SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 609 (Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2019); H.R. 1815 (SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act); H.R. 1876 (Senior Security Act of 2019); H.R. 2513 (Corporate Transparency Act of 2019); H.R. 2515 (To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the definition of whistleblower); H.R. 3351 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020); S. 452 (Fostering Innovation Act of 2019); S. 536 (Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2019); 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. 115th Cong.); Senate Banking Committee request for information on privacy and data protection for consumers. 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, cybersecurity, and data aggregation 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; Municipal information disclosure regulation; US and China 100-day trade talks; Data Breach Notification Federal Standard; ETF Regulation; The Brokaw Act (not yet reintroduced); Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act (not yet reintroduced); Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act (not yet reintroduced); Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); Options Markets Stability Act (not yet reintroduced); National Senior Investor Initiative Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018 (not yet reintroduced); Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act (not yet reintroduced); P.L. 106-229 (E-Sign Act); Section 956 of the Dodd Frank Act (Incentive Compensation); United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); Issues related to the Investor Choice Act (not yet reintroduced); Legislation related to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation A; Issues related to restitution and disgorgement (not yet introduced); Legislation related to the FINRA arbitration system for broker-dealers; Housing finance reform (general); Financial technology (FinTech) issues (general); Issues related to the proposed Bad Actor Disqualification Act of 2019.

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

Bills named: H.R. 609 (116th), H.R. 1815 (116th), S. 536 (116th), S. 452 (116th), H.R. 2515 (116th), H.R. 3351 (116th), H.R. 2513 (116th), H.R. 1876 (116th), S. 2499 (116th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 1007 (Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019); H.R. 1439 (Increase Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2019); H.R. 1516 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); H.R. 1815 (SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act); H.R. 1876 (Senior Security Act of 2019); H.R. 1907 (Retirement Security for American Workers Act); H.R. 1993 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the rules relating to multiple employer plans and pooled employer plans and to modify PBGC premiums for CSEC plans); H.R. 1994 (Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019); S. 647 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); S. 972 (Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act (RESA) of 2019); S. 1431 (Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2019); S. 1719 (Senior Security Act of 2019); Senior investor protection legislation; Tax incentives for retirement savings; SEC proposed Regulation Best Interest; Senior Investor Report and Hold concept legislation; Electronic delivery of retirement plan documents and disclosures; Reporting and withholding tax upon escheatment of IRA assets.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1994 (116th), H.R. 1993 (116th), H.R. 1516 (116th), S. 972 (116th), H.R. 1907 (116th), H.R. 1439 (116th), S. 647 (116th), S. 1719 (116th), H.R. 1815 (116th), H.R. 1007 (116th), S. 1431 (116th), H.R. 1876 (116th)

Banking BAN

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; Stress testing reform; Foreign Banking Organizations Tailoring Proposal comment letter; Living Will comment letters from the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Control Proposal by the Federal Reserve Board; Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) reform proposal; Too Big to Fail comment requests from U.S. and global bodies.

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

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Legislative riders in H.R. 3164 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020); 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; 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.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3164 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1516 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); H.R. 2772 (Investing in Our Communities Act); S. 647 (Wall Street Tax Act of 2019); United States individual and business taxation; Tax reform legislation; 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; 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; 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; Tax Incentives to preserve interest deduction related to municipal bonds; Tax Incentives to reinstate advance refunding bonds; Tax Incentives to provide for direct pay municipal bonds; Mark-to-market tax proposal (Senate); Downward attribution rule; Treaty Doc. 111-8, Luxembourg Tax Treaty; Treaty Doc. 112-1, Swiss Tax Treaty; Treaty Doc. 113-4, Spain Tax Treaty; Treaty Doc. 114-1, Japan Tax Treaty; Issues related to taxation of ownership of securities and securities transactions; Technical correction related to the repeal of Section 958(b)(4) in P.L. 115-97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).

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

Bills named: H.R. 2772 (116th), H.R. 1516 (116th), S. 647 (116th)