1st Quarter - Amendment

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY for AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$850,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report Apr 20, 2010 $890,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) Mar 30, 2012 $850,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

Public Law 111-24, the Credit CARD Act of 2009, provisions relating to credit card practices HR 3126, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009, provisions relating to consumer protection regulation Issues relating to merchant interchange fees Issues relating to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards HR 2382, Credit Card Interchange Fee Act, provisions related to merchant interchange fees HR 2695, Credit Card Fair Fee Act, provisions related to merchant interchange fees S 1212, Credit Card Fair fee Act, provisions related to merchant interchange fees HR 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act of 2009, provisions related to data security and consumer privacy HR 3639, the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 HR 3601, Credit CARD Effective Date Change Act, provisions accelerating the effective date of the Credit CARD Act HR 3457, Small Business Credit Card Act of 2009, issues relating to small business credit card practices HR 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, issues relating to financial regulatory reform Senate version of financial regulatory reform, issues relating to systemic risk regulation and broader reform measures S 1927, the Credit Card Rate Freeze Act of 2009, provisions accelerating the effective date of the Credit CARD Act HR 4300, the Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2009, issues relating to interest rate caps

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON —
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3457 (111th), H.R. 2695 (111th), H.R. 2221 (111th), H.R. 2382 (111th), H.R. 3126 (111th), H.R. 4300 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), H.R. 3601 (111th), H.R. 3639 (111th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to financial regulatory reform H.R. 991, Consumer Fairness Act of 2009, prohibiting arbitration clauses without consumers' consent HR 1020, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009, provisions allowing consumers to choose between arbitration or civil court in dispute

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 991 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1944, Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Subpart F exemption of active financing income. S. 722, Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to permanently extend certain expiring provision and for other purposes, provisions relating to extending expiring provisions. H.R. 1083, Bill to regulate state taxation of interstate commerce, provisions to impose a uniform physical presence standard for purposes of imposing state income taxation H.R. 1897, Healthy Workforce Act of 2009, legislation to provide a deduction for company sponsored wellness programs S. 803, Healthy Workforce Act of 2009, legislation to provide a deduction for company sponsored wellness programs Potential legislation to limit the authority of States and localities to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States and localities Credit Card Reporting implementation, Tax Code section 6050W H.R. 2098 legislation to extend the look through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations Proposed House and Senate legislation to enact the international tax provisions in the Administration's FY 2010 Budget H.R. 3200 legislation to fund health care reform, issues affecting large employers H.R. 3962 Health Care For America Act, health care reform issues affecting large employers H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, health care reform issues affecting large employers H.R. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act, provision relating to the extension of the active financing and look through exceptions Administration's FY 2011 proposal and proposed House and Senate legislation to impose a financial crisis responsibility fee on large financial services companies H.R. 1586, legislation to impose an excise tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients H.RES. 1212, providing for House consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, legislation to impose an additional tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients. S.651: legislation to impose an excise tax on excessive bonuses paid by companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance S.2994 legislation to impose an excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses paid by companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance S.AMDT. 3342, legislation to impose an excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses paid by companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance S.AMDT. 3486 to H.R. 1586, legislation to impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients. S.3007, legislation to impose a 50% tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients S.3149, legislation to limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significnt financial institutions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON —
DAVID MORGAN —
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Bills named: H.R. 1944 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 2098 (111th), S. 2994 (111th), H.R. 1586 (111th), H.R. 1897 (111th), S. 3149 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), S. 651 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), S. 3007 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), S. 803 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), S. 722 (111th), H.Res. 1212 (111th)

Postal POS

HR 22, provisions to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund S 1507, Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Funding Reform Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Bills named: H.R. 22 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provisions relating to Energy Star program rebates

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Travel/Tourism TOU

HR 2935/S 1023, the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 HR 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, issues related to disclosure of airline ticket fees

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —

Contacted: White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 1586 (111th), H.R. 2935 (111th)

Advertising ADV

Issues related to online behavioral advertising

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); Treasury, Dept of

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