SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
H.R. 609 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2019); H.R. 1815 (SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act); H.R. 1876 (Senior Security Act of 2019); H.R. 2513 (Corporate Transparency Act of 2019); H.R. 2515 (To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the definition of whistleblower); S. 452 (Fostering Innovation Act of 2019); S. 536 (Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2019); S. 2499 (A bill to require the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a relief fund to provide investors with the full value of unpaid arbitration awards issued against brokerage firms or brokers regulated by the Authority. 115th Cong.); Swap execution facilities; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (including Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941; Title I and Title II); India Market Access Issues; Accounting standards for municipalities; CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Commodity Pools and Securitization; Securities and Exchange Commission Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8; Release No. 34-71958, Security-Based Swap Dealers Recordkeeping; Regulation AB II (asset backed securities - Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau); Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Trade policy issues (general); China "Secure and Controllable" information and communication technologies (ICT) regulations; Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees; Senior investors/diminished capacity investors; Broker-dealers/investment advisers mitigation of accounts; Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the financial services industry; Data localization requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; Municipal information disclosure regulation; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; The Brokaw Act (not yet reintroduced); Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act (not yet reintroduced); Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act (not yet reintroduced); Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); Options Markets Stability Act (not yet reintroduced); National Senior Investor Initiative Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); P.L. 106-229 (E-Sign Act); United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); Legislation related to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation A; Issues related to restitution and disgorgement (not yet introduced); Legislation related to the FINRA arbitration system for broker-dealers; Housing finance reform (general); Financial technology (FinTech) issues (general); Issues related to the proposed Bad Actor Disqualification Act of 2019; Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act (not yet reintroduced); SEC Proposed Exemptive Order on Municipal Advisors Acting As Placement Agents; S. 1236, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Reform Act of 2019; H.R. 609, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2019; H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act of 2019; SEC Regulation Best Interest; S. 1719 - Senior Security Act of 2019; H.R. 4233 - Options Markets Stability Act; H.R. 5336 - Investor Choice Act of 2019; Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill; Public Law 116-136, CARES Act; S. 3550 - Municipal Bonds Emergency Relief Act; LOCAL Infrastructure Act (Wicker Advance Refunding); American Infrastructure Bonds Act (Wicker direct pay bonds); H.R.6242 - SEC Relief to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus Act of 2020; S.945/H.R. 7000 - Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act; H.R. 2 - Moving Forward Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER BANG | — |
| KENNETH E BENTSEN | — |
| LISA BLEIER | — |
| KYLE L BRANDON | — |
| WILLIAM CARDON | — |
| KEVIN CARROLL | — |
| BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL | — |
| LINDSEY WEBER KELJO | — |
| CHRISTOPHER B KILLIAN | — |
| MELISSA MACGREGOR | — |
| PETER MATHESON | — |
| CARTER MCDOWELL | — |
| LESLIE MARION NORWOOD | — |
| NICCOLE RIVERO | — |
| AMENA ROSS | — |
| MARK SCHUERMANN | — |
| JUSTIN SOK | — |
| JAMIE WALL | — |
Banking BAN
Equity market structure issues; Single Security/Common Securitization Platform (Federal Housing Finance Agency); Federal Reserve Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) proposal; Federal Reserve G-SIB capital surcharge; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation; Stress testing reform; Foreign Banking Organizations Tailoring Proposal comment letter; Living Will comment letters from the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Control Proposal by the Federal Reserve Board; Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) reform proposal; Housing Finance Reform; LIBOR transition issues; SEC Final Regulation Best Interest; Implementation of Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act; Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) - US House and US Senate; Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review - US Senate; Legislation related to changes in certain private activity bond treatment; H.R. 2513 - Corporate Transparency Act of 2019; H.R. 2474/S. 1306 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019; H.R. 1595 and S. 1200 - Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019; SEC Proposed Exemptive Order on Municipal Advisors Acting As Placement Agents; S. 1236, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Reform Act of 2019; H.R. 4762, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act; S. 2724, Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2019; H.R. 3967, Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2019; SEC Regulation Best Interest; S. 482 - Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 and other Issues related to foreign policy and the blocking of and/or trade restrictions; H.R. 2923, Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2019; H.R. 748 - The CARES Act; Federal Reserve Board and Prudential Agency Covid-19 Actions; Brokered Deposit Comment Proposal from the FDIC; S. 2563 - ILLICIT Cash Act; S. 3550 - Municipal Bonds Emergency Relief Act; Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Reform; H.R. 2772 - Investing in Our Communities Act; S. 2992 - Investor Choice Act of 2019; Increase in the bank qualified bond limit, Rep. Sewell Bill; S. 1236 - Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Reform Act of 2019; S. 4129 - Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act; American Infrastructure Bond Act (Wicker direct pay bonds) ; S. 3798 - Hong Kong Autonomy Act; Federal government market support programs (e.g. TALF); GSE Credit Risk Transfer Securities; H.R.2, Moving Forward Act (municipal finance provisions); Public Law 116-136, CARES Act (retirement and savings provisions), (Municipal Liquidity provisions); H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act (retirement and savings provisions); S. 1428/H.R. 6276, Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act; S. 1431, Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2019 (various retirement and savings provisions); SBA Paycheck Protection Program.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER BANG | — |
| KENNETH E BENTSEN | — |
| WILLIAM CARDON | — |
| KEVIN CARROLL | — |
| BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL | — |
| LINDSEY WEBER KELJO | — |
| CHRISTOPHER B KILLIAN | — |
| CARTER MCDOWELL | — |
| LESLIE MARION NORWOOD | — |
| NICCOLE RIVERO | — |
| AMENA ROSS | — |
| MARK SCHUERMANN | — |
| JAMIE WALL | — |
Commodities (big ticket) CDT
Regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (standardization of derivatives - all aspects including exchange trading, clearing, and reporting requirements); Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF Final Rule); CFTC Cross-border Guidance and Exemptive Order (13-69); Make available to trade determination for Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs); Position limits; Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments; Transaction-Level Requirements in Certain Cross-Border Situations (CFTC letters Nos. 13-17 and 14-01); CFTC Regulation 1.35; Block trades on swap execution facilities (SEFs); CFTC no action relief for packaged trades; Security based swaps rules under Title VII; Derivatives regulation (general); CFTC Letter 14-140 on transaction-level requirements in certain cross-border situations; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Decision to delay implementation for margin for non-centrally cleared swaps; CFTC proposed cross border rule; CFTC capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants; CFTC final rule on margin requirements for uncleared swaps; SEC proposed rule on margin for uncleared swaps; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR Rule Making); Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) actions; SEC Capital, Margin, and Segregation requirements; Securities Exchange Act Rules 17a-1, 17a-3, and 17a-4; CFTC Cross-border Swaps Regulation Version 2.0; H.R. 4233, Options Markets Stability Act of 2019; Global FX Code of Conduct; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2021; H.R.7046 - To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to place certain limitations on commodity ownership and to repeal the merchant banking authority, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER BANG | — |
| KENNETH E BENTSEN | — |
| KYLE L BRANDON | — |
| WILLIAM CARDON | — |
| BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL | — |
| CARTER MCDOWELL | — |
| LESLIE MARION NORWOOD | — |
| NICCOLE RIVERO | — |
| AMENA ROSS | — |
| MARK SCHUERMANN | — |
| JAMIE WALL | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R. 1516 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); H.R. 2772 (Investing in Our Communities Act); S. 647 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); United States individual and business taxation; Chapters 3 and 4 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code (responsibilities of financial institutions); Proposals to modify tax incentives for retirement savings and investment; Regulations implementing P.L. 115-97, Dec. 22, 2017, including regulations and guidance relating to IRC Sections 59A, 162(f), 163(j), 451, 199A, 512, 904, 951A, 958, and 1446; Taxation of contract modifications associated with transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates, including SOFR; Regulations under IRC Sec. 871(m) and IRC Sec. 385; International tax reform; Technical and policy modifications to P.L. 115-97; Tax Incentives to preserve interest deduction related to municipal bonds; Tax Incentives to reinstate advance refunding bonds; Tax Incentives to provide for direct pay municipal bonds; Issues related to taxation of ownership of securities and securities transactions; Technical correction related to the repeal of Section 958(b)(4) in P.L. 115-97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); H.R. 748 - CARES Act; H.R. 3967 - Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2019; Proposals to expand Private Activity Bonds; S. 3995, the Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020; H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act (retirement and savings provisions); H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act (municipal finance provisions); LOCAL Infrastructure Act (Wicker Advance Refunding); S. 4203, American Infrastructure Bond Act; Public Law 116-136, CARES Act (retirement and savings provisions); S. 1431, Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2019 (various retirement and savings provisions); S. 1428/H.R. 6276, Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER BANG | — |
| KENNETH E BENTSEN | — |
| LISA BLEIER | — |
| WILLIAM CARDON | — |
| BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL | — |
| TRACY EICHLER | — |
| JILLIAN ENOCH | — |
| LINDSEY WEBER KELJO | — |
| JOHN MAURELLO | — |
| CARTER MCDOWELL | — |
| LESLIE MARION NORWOOD | — |
| NICCOLE RIVERO | — |
| AMENA ROSS | — |
| MARK SCHUERMANN | — |
| JUSTIN SOK | — |
| JAMIE WALL | — |
Retirement RET
H.R. 1439 (Increase Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2019); H.R. 1516 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); H.R. 1876 (Senior Security Act of 2019); H.R. 1907 (Retirement Security for American Workers Act); H.R. 1993 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the rules relating to multiple employer plans and pooled employer plans and to modify PBGC premiums for CSEC plans); H.R. 1994 (Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019); S. 647 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); S. 1431 (Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2019); S. 1719 (Senior Security Act of 2019); Senior investor protection legislation; Tax incentives for retirement savings; SEC Final Regulation Best Interest; Senior Investor Report and Hold concept legislation; Electronic delivery of retirement plan documents and disclosures; Public Law 116-136, CARES Act; H.R. 4117 (IRA Preservation Act of 2019); H.R.6800 (The Heroes Act); S.1428/H.R.6276 (Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act); S. 1431 (Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2019), various retirement and savings provisions); SECURE Act 2.0, not yet introduced (provisions relating to RMD safe harbor and age increase, employer matching incentives, catch-up contribution increases, and student loan payments); Department of Labor proposed rule on defining plan fiduciaries' duties under ERISA; Department of Labor proposed prohibited transaction exemption on investment advice.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JENNIFER BANG | — |
| KENNETH E BENTSEN | — |
| LISA BLEIER | — |
| KYLE L BRANDON | — |
| WILLIAM CARDON | — |
| BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL | — |
| TRACY EICHLER | — |
| JILLIAN ENOCH | — |
| JOHN MAURELLO | — |
| CARTER MCDOWELL | — |
| NICCOLE RIVERO | — |
| AMENA ROSS | — |
| MARK SCHUERMANN | — |
| JAMIE WALL | — |
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.