Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov 		Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
1/1/2024
2. House Identification
 38091
 Senate Identification
 305054

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC
Address
400 North Capitol Street, NW
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​Suite 363
City
Washington
 State
DC
 Zip
20001-2000
 Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Mr. Benjamin Ross
 Telephone
​2027150845
 E-mail
​benross@pfs-dc.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Government Relations

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​Zip Co
Address
​1 Sansome St
City
​San Francisco
 State
​CA
 Zip
​94104
 Country
​USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
​New York
 State
​NY
 Zip
​10010
 Country
​USA
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Financial Services, Financial Technology

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
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​Lendell ​Porterfield ​ ​Senior Advisor, Senate Committee on Banking Housing, and Urban Affairs
​Dawn ​Sears ​ ​Legislative Fellow, Senate Judiciary Committee; Legislative Counsel, Rep. Lee Terry
​Dwight ​Fettig ​ ​Staff Director, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
​Bryan ​Blom ​ ​Staff Director, Senate Banking Committee on NSIT; Minority Staff Director, Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities and Insurance; Leg Director, Rep. Duffy; Leg Clerk, House Judiciary; Leg Assistant, Rep. Young; Intern, Rep. Sensenbrenner
​Jennifer ​Rust (Read) ​ ​Deputy Chief Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Counsel, House Financial Services Committee; Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Issues related to Buy Now, Pay Later.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
Address Ownership
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​180 George St L 7
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

15. 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?

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Benjamin Ross
 Date
2/7/2024 9:08:54 AM