Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mortgage-related regulations; CFPB ability-to-repay/ qualified mortgage rule; CFPB mortgage servicing rule; CFPB loan originator compensation rule; CFPB request for information regarding the mortgage closing process; CFPB notice of proposed rulemaking regarding debt collection practices; CFPB combining Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act disclosures; CFPB making changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act;
Federal Reserve regarding changes to subpart A of Regulation J and funds transfers through Fedwire; Federal Reserve policy on Payment System Risk and Procedures for Measuring Daylight Overdrafts; Electronic Payments Associations (NACHA) proposed rule regarding ACH risk management and rules enforcement; NACHA proposed rule regarding improving ACH network quality and reducing exceptions; NCUA regarding engaging with other federal agencies on data security efforts; NCUAs strategic plan for 2014-2017; NCUA regarding maintaining the federal credit union loan interest rate ceiling; NCUA request for comment on Requirement for Contacts with federal credit unions; NCUA proposal on Prompt Corrective Action and Risk Based Capital; NCUA comments on Proposed Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices; Request of the NCUA Board to extend the comment period for an additional 90 days on the risk-based capital proposal; National Technical Information Services (NTIS) request for information and advance notice of public meeting (RFI) regarding the certification program for access to the death master file; Expanding credit union investment authority to include permissible investments in derivatives, securitization and mortgage servicing rights; Modernization of the NCUAs fixed assets rule; Improve the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Increasing the number of transfers allowed to be made per month from savings accounts under Regulation D; Added flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of NCUA advertising requirements; Improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility by removing the subscription requirement for membership and permanently removing the borrowing cap; Flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; Update and make improvements to regulations governing check processing and funds availability; Eliminate redundant NCUA requirements to provide copies of appraisals upon request; Department of Justice Operation Choke Point; Patent Reform; Patent Quality Improvement Act (S.866); Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 (S.1013); Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013(S.1612); Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 (S.1720); Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act (S.2049); Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 (H.R.2639); Innovation Act (H.R. 3309); National Flood Insurance Program; Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act (S. 1846); Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act (S.1926); Data Security; Federal standards for safe keeping of information and data breach notification for merchants; Structural changes at the CFPB; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act (H.R. 3193); Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; Regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Legislative changes to provide regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013 (H.R. 2572); NCUA ability to grant parity to a federal credit union on a broader state rule; NCUA ability to delay the implementation of a CFPB rule that applies to credit unions; Requirement of a look-back cost-benefit analysis of CFPB and NCUA rules; Examination fairness provisions for credit unions;Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1553); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 727); Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); NCUA authorization to further establish special capital requirements for newly chartered federal credit unions that recognize the unique nature and challenges of starting a new credit union; Improvements to the Federal Credit Union Act to help enhance the federal credit union charter; Changes to outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act; Improvements to field of membership restrictions for credit unions that face expanding criteria for defining urban and rural; Allowing voluntary mergers involving multiple common bond credit unions and allowing credit unions that convert to community charters to retain their current select employee groups; Allowing all credit unions to add underserved areas to their field of membership; Credit union member business lending; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (S. 968); Flexibility with credit union investment authority; NCUA flexibility in handling credit union lending and maturities for certain loans; Annual privacy notices requirements for financial institutions; Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 749); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 635); Data security standards to address breaches at the hands of merchants; Cyber security; Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 1193); Data Security Act. (S. 1927); Data Security and Breach Notification Act. (S. 1976); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. (S. 1897); Data Security and Breach Notification Act. (S. 1193); Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act. (S. 1995); Housing Finance Reform; Policy decisions impacting the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217); Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 (H.R. 2767); Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform discussion draft; Retention of the credit union tax exemption; Tax Reform Act of 2014 discussion draft; Tax extenders; Mortgage debt tax relief; Debit interchange fees; Federal Reserves rule liming the fees that financial institutions can charge merchants for processing debit card transactions; CFPBs qualified mortgage standard/ ability-to-repay rule; Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211); Consumer Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 1077); Consumer Mortgage Choice Act (S.949); ATM disclosure requirements; National Flood Insurance Program; Flood insurance premium increases; A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. (S. 1926);
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (H.R. 3370); Structural improvements at the CFPB; Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act (H.R. 3193); Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC); Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA); The Military Lending Act; To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 821); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013 (H.R. 1223);Military Savings Act of 2013 (S. 1741);Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 1842).

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Reserve System, Treasury - Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), White House Office, Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 FIN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mortgage-related regulations; CFPB ability-to-repay/ qualified mortgage rule; CFPB mortgage servicing rule; CFPB loan originator compensation rule; CFPB request for information regarding the mortgage closing process; CFPB notice of proposed rulemaking regarding debt collection practices; CFPB combining Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act disclosures; CFPB making changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act;
Federal Reserve regarding changes to subpart A of Regulation J and funds transfers through Fedwire; Federal Reserve policy on Payment System Risk and Procedures for Measuring Daylight Overdrafts; Electronic Payments Associations (NACHA) proposed rule regarding ACH risk management and rules enforcement; NACHA proposed rule regarding improving ACH network quality and reducing exceptions; NCUA regarding engaging with other federal agencies on data security efforts; NCUAs strategic plan for 2014-2017; NCUA regarding maintaining the federal credit union loan interest rate ceiling; NCUA request for comment on Requirement for Contacts with federal credit unions; NCUA proposal on Prompt Corrective Action and Risk Based Capital; NCUA comments on Proposed Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices; Request of the NCUA Board to extend the comment period for an additional 90 days on the risk-based capital proposal; National Technical Information Services (NTIS) request for information and advance notice of public meeting (RFI) regarding the certification program for access to the death master file; Expanding credit union investment authority to include permissible investments in derivatives, securitization and mortgage servicing rights; Modernization of the NCUAs fixed assets rule; Improve the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Increasing the number of transfers allowed to be made per month from savings accounts under Regulation D; Added flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of NCUA advertising requirements; Improvements to the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility by removing the subscription requirement for membership and permanently removing the borrowing cap; Flexibility for federal credit unions to determine their choice of law; Update and make improvements to regulations governing check processing and funds availability; Eliminate redundant NCUA requirements to provide copies of appraisals upon request; Department of Justice Operation Choke Point; Patent Reform; Patent Quality Improvement Act (S.866); Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 (S.1013); Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013(S.1612); Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 (S.1720); Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act (S.2049); Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 (H.R.2639); Innovation Act (H.R. 3309); National Flood Insurance Program; Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act (S. 1846); Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act (S.1926); Data Security; Federal standards for safe keeping of information and data breach notification for merchants; Structural changes at the CFPB; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act (H.R. 3193); Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act; Regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Legislative changes to provide regulatory relief for our nations credit unions; Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions Act of 2013 (H.R. 2572); NCUA ability to grant parity to a federal credit union on a broader state rule; NCUA ability to delay the implementation of a CFPB rule that applies to credit unions; Requirement of a look-back cost-benefit analysis of CFPB and NCUA rules; Examination fairness provisions for credit unions;Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 1553); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 727); Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); NCUA authorization to further establish special capital requirements for newly chartered federal credit unions that recognize the unique nature and challenges of starting a new credit union; Improvements to the Federal Credit Union Act to help enhance the federal credit union charter; Changes to outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act; Improvements to field of membership restrictions for credit unions that face expanding criteria for defining urban and rural; Allowing voluntary mergers involving multiple common bond credit unions and allowing credit unions that convert to community charters to retain their current select employee groups; Allowing all credit unions to add underserved areas to their field of membership; Credit union member business lending; Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2013 (S. 968); Flexibility with credit union investment authority; NCUA flexibility in handling credit union lending and maturities for certain loans; Annual privacy notices requirements for financial institutions; Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 749); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S. 635); Data security standards to address breaches at the hands of merchants; Cyber security; Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 1193); Data Security Act. (S. 1927); Data Security and Breach Notification Act. (S. 1976); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. (S. 1897); Data Security and Breach Notification Act. (S. 1193); Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act. (S. 1995); Housing Finance Reform; Policy decisions impacting the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217); Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013 (H.R. 2767); Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform discussion draft; Retention of the credit union tax exemption; Tax Reform Act of 2014 discussion draft; Tax extenders; Mortgage debt tax relief; Debit interchange fees; Federal Reserves rule liming the fees that financial institutions can charge merchants for processing debit card transactions; CFPBs qualified mortgage standard/ ability-to-repay rule; Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211); Consumer Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 1077); Consumer Mortgage Choice Act (S.949); ATM disclosure requirements; National Flood Insurance Program; Flood insurance premium increases; A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. (S. 1926);
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (H.R. 3370); Structural improvements at the CFPB; Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act (H.R. 3193); Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC); Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA); The Military Lending Act; To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 821); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013 (H.R. 1223);Military Savings Act of 2013 (S. 1741);Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 1842).

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Reserve System, Treasury - Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), White House Office, Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Retention of the credit union tax exemption; Tax Reform Act of 2014 discussion draft; Tax extenders; Mortgage debt tax relief.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Reserve System

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address: http://www.nafcu.org/Tertiary.aspx?id=17818

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization