4th Quarter - Termination

POPULAR, INC. for POPULAR INC

Period 4th Quarter 2008 Filed Nov 10, 2008 Signed by Catherine Cruz Wojtasik, Director of Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
POPULAR, INC.
Client
POPULAR INC
Income
—
Expenses
$40,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions
Terminated
Nov 7, 2008

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

H.R. 2238/S.2373, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for residents of Puerto Rico who participate in cafeteria plans under the Puerto Rican tax laws an exclusion from employment taxes which is comparable to the exclusion that applies to cafeteria plans under such Code, all sections.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK —

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2373 (110th), H.R. 2238 (110th)

Banking BAN

Reauthorization of 7A and 504 loan programs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Monitored money service business, Bank Secrecy Act, non-prime mortgages, arbitration, credit card issues and H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1424 (110th)

Transportation TRA

Development of light rail system for Old San Juan.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK —

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.