2nd Quarter - Amendment

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY for AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$580,000
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
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 20, 2010 $630,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Mar 30, 2012 $580,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Advertising ADV

Issues related to online behavioral advertising

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

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

Travel/Tourism TOU

HR 2935/S 1023, the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 HR 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, issues related to disclosure of airline ticket fees

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1586 (111th), H.R. 2935 (111th)

Banking BAN

Public Law 111-24, the Credit CARD Act of 2009, provisions relating to credit card practices 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 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 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, provisions relating to financial regulatory reform HR 4300, the Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2009, issues relating to interest rate caps HR 5502, to amend the effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 S 3549, to amend the effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON —
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3457 (111th), H.R. 4173 (111th), H.R. 2695 (111th), H.R. 4300 (111th), H.R. 2382 (111th), H.R. 5502 (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. 4115, the Open Access to Courts Act; to maintain the current pleading standard to allow judges to dismiss lawsuits that are not plausible. S. 1504, the Notice Pleading Restoration Act; to maintain the current pleading standard to allow judges to dismiss lawsuits that are not plausible.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

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

Bills named: H.R. 991 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th), H.R. 4115 (111th), S. 1504 (111th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

S 3386, Restore Online Shopper's Confidence Act, provisions relating to post transaction marketing Issues related to the collection and use of consumer data

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provisions relating to Energy Star program rebates S 3434, the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, provisions relating to Home Star rebates

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM FREDERICK QUINN —
ROBERT THOMSON —

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

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. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act, provision relating to the extension of the active financing and look through exceptions Administration's FY 2011 proposal and proposed House and Senate legislation to impose a financial crisis responsibility fee on large financial services companies H.R. 1586, legislation to impose an excise tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients S.651: legislation to impose an excise tax on excessive bonuses paid by companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance S.2994 legislation to impose an excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses paid by companies receiving Federal emergency economic assistance S.3007, legislation to impose a 50% tax on bonuses paid by TARP recipients S.3149, legislation to limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significnt financial institutions H.R. 5141 The Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act, legislation to repeal small business 1099 reporting provisions. SA 4455Repeal of Expansion of Reporting Requirements, legislation to repeal small business 1099 reporting provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ARNE CHRISTENSON —
DAVID MORGAN —
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —

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

Bills named: H.R. 2098 (111th), H.R. 1897 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), S. 803 (111th), S. 3007 (111th), S. 651 (111th), H.R. 1586 (111th), S. 2994 (111th), H.R. 5141 (111th), S. 3149 (111th), S. 722 (111th), H.R. 1944 (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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANTONELLA PIANALTO —

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

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

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.