1st Quarter - Report

NAREIT for NAREIT

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$510,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Retirement RET

Thrift Savings Plan reform related to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L DIBBLEE —

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S. 605 and H.R. 302, A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, all provisions. Inclusion of commercial real estate in the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DARA BERNSTEIN —
ROBERT L DIBBLEE —
TONY M EDWARDS —
STEVEN A WECHSLER —

Contacted: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 605 (111th), H.R. 302 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Re-introduction of the Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act. Modification of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) to facilitate foreign equity investment in the U.S. real estate market and changes to cancellation of debt income tax rules. S. 31 and S. 33, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the proper tax treatment of certain indebtedness discharged in 2009 or 2010, and for other purposes, all provisions. Changes to tax laws regarding Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs). H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions related to proper tax treatment of certain indebtedness discharged in 2009 or 2010. H.R. 1935, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of partnership interests held by partners providing services, all provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DARA BERNSTEIN —
ROBERT L DIBBLEE —
TONY M EDWARDS —
STEVEN A WECHSLER —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; White House Office

Bills named: S. 33 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 31 (111th), H.R. 1935 (111th)

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.