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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1825 K Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 510 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 14520-12
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6. House ID# 315090000
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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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12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Lerea L. Law |
Date | 10/18/2012 |
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 ACC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Complexity in financial reporting; Auditor liability; Private Company Standard Issues/Financial Statements; PCAOB's proposed auditing standards; SEC's interpretive guidance Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Dodd-Frank Act, Hedge accounting, Repeal of Last - in, First - out (LIFO) accounting method; H.R. 2779, To exempt Inter-affiliate Swaps from certain regulatory requirements;
Money Market Funds reform; PCAOB audit firm rotation concept
release:
- H.R. 2682, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011
- The Volcker Rule
- Pension Funding Stabilization (H.R.4348)
-Fostering Innovation Act (H.R. 6161)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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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 acquisition and contracting policy; Compensation caps for government contractors; STOCK
Act S.2038 regarding political intelligence; S.1222 and H.R. 2146 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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
Defined benefit & defined contribution plans; Pension harmonization; Retirement plans in tax reform debate; Pension
Benefit Guarantee Corporation premium increase; Hedging pension plan risk with swaps; Pension funding
stabilization in Senate highway bill S.1813 and H.R.4348; H. Con. Res. 101 on tax incentives in retirement savings; nondiscrimination testing in pension plans
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Treasury - Dept of
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 |
Robert |
Kramer |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) tax rates & deductions; S. Corporation Modernization
H.R. 1478, Tax reform; Private company access to capital and tax structure; Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau; healthcare law and its impact on business; Paperwork burden, Jobs Act; Small Business Tax Cut Act,
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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 |
Robert |
Kramer |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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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
Corporate and individual rate reduction and reform; Proposals to adopt a territorial tax system; Enactment of expired individual and business tax provisions (i.e., the extenders package); H.R. 942, The American Research and Competitiveness Act 2011; H.R. 1439, The Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011; Estate Tax; Deductibility of interest; Pension funding stabilization; PBGC premium increase; S.1577, Greater Research Opportunities with Tax Help Act; H.R. 1864 and S. 3485
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax; Simplification Act of 2012; 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR); Preseving the tax treatment of employer-provided retirement plans, H.Con. Res 101
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Robert |
Kramer |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Volker Rule; H.R. 2682 & S. 3480 the Business Risk Mitigation & Price Stabilization Act; H.R. 2779, to exempt inter-affiliate
swaps from certain Dodd-Frank requirements; H.R. 2586, the Swap Executives Facility Clarification Act; Proposed
Money Market Fund reforms; Dodd-Frank Act over-the-counter derivatives regulation; Dodd Frank Title VII; Senate
amendment SA2305 on margin requirements; Extra territoriality issues in swaps regulation; Too big to fail
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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 |
Robert |
Kramer |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4310 and S. 3254, the National Defense Authorization Act: various sections and amendents having
to do with defense acquisitions, e.g; commerical items definition, allowable costs of compensation,
limitations on cost type contracts, etc.
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 |
Robert |
Kramer |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Economic recovery; Job creation; Tax policy; Debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting ecomony, the need to go beyond $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction; Adminstration Budget Request for FY2013; Finacial regulatory reform; Healthcare law impact on employers
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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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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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
27. Add the following 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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