4th Quarter - Report

SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS 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
$2,090,000
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
4th Quarter - Report (this page) Jan 22, 2019 $2,090,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment Apr 18, 2019 $2,090,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment Jul 20, 2021 $2,090,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

H.R. 1624 (Municipal Finance Support Act of 2017); H.R. 2121 (Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act); 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; Structure of the U.S. Treasury.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Ginnie Mae; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 1624 (115th), H.R. 2121 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 3280 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018); H.R. 3555 (Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act); H.R. 6258 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); S. 2098 (Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017); 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); S. 3107 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019); 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; India Financial Sector Reform; Accounting standards for municipalities; Privacy and cybersecurity issues (general); CFTC cross-border guidance exemptive order; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; 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; North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA); Municipal information disclosure regulation; Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost); Executive Order 13772 (Core Principles for Regulation of the US Financial System) Executive Order 13777 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda); US and China 100-day trade talks; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; Issues relating to H.R. 6072 and S. 3023 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019).

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Ginnie Mae; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 6072 (115th), S. 3023 (115th), S. 3107 (115th), H.R. 3280 (115th), S. 2098 (115th), S. 2499 (115th), H.R. 6258 (115th), H.R. 3555 (115th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 238 (Commodity End-User Relief Act); H.R. 316 (Futures Investor Protection Act); H.R. 4659 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives); H.R. 5749 (To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to increase the risk-sensitivity of the capital treatment of certain centrally cleared exchange-listed options and derivatives, and for other purposes); S. 1005 (Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act of 2017); 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; Inter-affiliate swap transactions; Margin requirements for uncleared swaps; Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and clearing for swaps; Global FX Code of Conduct; 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; CFTC's Project Kiss; Initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions; Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization; Issues related to H.R. 5961 and S. 2976 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019); 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
KYLE L BRANDON —
MICHAEL DECKER —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
KATIE MALONE —
CARTER MCDOWELL —
DAVID OXNER —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Ginnie Mae; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 238 (115th), H.R. 4659 (115th), S. 2976 (115th), H.R. 316 (115th), H.R. 5749 (115th), H.R. 5961 (115th), S. 1005 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2916 (Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017); H.R. 5003 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds); H.R. 6250 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for lifelong learning accounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 6444 (Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act); S. 1343 (Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017); S. 3145 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for lifelong learning accounts, and for other purposes); Tax treatment of capital gains and dividends; Tax classification of independent contractors; United States individual and business taxation; Tax reform legislation; Issues related to taxation of securities transactions, including market to market for derivatives; 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; Infrastructure tax; Executive Order 13789 (Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens); Regulations under the Foreign Account Taxpayer Compliance Act (FATCA); 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; Rev. Rul. 2018-24 relating to the proposed exchange of Freddie Mac Participation Certificates for Universal Mortgage Backed Securities; 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; Legislation to modify IRC Sec 1446(f) relating to withholding on partnership interests that are not publicly traded; Technical and policy modifications to P.L. 115-97.

Contacted: Ginnie Mae; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 1343 (115th), H.R. 6444 (115th), H.R. 5003 (115th), H.R. 6250 (115th), S. 3145 (115th), H.R. 2916 (115th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 355 (Protecting American Families' Retirement Advice Act); H.R. 854 (Retirement Security for American Workers Act); H.R. 2823 (Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act); H.R. 3857 (PASS Act of 2017); H.R. 4158 (Retirement Plan Modernization Act); H.R. 4189 (IRA Preservation Act of 2017); H.R. 4523 (Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017); H.R. 4604 (Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017); H.R. 4610 (Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act); H.R. 5282 (Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018); S. 178 (Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act); S. 1321 (Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act); S. 2526 (Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018); DOL ERISA Fiduciary Duty Rulemaking; Tax incentives for retirement savings; SEC proposed Regulation Best Interest.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Ginnie Mae; Natl Security Council (NSC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Bills named: H.R. 4610 (115th), S. 178 (115th), S. 2526 (115th), S. 1321 (115th), H.R. 3857 (115th), H.R. 5282 (115th), H.R. 4158 (115th), H.R. 4604 (115th), H.R. 2823 (115th), H.R. 4523 (115th), H.R. 355 (115th), H.R. 854 (115th), H.R. 4189 (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.