3rd Quarter - Report

TASSEY & ASSOCIATES for ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS COALITION ("EPC")

Firm
Client
Income
$60,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, all provisions related to payment card transactions. H.R. 3280 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018, all provisions related to electronic payments. H.R. 2 / S. 3042 Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, all provisions in Title IV, Subtitle A, Section 4104 related to electronic benefits transfer of benefits. H.R. 5445 21st Century IRS Act, all provisions in Title IV, Section 403 related to payment of taxes by credit and debit cards. Issues pertaining to a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on standard-setting processes for payment and payment security. H.R. 6743 Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to a Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act, all provisions. S. 2362 Control Your Personal Credit Information Act, all provisions. S. 2289 Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018, all provisions. Issues pertaining to possible FFIEC regulations on multi-factor authentication. Issues pertaining to a Federal Reserve study on payments fraud. H.R. 4508 PROSPER Act, all provisions related to Disbursement of Credit Balances. S. 2155 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions in Title II Regulatory Relief and Protecting Consumer Access to Credit. H.R. 4028 PROTECT Act of 2017, all provisions. S. 2124 Consumer Privacy Protection Act, all provisions. S. 1816 Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the EMVCo (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) and the EMV chip cards. Issues pertaining to the implementation of P.L. 111-24 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, all provisions related to interchange. Issues pertaining to the implementation of P.L. 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all provisions in Title X-Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection related to interchange. Issues pertaining to antitrust legislation related to interchange. Issues pertaining to payment card interchange fee and merchant discount anti-trust litigation. Issues pertaining to The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act, all provisions related to debit card interchange.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JEFFREY A TASSEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 2362 (115th), H.R. 4028 (115th), H.R. 10 (115th), S. 2124 (115th), S. 3042 (115th), H.R. 5445 (115th), H.R. 2 (115th), H.R. 6743 (115th), H.R. 3280 (115th), S. 1816 (115th), S. 2289 (115th), S. 2155 (115th), H.R. 4508 (115th)

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.