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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 910 17TH STREET, NW, #500 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 283630-12
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6. House ID# 368350000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Michael D. Calhoun, President |
Date | 04/20/2012 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lobbying issues were: CFPB (encouraging Congress to keep in place an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); the future of the GSEs and the federal housing finance system [continued on next page]
[continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentive for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures)
Specific legislation that was the subject of lobbying activity:
S. 222 (to allow for voluntary loss mitigation program in bankruptcy)
S. 299 (to oppose requirement that major rules of the executive branch would have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law)
S. 489 (to require minimum mortgage servicing standards)
S. 527 (to continue HAMP)
S. 690 (to create an Office of the Homeowner Advocate)
S. 737 (to keep current regulatory structure of CFPB)
S. 824 (to require minimum mortgage servicing standards)
S. 967 (to require minimum mortgage servicing standards)
S. 1054 (to ensure that the bankruptcy process is fair for consumers)
S. 1606 (to oppose reforms to the process by which federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance
documents)
S. 1615 (to oppose enhanced economic analysis and justification of regulations proposed by certain federal financial regulators)
S. Amdt. 1294 to S. 1867, the Defense Authorization Bill (to enhance consumer credit protections for service members and their families)
S. 1963 (to oppose revoking the charters for government-sponsored enterprises and creating a new Mortgage Finance Agency for the securitization of single family and multifamily mortgages, and for other purposes)
S. 2072 (a bill to discourage disincentives to the housing missions of government-sponsored enterprises and require consistent
putback risks at the enterprises to assist homeowners)
S. 4041 (to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to provide protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, and other purposes)
H.R. 10 (to oppose requirement that major rules of the executive branch would have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law)
H.R. 31 (to ensure that there is a secondary market to serve low- and moderate-income communities)
H.R. 527 (to oppose a complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes)
H.R. 830 (to continue FHA short refinance program)
H.R. 836 (to continue the Emergency Homeowner Relief Program)
H.R. 839 (to continue HAMP)
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H.R. 861 (to continue NSP)
H.R. 1121 (to keep current regulatory structure of CFPB)
H.R. 1221 -- HR 1227 (to ensure that there is a secondary market to serve low- and moderate-income communities)
H.R. 1315 (to keep current FSOC veto authority structure in CFPB)
H.R. 1355 (to maintain the current CFPB regulatory structure and funding system)
H.R. 1477 & 1567 (to require minimum mortgage servicing standards)
H.R. 1677 (to keep the current CFPB transfer date in place)
H.R. 1697 (to oppose amendments to the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010)
H.R. 1783 (to require minimum mortgage servicing standards)
H.R. 2081 (to keep the current CFPB regulatory structure)
H.R. 3010 (to oppose reforms to the process by which federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents)
H.R. 3077 (to ensure customers have the right to close depository accounts without unreasonable cost or other barriers)
H.R. 3461 (to oppose purported improvements to the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes)
H.R. 3644 (to oppose purported standardization and transparency in the mortgage backed security system)
H.R. 4101 (to oppose amending the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt a debt collector from liability when leaving certain voice messages for a consumer)
Bills under discussion/not yet introduced:
Senate legislation on government sponsored enterprises (to ensure that there is a secondary market to serve low- and moderate-income communities)
Senate legislation on checking account overdraft practices (to require fair practices related to overdraft fees)
Senate legislation to protect consumers from abusive Internet payday lending practices
Senate legislation to address abusive payday lending practices
House legislation on debit cards (to ensure there are fair consumer protections for debit card users)
House legislation on the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (to ensure consumers' privacy rights regarding voice messages left by debt collectors)
House legislation on checking account overdraft practices (to require fair practices related to overdraft fees)
Executive branch agencies and issues:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overdraft fees, bank payday loans, payday loans, mortgage servicing, larger nonbank participants, credit cards, prepaid cards, auto lending, rules to be enforced, lending issues as related to military, interim legal authorities, Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act (AMTPA), mortgage origination rules, depository supervision
Dept of the Treasury--Office of the Comptroller of the Currency overdraft fees, bank payday loans, preemption, risk retention rules, servicing standards, servicing consent order/independent foreclosure review, mortgage origination rules
Dept of the Treasury HAMP, GSE reform, risk retention rules, mortgage origination rules
Federal Reserve Board overdraft fees, bank payday loans, mortgage origination rules, risk retention rules, servicing standards, credit card rules, interchange revenue, Dodd-Frank implementation, Capital Ones proposed acquisition of ING Direct, servicing consent order/independent foreclosure review
FDIC -- overdraft fees, risk retention rules, servicing standards, bank payday loans, prepaid cards
National Credit Union Administration -- regulation of credit union service organizations, payday lending
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Federal Trade Commission -- auto financing
HUD -- GSE reform, risk retention rules, mortgage origination rules
White House -- foreclosure prevention
Federal Housing Finance Administration -- foreclosure prevention, servicing standards
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Treasury - Dept of, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), White House Office, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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