1st Quarter - Amendment

INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION

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
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$156,610
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, 2020 $156,610 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) Sep 28, 2020 $156,610 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment Feb 18, 2021 $156,610 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

United State-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office

Banking BAN

H.R. 2513, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 2513 (116th)

Veterans VET

H.R. 446, Veteran Entrepreneurs Act Vet's First/CVE Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 446 (116th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 2439, Trademark Licensing Protection Act H.R. 4146, Trademark Licensing Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: S. 2439 (116th), H.R. 4146 (116th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

Brand USA funding within the reauthorization of the Travel Promotion Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 748, CARES Act H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 446, Veteran Entrepreneurs Act H.R. 1869, Restoring Investment in Improvements Act S. 803, Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), S. 803 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 446 (116th), H.R. 1869 (116th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Legislative proposals on data privacy, security and notifications

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Small Business SMB

Paycheck Protection Program SBA 7(a) lending program S. 2383, Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2019

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 2383 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 HR 2782 Employee Flexibility Act of 2019 S 1510, Employee Flexibility Act of 2019 HR 748, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act S 684, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act HR 2447, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 S 172, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 2782 (116th), H.R. 3 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 2447 (116th), S. 1895 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act S. 1306, Protecting the Right to Organize Act NLRB Rulemaking on joint employer Dept. of Labor Rulemaking on joint employer S. 124, Freedom to Compete Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUZANNE SABLE BEALL —
CALEB GUNNELS —
MATTHEW HALLER —
MICHAEL LAYMAN —

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2474 (116th), S. 124 (116th), S. 1306 (116th)

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