AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY for AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
S. 1137, the PATENT Act, provisions related to patent trolls H.R. 9, the Innovation Act, provisions related to patent reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRETT LOPER | — |
| CHRIS MERIDA | — |
Banking BAN
Issues generally related to merchant pricing and contract regulation Issues, including prepaid regulation, an arbitration study, the complaints database, related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Issues related to potential Senate legislation that may revise certain prudential bank regulations Issues related to FY 2016 Financial Services Appropriations H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015, provisions to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Advisory Board Act, provisions to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to establish an advisory opinion process for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, provisions related to systemically important bank holding companies Issues related to Basel Liquidity and Advanced Approach Rules
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRETT LOPER | — |
| AMY BEST WEISS | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
H.R. 1560, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act, provisions related to cyber threat information sharing. S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, provisions related to cyber threat information sharing. H.R. 601, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, provision related to eliminating annual privacy notices. H.R. 1585, the CARDER Act, provisions related to preventing the theft of financial information abroad The National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, provisions related to cyber threat information sharing. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015, provisions related to data security and breach notification.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRETT LOPER | — |
| CHRIS MERIDA | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
S. 386, 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. H.R. 961, to amend the IRC to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income. H.R. 1430, Permanent CFC lookthrough Act of 2015, Permanently extend the CFC Lookthrough rule. H.Con.Res. 27 2016 House Budget Resolution, provisions related to reconciliation and tax. S. Con. Res. 11, Senate 2016 Budget Resolution, provisions related to reconciliaton and tax. Administration 2016 budget submission to Congress, provisions related to tax OECD Beps Project, provision targeted at curtailing foreign base erosion. Senate Finance Working Groups Tax Reform Reports Senate Finance Bill to Extend Certain Expired Tax Provisions The "Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015," legislatio to permanently extend the active financing exception and provide a 5 year extension for CFC look through exception
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRETT LOPER | — |
| DAVID MORGAN | — |
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