1st Quarter - Report — AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY for AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (2011)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

Client

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

Income

—

Expenses

$610,000

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 (this page)	Apr 20, 2011	$610,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment	Mar 30, 2012	$650,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

S. 575 , the "Debit Interchange Fee Study Act", provisions related to merchant interchange fees H.R. 1081, the "Consumers Payment System Protection Act", provisions related to merchant interchange fees H.R. 1121, the "Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011", provisions related to financial regulatory reform Proposed Regulation II, Debit-Card Interchange Fees and Routing, provisions relating to three-party networks

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON	—
CHRIS MERIDA New	—
ANTONELLA PIANALTO	—
ROBERT THOMSON	—

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

Bills named: S. 575 (112th), H.R. 1121 (112th), H.R. 1081 (112th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 611, the "Building Effective Strategies to Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards Act", provisions related to the collection and use of personal information H.R. 653, the "Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011", provisions related to the protection of personal financial data H.R. 1136, the "Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2011", provisions related to protecting critical infrastructure S. 413, the "Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act of 2011", provisions related to protecting critical infrastructure

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRIS MERIDA New	—
ROBERT THOMSON	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1136 (112th), H.R. 653 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 611 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 749, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart f exemption for active financing income S. 727, Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2011, legislation to reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayment Act of 2011, legislation to repeal expanded 1099 reporting H.R. 705, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayment Act of 2011, legislation to repeal expanded 1099 reporting S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, legislation to repeal expanded 1099 reporting S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, legislation to repeal expanded 1099 reporting H.Con. Res. 34, Establishing the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2012 and Setting Forth Appropriate Budget Levels for Fiscal Years 2013 Through 2021

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON	—
DAVID MORGAN	—
ANTONELLA PIANALTO	—

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

Bills named: S. 18 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.Con.Res. 34 (112th), S. 72 (112th), H.R. 705 (112th), S. 727 (112th), H.R. 749 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R.1249, America Invents Act, provisions related to reform of the patent system S.23, America Invents Act, provisions related to reform of the patent system

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRIS MERIDA New	—
ANTONELLA PIANALTO	—

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

Bills named: S. 23 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th)

Postal POS

H.R.1262, Reform the Postal Service for the 21st Century Act, provisions to provide for improvements to the United States Postal Service H.R.1351, United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011, provisions to change the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System S.353, U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2011, provisions to provide for improvements to the United States Postal Service

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1262 (112th), S. 353 (112th), H.R. 1351 (112th)

Advertising ADV

H.R. 654, the "Do Not Track Me Online Act", provisions related to the tracking of consumer behavior online

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRIS MERIDA New	—
ROBERT THOMSON	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 654 (112th)

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.