Act); H.R. 6659 (The Equal Treatment of Covered Bonds Act); EU Capital Requirements Directive; Federal Reserve Board Proposed Rule Reg AA (credit card practices).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

Bills named: S. 2737 (110th), H.R. 3046 (110th), S. 1208 (110th), H.R. 1427 (110th), H.R. 2091 (110th), H.R. 3012 (110th), H.R. 3915 (110th), S. 238 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 1852 (110th), H.R. 5140 (110th), S. 1926 (110th), S. 1963 (110th), H.R. 4178 (110th), S. 2168 (110th), S. 2517 (110th), H.R. 5723 (110th), S. 1260 (110th), S. 2815 (110th), S. 2338 (110th), S. 2452 (110th), S. 1299 (110th), S. 2847 (110th), H.R. 5679 (110th), S. 1100 (110th), H.R. 948 (110th), H.R. 3648 (110th), H.R. 6659 (110th), S. 1202 (110th), H.R. 3837 (110th), H.R. 5715 (110th), S. 495 (110th), H.R. 698 (110th), H.R. 1685 (110th), S. 1356 (110th), S. 1691 (110th), H.R. 5579 (110th), S. 1178 (110th), S. 239 (110th), H.R. 958 (110th)

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/ H.R. 3010 (Arbitration Fairness); H.R. 3225 (Mutual Fund Fee Reform Act); Sovereign Wealth Funds; Auction Rate Securities Market; Mutual Recognition; Rule 15a-6; Municipal bonds; H.R. 6333/ S. 3518 (The Municipal Bond Market Support Act); H.R. 6308 (Municipal Bond Fairness Act); Credit Ratings for Structured Finance Products; SEC Nominations; Cross border securities activities; Section 13(d) ownership of equity swaps; Regulatory restructuring/discount window access; H.R. 5720/ H.R. 3221 (Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008); S. 2636 (Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008); Treasury Blueprint/Regulatory Restructuring; H.R. 1424 (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act); H.R. 6482 (credit ratings for asset-backed instruments).

Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5720 (110th), S. 2636 (110th), S. 577 (110th), H.R. 6482 (110th), H.R. 3225 (110th), S. 1677 (110th), H.R. 6308 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), S. 3518 (110th), H.R. 3010 (110th), H.R. 6333 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 3970/ H.R. 878/ S. 601/ H.R. 5720/ H.R. 3221/ S. 335/ H.R. 6049/ H.R. 7060/ H.R. 7201/ H.R.1424 (adjusted basis reporting requirements for brokers and delay in filing deadline for 1099 statement); H.R. 1509/ H.R. 6049/ S. 3125/ S. 2886/ S. 3335/ S. 940/ S. 3098/ H.R. 7060/ H.R. 7202/ H.R. 1424 (active financing exception under Subpart F); H.R. 5267 (Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2008); 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); 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 and banks; OECD and EU projects on provision of treaty withholding tax relief when investment is made through collective investment vehicles or other intermediated 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 rules; IRS Form W-8 and instructions; Currency gains and losses of qualified business units under IRC section 987; Cross-border equity swaps; IRS Notice 97-66 (foreign-to-foreign securities loans); H.R. 4912 (Tax treatment of prepaid derivatives contracts); OECD request for comments on transactional profit methods; IRS Section 265 (b) safe harbor concerning interest expense deductibility; Revenue Procedure 2008-28 (effect of loan modifications on tax status of REMICs and other securitization vehicles); Tax reporting with respect to widely-held fixed investment trusts (Treas. Reg. section 1.671-5); H.R. 6333/ S. 3518 (municipal bonds); H.R. 1424/ H.R. 6049/ S. 3125/ S. 3335 (executive compensation tax provisions).

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Education, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3098 (110th), S. 3335 (110th), H.R. 5720 (110th), H.R. 878 (110th), H.R. 3970 (110th), S. 3125 (110th), S. 601 (110th), S. 940 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 4912 (110th), H.R. 1509 (110th), S. 2886 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), H.R. 6333 (110th), H.R. 5267 (110th), S. 335 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 7201 (110th), H.R. 7202 (110th), S. 3518 (110th), H.R. 7060 (110th)

Retirement RET

S. 819/ H.R. 1419 (Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2007); S. 1141/ H.R. 2167 (Automatic IRA Act of 2007); S. 1010/ H.R. 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); H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduction Act of 2007); H.R. 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; Proposed regulation on Sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA; RFI on disclosure to participants; Form 5500 revisions; H.R. 3923/ S. 2199 (Offshore Deferred Compensation Act of 2007); S. 2473 (Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007); H.R. 3185 (The 401(K) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007); H.R. 5160 (Save Act of 2008); H.R. 3765 (Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2007); S. 2794 (Senior Investor Protection Act of 2008); H.R. 6143 (Pension Protection ERISA Amendments of 2008); Auction Rate Securities/IRA Exemption.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 2167 (110th), S. 1288 (110th), H.R. 2669 (110th), H.R. 1419 (110th), S. 1141 (110th), S. 819 (110th), S. 2 (110th), H.R. 2205 (110th), H.R. 3185 (110th), S. 2199 (110th), S. 1010 (110th), H.R. 6143 (110th), H.R. 2831 (110th), H.R. 5160 (110th), H.R. 3765 (110th), S. 2473 (110th), H.R. 3923 (110th), S. 2794 (110th), S. 1725 (110th)