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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 | 1900 M STREET NW |
Address2 | SUITE 730 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 36537-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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
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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: Alan Maness, Associate General Counsel |
Date | 10/19/2010 |
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
H.R. 4173 P.L. 111-203, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" and S. 3217 call for elimination of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the primary regulator of State Farm Bank. The legislation would modify Bank Holding Company Act and the Homeowners Loan Act. Also, the legislation creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The legislation also creates a Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify and regulate systemically important non-bank financial companies.
In addition, it creates a system for resolving failing systemically important companies. There are assessments associated with this new resolution authority.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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Maness |
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Dillard |
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Blumenthal |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Patents/Intellectual Property - Worked to reduce auto repair costs for consumers by supporting legislation permitting the use of repair parts that are not manufactured by the vehicle's original manufacturer. (H.R. 3095/S. 1368, "Access to Repair Parts Act").
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Alan |
Maness |
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Regina |
Dillard |
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Blumenthal |
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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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation to promote federal incentives for states to adopt and enforce statewide building codes. (H.R. 2593, Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2009" and H.R. 3377, "Disaster Response and Mitigation Enhancement Act of 2009.") Legislation to promote building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program. H.R. 2246 and H.R. 5970, the "Community Building Code Administration Grant Act."
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Maness |
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Blumenthal |
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed rules to implement Public Law 108-159, "Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act," that establishes uniform national standards for certain consumers credit insurance and employment transactions.
FTC matter number P044804, comments on Study of the Effects of the Use of Credit Scores and Credit-Based Insurance Scores
on the Availability of a Range of Consumer Financial Products and Services.
The FTC and Federal Reserve (Fed) issued studies on the effectes of credit scores and credit-based insurance scores on the availability of financial products. The FTC's study concentrated on auto insurance. The FTC is studying the effects of the use of credit-based insurance scoring as it related to the affordability of homeowners insurance.
"Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007," PL 110-73 and implementation of CMS Guidelines.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Maness |
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Blumenthal |
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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
Comprehensive health care reform measures to overhaul health care system to provide coverage for all Americans.
"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," PL 111-148 and the "Health Care and Education Reconsiliation Act," PL 111-143. Working on the implementation of this legislation, including its tax related provisions.
These includes provisions to limit deductions for compensation paid to individuals above the threshold of $500,000 and to require the issuance of a 1099 in the case of a payment exceeding $600.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House 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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Alan |
Maness |
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Blumenthal |
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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
Working on modifying a provision of the comprehensive housing legislation, Public Law 110-298, the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008." The Act creates a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Alan |
Maness |
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Blumenthal |
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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
Improving the efficiency of the current regulatory system, whether by modifying the existing state system, creating an optional federal charter for insurance companies or through the creation of a Federal Office of Insurance Information. The Federal Insurance Office was incorporated into the Dodd-Frank Act, P.L. 111-203.
"National Insurance Consumer Protection Act," H.R. 1880; "Insurance Information Act of 2009," H.R. 2609.
H.R. 4173/S. 3217, the "Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act/Restoring American Financial Stability Act" (RAFSA), which would: establish an Office of Insurance Information within the Department of Treasury; establish a "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau"; create a Financial Services Oversight Council to regulate Identified Financial Holding Companies (IFHCs); modify the standards for investment advisors and broker dealers; create a system for winding down the affairs of failing IFHCs (healthy firms with more than $50 billion in assets will be called upon to pay into a pre-funded resolution account); and impose proprietary trading restrictions on financial firms with FDIC depository institutions within their corporate structure.
Federal Backstop for Natural Catastrophes - The legislation would authorize the Treasury Department to sell catastrophe reinsurance to state catastrophe funds, the "Homeowners' Defense Act of 2009," H.R. 2555.
H.R. 1264, "Multiperil Insurance Act of 2009" - The Act would repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act and grant the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission the legal authority to apply antitrust laws to insurers' anticompetitive behavior.
H.R. 1583, "Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009" - The Act would repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act and grant the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission the legal authority to apply antitrust laws to insurers' anticompetitive behavior.
Various extensions of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) including the "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 2010;" H.R. 3326, "Department of Defense Appropriations Act;" H.R. 5569; the "National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010;" H.R. 5114, the "Flood Insurance Reform Act," and P.L. 111-250, which reauthorized the NFIP until September 30, 2011.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Blumenthal |
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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
The Obama Administration has proposed a "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee" that will be imposed on certain financial institutions with more the $50 billion in assets. In addition, this "TARP Tax" or "Bank Tax" was discussed in connection with the financial services regulatory reform legislation (H.R. 4173/S. 3217).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Regina K. |
Dillard |
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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 TOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1508 and S. 537, "Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009," which relate to protective orders, sealing of cases from disclosures of discovery information in civil actions.
H.R. 1788 and S. 458, which would expand the "False Claims Act."
S. 1504 and H.R. 4115, the "Notice Pleading Restoration Act and the Open Access to Court Act of 2009," which would change civil procedure standards for dismissing lawsuit complaints for failure to state a meritorious claim.
H.R. 5503, "Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations Act," which would amend the Class Action Fairness Act.
H.R. 4326, "Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act," which would limit DOJ requests for privileged information.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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 |
Regina K. |
Dillard |
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Alan |
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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
"The Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2009," which would provide incentives to states to adopt laws creating graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements.
S. 1938, "Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009," which would establish a program to reduce injurieis and deaths caused by cell phone use and texting while driving.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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