AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION SECURITIES ASSOCIATION (ABASA) for AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION SECURITIES ASSOCIATION (ABASA)

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Proposals on Estate and Gift Tax Reform; Proposal to require cost-basis reporting; Elimination of Soft Dollars; HR 3915 of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Legacy Act of 2007 (all provisions); S2452, the Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007 (all provisions); List continues on page 3. S.761, America Competes Act (Section 5007) HR 1171, Money Makert Fund Parity Act of 2007 (all provisions) HR 3225, Mutual Fund Sec Reform Act (all provisions) S. 1624, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services (all provisions) HR 2834, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income received by partners for performing investment management services as ordinary income received for the performance of services (all provisions) HR 2761, Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007 HR 5720, Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 (all provisions) Municipal Securities Markets Mutual Recognition Regulatory Restructuring (Securities and Commodities Issues) HR 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (all provisions) HR 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (all procisions including Treasury asset-purchase proposal, business tax provisons, FDIC coverage, SEC Rules, accounting provisions, revenue offsets, GSE preferred stock tax accounting rules, proposed bankruptcy provisions) S. 2169 the Promoting Refinancing Opportunities for Mortgages Impacted by the Subprime Emergency Act of 2007 (all provisions) S. 2636 The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 Proposals to address anticipated mortgage foreclosures Proposals to address anticipated mortgage foreclosures Proposals to address predatory lending practices int eh subprime mortgage market H.R. 6659 The Equal Treatment of Covered Bonds Act of 2008 S. 3268, The Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008 HR 6604, The Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008 HR 3691, A bill to Amend the Commodity Exchange Act to require reporting and record keeping for positions involving credit default swaps, to grow the Federal Reserve Board authority over investment-bank holding companies, and for other purposes.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Bills named: H.R. 3691 (110th), S. 2636 (110th), H.R. 5720 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 761 (110th), S. 3268 (110th), S. 1624 (110th), H.R. 1171 (110th), H.R. 2834 (110th), H.R. 5715 (110th), H.R. 6604 (110th), H.R. 3915 (110th), S. 2169 (110th), H.R. 6659 (110th), H.R. 2761 (110th), H.R. 3225 (110th)