4th Quarter - Report — EQUIFAX, INC. for EQUIFAX, INC (2015)

Firm

EQUIFAX, INC.

Client

EQUIFAX, INC

Income

—

Expenses

$270,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax policy including tax reforms. E-Signature - SSA-89 Consent form. WOTC - Tax extension - H.R. 2029.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT PURSER	—
NICOLAS GEORGE STOWELL	—
PAUL ZURAWSKI	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Education, Dept of; Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Income verification services under the CMS contract to assist in eligibility determinations under the Affordable Care Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PAUL ZURAWSKI	—

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Government Issues GOV

Medical debt and credit scores. Medical Debt Relief Act - H.R. 2362. Credit Repair Organizations Act - H.R. 347. Cybersecurity / Data security. Information sharing between public and private sectors - S 754, US 80 FR 59581. Alternative scores for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Credit Score Competition Act H.R.4211. CFPB's Consumer complaint database proposed regulation US 80 FR 26233. Data Security and Breach Notification - H.R.2977, S.1828, H.R. 2205, H.R. 3869. Military Personnel - Lending and Credit - H.R. 1735, H.R. 2979, S.1565. Military Lending Act - Employment, Income, Status - H.R. 2977, S.1828. Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act - White House Draft. Child Support Assistance Act of 2015 - Child Support Enforcement - H.R. 2091. Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015 - Do Not Pay Initiative - S.614, H.R.2320. CFPB - "Credit Invisibles" and the "unscoreable" - Consumers with a lack of credit history. CFPB - Use of arbitration agreements involving consumer financial products and services. FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act - S. 1234. Stop Errors in Credit Use Reporting Act - S.1847. Alternative Credit Data - Telecom, utilities reporting consumer payment information to national credit bureaus. H.R. 3035. Child Support Assistance Act - Use of consumer reports in child support enforcement. H.R. 2091, S 2077. Student Loan Servicing, Credit Access and Inclusion Act - H.R.3035. Consumer Reporting Fairness Act - S. 1773. Equal Employment for All Act - Use of consumer credit for employment decisions - H.R.3524, H.R. 3303, S 1981. Re-verification of Consumer's supplemental security income verification - H.R. 1314. Judicial Redress Act - EU Safe Harbor - H.R. 1428.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT PURSER	—
NICOLAS GEORGE STOWELL	—
PAUL ZURAWSKI	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2320 (114th), S. 1565 (114th), S. 1828 (114th), H.R. 347 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 4211 (114th), S. 1773 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), H.R. 2362 (114th), S. 1847 (114th), H.R. 3869 (114th), H.R. 3524 (114th), S. 614 (114th), S. 1234 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th), H.R. 2977 (114th), H.R. 3035 (114th), H.R. 3303 (114th), H.R. 2091 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 2979 (114th)

Immigration IMM

Form I-9; E-Verify. E-Verify - Mandatory workplace authentication. Electronic eligibility verification. Work site enforcement issues. U.S.P.S. re: Third Party Services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT PURSER	—
PAUL ZURAWSKI	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Social Security Administration (SSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Education, Dept of

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.