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Advertising ADV

Issues related to online behavioral advertising

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

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 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 HR 3996, the Financial Stability Improvement Act, provisions relating to systemic risk regulation

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

Bills named: H.R. 3457 (111th), H.R. 2221 (111th), H.R. 3601 (111th), H.R. 4300 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), H.R. 2695 (111th), H.R. 3126 (111th), H.R. 3639 (111th), H.R. 3996 (111th), H.R. 2382 (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 H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act, provisions to establish an optional federal insurance charter Proposals on Financial Regulatory Restructuring

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

Bills named: H.R. 991 (111th), H.R. 1880 (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 Affordabel Care Act, health care reform issues affecting large employers H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009, provision relating to the extension of the active financing and lookthrough exceptions

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

Bills named: H.R. 3962 (111th), S. 722 (111th), H.R. 1944 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 803 (111th), H.R. 2098 (111th), H.R. 1897 (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

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

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

Travel/Tourism TOU

HR 2935/S 1023, the Travel Promotion Act of 2009

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

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