1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY for AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

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
$400,000
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
1st Quarter - Report (this page) Apr 20, 2017 $400,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment Apr 25, 2017 $360,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment Feb 22, 2018 $440,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 1224, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017, provisions related to cybersecurity S. 536, the Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017, provisions related to cybersecurity

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT LOPER —
CHRIS MERIDA —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Bills named: H.R. 1224 (115th), S. 536 (115th)

Postal POS

H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, provisions related to the postal service H.R. 760, the Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2017, provisions related to the postal service Issues related to postal service reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT LOPER —
CHRIS MERIDA —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 760 (115th), H.R. 756 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 540/H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, Legislation that would simplify and standardize state income tax collection for employees who travel outside of their home state for temporary work assignments OECD Beps Project, provision targeted at curtailing foreign base erosion Senate Finance Chairman's proposal to promote corporate integration House Ways & Means proposal to reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Issues related to international tax reform Issues related to corporate tax reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HOLLY NICHOLS LASS New U.S. House of Representatives; Executive Office of the President, The White House
BRETT LOPER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Bills named: S. 540 (115th), H.R. 1393 (115th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017, provisions related to litigation relief H.R. 1457, MOBILE Act of 2017, provisions related to fraud prevention

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT LOPER —
CHRIS MERIDA —

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1457 (115th), H.R. 985 (115th)

Banking BAN

Issues generally related to merchant pricing and contract regulation Issues, including prepaid regulation, arbitration, and small business lending, related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Issues related to potential House and Senate legislation that may revise certain prudential bank regulations Issues related to FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations Issues related to Basel Liquidity and Advanced Approach Rules Issues related to accountability for Basel/FSB negotiations Issues generally related to Dodd-Frank reform measures Issues related to The Financial CHOICE Act, all provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT LOPER —
AMY BEST WEISS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

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.