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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA, 1-38-17 |
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City | COLUMBUS |
State | OH |
Zip Code | 43215 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 26411-12
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6. House ID# 329850000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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 |
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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: Steven M. English |
Date | 7/18/2021 5:38:43 PM |
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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
None
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Copyright Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave
ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard
ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards
PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes.
ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles
HR 7011 (116th), Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) - establishes the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program within the Department of the Treasury.
ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs
ISSUE Insurance Underwriting
DRAFTData Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act of 2020 - to establish data privacy standards.
DRAFT Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2020 - to establish data breach and security standards.
HR 762, SAFE TO DRIVE Act - requires the DOT to use up to 25% of the amounts available for national priority safety program grants to award grants to states enacts a distracted driving statute.
HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.
HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research.
HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law.
HR 1622/S 605, Stop Underrides Act - To reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries caused by underride crashes.
HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system.
HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility.
HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility.
HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes.
HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050.
S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office.
HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing.
DRAFTDisaster Protection for Workers' Credit Act - suspend negative credit reporting in certain circumstances.
HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics.
S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions.
DRAFTDiverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse firms when seeking the services of investment advisers.
HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business.
HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses
S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency.
S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding.
HR 1780, Paris Climate Agreement Disclosure Act - amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require disclosures related to the Paris Climate Agreement.
HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities.
HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program.
HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances
HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks.
HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies.
HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities
S 1108 (116th) Algorithmic Accountability Act -- requires entities to conduct assessments of systems that involve personal information or make automated decisions.
S 1331RIDE Act of 2021 -- To prescribe a Federal motor vehicle safety standard for advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology.
S 3832Endless Frontiers Act -- To establish a new Directorate for Technology in the redesignated National Science and Technology Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, and innovation, and for other purposes.
HR 3 Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act -- stablishes several programs and requirements relating to the prices of prescription drugs.
HR 2949 To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold - Indexing Miller Act
HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC.
HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations
HR 3341 STARTER Act 2.0 -- To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures.
S 1931Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 - To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction, and for other purposes.
S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process
HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes.
HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles.
HR 3677 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a distracted driving education grant program, and for other purposes.
HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes.
HR 3628 21st Century Smart Cars Act -- to require crash avoidance technologies, and for other purposes.
HR 3591 Safe Roads Act of 2021 -- to require new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, and for other purposes.
HR 3629 PARK IT Act -- to finalize rules to protect consumers from the risks of motor vehicle rollaways and carbon monoxide poisoning from keyless ignition motor vehicles
HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles
HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics.
HR 3684 INVEST in America Act -- provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the DOT.
HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes.
HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures
HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
DRAFT Booster Seat Safety Act - To revise regulations relating to child restraint systems
HR 4345 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 -- provides FY2022 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies
DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification.
HR 3164 Hot Cars Act of 2021 -- to issue a rule that requires all new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert system
S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve System, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. SENATE, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Steven M. |
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Benjamin E. |
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Carson R. |
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Webb |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1459/S 510, Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act - impose a tax on the net value of assets of a taxpayer.
HR 1984, Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act - provide a credit for owning certain disaster resilient property.
S 617, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021 - repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
HR 1979/S 794, Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act - corporate tax rate increase on companies whose ratio of compensation of the CEO to median worker is more than 50 to 1.
HR 328/S 817, Wall Street Tax Act - impose a 0.1% excise tax on certain purchases of stocks, bonds, and derivatives.
HR 1565/S 856, Senior Security Act - establishes the Senior Investor Taskforce within the SEC.
S 994, For the 99.5% Act - reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes.
DRAFTAmerican Jobs Plan - changes to infrastructure, corporate tax, and other for other purposes.
PL 115-97, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - amends corporate and individual tax provisions.
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HR 2573/S 1136 Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021 -- to reform the low-income housing credit
S 1283Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act -- impose a tax on certain trading transactions
S 1308American Infrastructure Bonds Act of 2021 -- allows the issuer of an American infrastructure bond a tax credit for 28% of the interest payable under such bond.
DRAFT American Families Plan - To provide public education, childcare, paid leave, and for other purposes.
S 2028Millionaires Surtax Act -- To impose a surtax on high income individuals.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
ISSUE Investment Advice Standard of Conduct
DRAFTAutomatic Retirement Plan Act of 2020 - require employers to offer a 401(k) or 403(b) plan
HR 6994/S 3795 (116th), Registration for Index Linked Annuities (RILA) Act - requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a new form for the registration of index linked annuities.
DRAFTPortable Retirement and Investment Account (PRIA) Act - to establish portable retirement accounts
DRAFTWell-Being Insurance for Seniors to be at Home (WISH) Act - create a public-private partnership to provide long-term health care insurance for older adults.
HR 699, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act - amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to provide complaint and burden of proof requirements for certain actions for breach of fiduciary duty
HR 725/S 153, Personalized Care Act - amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and improve health savings accounts, and for other purposes.
HR 984, Retirement Inflation Protection Act - allows the basis of certain assets to be adjusted for inflation solely for the purpose of determining the gain or loss.
S 380, Health Savings Act - modifies the requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs).
HR 1584, Protecting Retirement Savers and Everyday Investors Act - impose a limitation on taxation and fees on transactions by certain securities industry participants.
HR 1618/S 606, RESPOND Act - require the FRB and SEC to issue an annual report on the economic costs caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change.
S 1443Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act -- allows certain employer-sponsored retirement plans to make matching contributions for an employee's student loan payments
HR 2951 To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to modify Treasury Regulations relating to insurance-dedicated exchange-traded funds - enables ETFs as investment option in variable insurance products
HR 2954 Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 -- To increase retirement savings, simplify and clarify retirement plan rules, and for other purposes.
HR 2944 Reducing the Maximum Service Requirement for Long-term Part-time Workers to Make Elective Deferrals to 401(k) Plans Act -- to reduce the retirement plan period of service requirements for long-term, part-time employees.
S 1703Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act of 2021 -- to increase retirement savings, to improve retirement plan administration, and for other purposes.
S 1770Retirement Security & Savings Act -- to increase retirement savings, to improve retirement plan administration, and for other purposes.
HR 3387/S 1762 Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investment Act -- to permit retirement plans to consider certain factors in investment decisions.
S 1870Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2021 -- permits penalty-free distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans for emergency personal expenses.
S 1272SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act -- increases the contribution limits for certain SIMPLE IRAs and modifies the requirements for replacing SIMPLE IRAs with 401(k) plans.
HR 2741 Public Service Retirement Fairness Act -- To modify rules relating to 403(b) plans.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
None
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of
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
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
None
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
None
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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
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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
None
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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