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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2020 |
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Signature | Digitally Signed By: Cynthia Chetti |
Date | 10/19/2020 3:02:34 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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Building Codes: Building Energy Performance and Efficiency / Resiliency
EPA Energy Star Program
H.R. 2741: Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act
H.R. 4447, Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act - building energy efficiency
S. 2657, American Energy Innovation Act - building energy efficiency
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Building Codes / Resiliency
Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (40 CFR 745 subpart E)
HR 4011, Opportunity Zone Lead Remediation Impact Act of 2019
S. 3590, Drinking Water infrastructure Act of 2020
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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
Housing Affordability Issues
Balanced Housing Policy Issues
Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing
Rent Control
H.R. 149 The Housing Fairness Act
Draft legislation - FHA/Financing Bank, Risk Share Partnership with HUD/Treasury
FR-6187-N-01 White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Burdens to Affordable Housing; Request for Information; Department of Housing and Urban Development Docket ID HUD-2019-0092 (Federal Register Number 2019-25388).
Housing, Affordability and Infrastructure Issues
Infrastructure: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by reducing barriers to development and the cost of regulations.
H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act
H.R. 4351 / S. 1919, Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act
H.R. 4307, Build More Housing Near Transit Act
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
Rep. Ilhan Omars Draft - Holistic Economic Aid for Low Income Neighborhood Growth Act (HEALING Act)
HOME
Draft legislation for S. 3347 (115th Congress), Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2018
S. 787/ H.R. 1737, American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019
H.R. 5187, Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019, to facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Housing Finance Reform
GSE Reform: Proposals to ensure liquidity in multifamily mortgage market in a post Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac environment
GSE Reform: Analyzing and commenting on FHFA issued proposal on risk-based capital framework for the GSEs
General Housing Finance Reform and the Multifamily Industry
Fair Housing
Fair Housing Act and related HUD Rulemaking and Guidance - Disparate Impact, Accessibility, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Emotional Support Animals
H.R. 5 and S 788, Equality Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system
H.R. 232, Landlord Accountability Act of 2019
Violence Against Women Act
General Rural Housing Issues
Homelessness Issues
H.R. 1856/S. 2613, Ending Homelessness Act of 2019, all provisions
Housing Choice Voucher Programs Issues
H.R. 3685/S. 2076, Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019
General HUD Related Issues
Proposals Reviewed by the House Financial Services Committee:
Draft legislation - Lead Service Line Abatement Act
Draft legislation - Tenant Empowerment Act
Draft legislation - Ensuring Performance-Based Contract Administrators Actually Perform Act
Draft legislation - Promoting Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Act
H.R. 3703 Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019
Project-Based Voucher Programs
Section 8 Source of Income Issues
HUD Regulatory Reform Issues
Reviewed HUD Notice: Guidelines for Assumption, Subordination, or Assignment of Mark-to-Market (M2M) Loans in Transfer of Physical Assets (TPA) and Refinance Transactions. Fair Market Rent (FMRs) & Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs)
FY 2020/FY 2021 House and Senate Budget/Appropriations
-Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
-Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act
-Department of Defense Appropriations
-Agriculture, Rural Housing Service (RHS)
-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
-HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program funding as it relates to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
-Funding for the U.S. Census Bureau- Census/American Community Survey
-Community Development Block Grant
Implementation of H.R. 3700 (114th Congress), Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act
H.R. 6314 -Emergency Rental Assistance Act of 2020, provided extensive comments on Sec.2, Emergency Rental Assistance, Title 1, Sec. 1010 Emergency Solutions Grants, and all housing provisions.
COVID-19 Response
HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 - Small Business Disaster Loans
H.R. 748 (became P.L. 116-136), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: emergency rental assistance, evictions, loan forbearance, expansion of Paycheck Protection Program to enable multifamily properties to access the program on a property-by-property basis even if they have more than 500 employees, and creation of Federal Reserve credit facility for mortgage servicers. Sec. 2201: 2020 Recovery rebates for individuals; Sec. 2301: Employee retention credit for employers subject to closure due to COVID-19; Sec. 2302: Delay of payment of employer payroll taxes; Sec. 2303: Modification for net operating losses; Sec. 2304: Modification of limitation on losses for taxpayers other than corporations; and Sec. 2306: Modification of limitation on business interest; Sec. 4023 Forbearance of Residential Mortgage Loan Payments for Multifamily Properties with Federally Backed Loans; Sec. 4024 Temporary Moratorium on Eviction Filings
Post-enactment CARES Act issues pertaining to emergency rental assistance, evictions, loan forbearance, alignment of forbearance and eviction moratoriums timelines, expansion of Paycheck Protection Program to enable multifamily properties to access the program on a property-by-property basis even if they have more than 500 employees, and creation of Federal Reserve credit facility for mortgage servicers
H.R. 6800, The HEROES Act / Phase 4 COVID-19 Proposals: Emergency rental assistance program; Mortgage forbearance; Eviction moratoriums ; Creation of a Federal Reserve facility for mortgage servicers; Paycheck Protection Program clarification and expansion; ; enacting multifamily depreciation tax relief to clarify that a 30-year depreciation period applies to properties placed in service before 2018 for taxpayers electing out of limits on interest deductibility; Infrastructure , including tax provisions.
H.R. 7301, Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020, to prevent evictions, foreclosures, and unsafe housing conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Draft legislative proposal to provide emergency rental assistance under the Emergency Solutions Grants and other programs of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA), Rural Development (RD) Rental Assistance (RA) programs in response to the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus, and for other purposes, all provisions. In addition, to proposals to address multifamily finance.
Legislative efforts to provide liability protection to businesses related to COVID-19.
S.4317, Safe to Work Act
H.R. 7528, The Get America Back to Work Act of 2020
Priorities for COVID-19 Relief: Create an Emergency Rental Assistance Program, Provide Financial Mitigation and Mortgage Forbearance Protections, Oppose Protracted Eviction Moratoriums, Enact COVID-19 Liability Protection, and Ensure Eligibility for Loan and Forgivable Loan Programs
S. 4097, the Protecting Renters from Evictions and Fees Act of 2020, to provide a temporary moratorium on eviction filings, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act - funding for Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY 2021 assisted housing programs and for COVID-19 pandemic relief. NMHC signed a real estate industry letter to House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, (THUD) and Related Agencies in support of full-year funding for Fiscal Year 2021 and for COVID-19 pandemic relief for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs.
House Amendment to H.R. 925, the updated version of the Heroes Act, Coronavirus Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, Title XII - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Rental Assistance, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Title II - Modifications to the Paycheck Protection Program, Title I - Economic Stimulus Subtitle A - Additional Recovery Rebates To Individuals Sec. 101. Additional recovery rebates to individuals.
S. 178, Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools, or HEALS, Act, Sec. 3. References. DIVISION A-LIABILITY PROTECTIONS, CONTINUED RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS, PUBLIC HEALTH ENHANCEMENTS, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TITLE I-CORONAVIRUS LIABILITY RELIEF Sec. 1001. Short title. Sec. 1002. Findings and purposes. Sec. 1003. Definitions. Subtitle A-Liability Relief PART I-LIABILITY LIMITATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES ENGAGED IN BUSINESSES, SERVICES, ACTIVITIES, OR ACCOMMODATIONS*KD - do you want this in the document?
NMHC signed a real estate industry letter to the House Financial Services Committee to comment on the hearing entitled, The HEROES Act: Providing for a Strong Economic Recovery from COVID-19.
NMHC signed a real estate industry letter to the House Financial Services Committee to comment on the hearing entitled, Oversight of the Treasury Departments and Federal Reserves Pandemic Response.
NMHC signed a real estate industry letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to comment on the hearing entitled, COVID-19: An Update on the Federal Response.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Eviction Moratorium, Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (85 FR 55292).
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury - Dept of
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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
GSE Reform: Proposals to ensure liquidity in multifamily mortgage market in a post Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac environment Public Proposals for the Future of the Housing Finance System
FHFA: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Quarterly Market Update
Legislation and Regulations related to housing affordability and rent control
H.R. 2513/S.1978, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
S. 2563, The Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings (ILLICIT CASH) Act
Federal Laws Addressing Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism
Community Reinvestment Act Regulations, OCC: Docket ID# OCC-2018-0008 and FDIC: RIN 3064-AF22.
Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund
FHFA Scorecard
FHFA Enterprise Capital Standard
Small Business Administration, Business Loan Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program, Docket No. SBA-2020-0015, 13 CFR Part 120, RIN 3245-AH34, Interim Final Rule.
Small Business Administration, Business Loan Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program, Docket No. SBA-2020-0019, 13 CFR Part 121, RIN 3245-AH35, Interim Final Rule.
Small Business Administration, Business Loan Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program -- Additional Eligibility Criteria and Requirements for Certain Pledges of Loans, Docket No. SBA-2020-0020, 13 CFR Part 120, RIN 3245-AH36, Interim Final Rule.
S. 3833, Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act, to extend the loan forgiveness period for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Supported additional funding for SBA Paycheck Protection Program loans
Letter to Treasury and Federal Reserve regarding the multifamily industry's views on the implementation of the Main Street New Lending Facility (MSNLF) and the Main Street Expanded Loan Facility (MSELF)
H.R. 7010, Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act of 2020, to amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 6886, Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act of 2020, to amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Federal Reserve emergency lending facilities (Main Street Lending Program) and ability of multifamily industry to participate
Paycheck Protection Program and ability of multifamily firms to participate.
S. 3814, Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act, to establish a loan program for businesses affected by COVID-19 and to extend the loan forgiveness period for paycheck protection program loans made to the hardest hit businesses, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 7671, Small Business Comeback Act, to provide for the establishment of a COVID-19 Small Business Recovery Fund, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 4321, Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act, to establish the Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loan and amend the 7(a) loan guaranty program for recovery sector business concerns, and for other purposes, provisions impacting the eligibility of multifamily firms to participate.
Executive Order 13924 of May 19, 2020, Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery
Draft legislation on commercial real estate (CRE) market, especially for those with commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Rule to define scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (final; 2015); recertification of pre-existing rule; proposed revised definition
Navigable Waters Protection Rule (33CFR 328.3 and 40 CFR 120.2)
S. 3591, Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2020
HR 6745, Clean Water Act for All
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
COVID-19 Tax Relief
H.R. 8406 and subsequently incorporated into H.R. 925, the Heroes Act, Division F -- Revenue Provisions, Title I -- Economic Stimulus: Section 101: Additional recovery rebates to individuals; Title II -- Provisions to Prevent Business Interruption: Section 201: Improvements to employee retention and rehiring credit and Section 203: Clarification of treatment of expenses paid or incurred with proceeds from certain grants and loans; and Title III -- Net Operating Losses: Section 301: Limitation on excess business losses of non-corporate taxpayers restored and made permanent and Section 302: Certain taxpayers allowed carryback of net operating losses arising in 2019 and 2020.
S. 4318, American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act, to provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Title I -- Further Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus, Section 101: Improvements to Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to better match lost wages; Title II -- Assistance to Individuals, Families and Employers to Reopen the Economy, Subtitle A -- Relief for Individuals and Families, Section 201: Additional 2020 recovery rebates for individuals; Subtitle B -- Job Creation and Employment, Section 211: Enhanced employee hiring and retention payroll tax credit, Section 212: Expansion of work opportunity tax credit, and Section 213: Safe and healthy workplace tax credit.
H.R. 7079, Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act, to provide a tax credit to ensure that businesses are properly cleaned and disinfected when stay-at-home restrictions are lifted and to help prevent further infections, all provisions.
H.R. 7222, Safe Reopening Tax Credit, to provide for a credit against employment taxes for certain virus transmission prevention expenses, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 7216, Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act, to provide a tax credit for personal protective equipment to small businesses, non-profits, independent contractors, veterans organizations, and farmers, among other entities, in any year in which the President declares a national emergency relating to COVID-19, all provisions.
S. 4178, to provide for a credit against employment taxes for certain workplace safety expenses, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Draft legislative proposal to modify Internal Revenue Code Section 565 to enable public REITs to use notice dividends with respect to REIT capital gain dividends paid in tax years 2020, 2021, or 2022.
Supported Low-Income Housing Tax Credit enhancements as part of COVID-19 relief, including enacting a minimum 4 percent Housing Credit rate; providing additional basis boosts to allow developments to access additional equity if needed for financial feasibility; allowing developments to access 4 percent Housing Credits by lowering the 50 percent test; and increasing the annual Housing Credit allocation by at least 50 percent, phased in over two years, and adjusted for inflation, beginning in 2021.
Considered issues related to the extension of the deadline to lease units in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties due to COVID-19-related hardships.
NMHC signed association sign-on letter asking House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to agree to tax relief for families without the uncertainty of payroll tax executive order, Presidential Memoranda, Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury, Memorandum of Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster.
Requested that COVID-19 relief legislation include a provision enabling taxpayers to deduct expenses funded by forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans. The proposal would reverse IRS Notice 2020-32.
H.R. 6821, Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, to clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses, all provisions.
S. 3612, Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020, to clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses, all provisions.
Depreciation Rules
H.R. 5313, Multifamily Depreciation Parity Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for certain residential rental property to be depreciated over a 30-year period, all provisions.
S. 2984, Multifamily Depreciation Parity Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for certain residential rental property to be depreciated over a 30-year period, all provisions.
Infrastructure Development
H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act, Division M -- Revenue Provisions: Title IV -- Green Energy, Subtitle C -- Green Energy and Efficiency Incentives for Individuals, Section 90423: Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction and Section 90424: Extension, increase, and modifications of new energy efficient home credit; Title VI -- Housing, Subtitle A -- Low-income Housing Tax Credit Improvements, all provisions.
Opportunity Zones
Legislative change to reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes.
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
S. 4078, Emergency Affordable Housing Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing credit and provide relief relating to the coronavirus emergency, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 3077, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 1703, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Energy
We support extending the IRC Section 45L New Energy Efficient Home Credit and extending and modifying the IRC Section 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction to facilitate investments in improving the utility performance of existing properties.
Legislative proposal to make permanent the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings (IRC 179D)
Draft legislation, Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2019, or the E-QuIP Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow 10-year straight line depreciation for energy efficient qualified improvement property, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Like-Kind Exchanges
Support maintaining current tax law relative to the tax treatment of 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges.
Carried Interest
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-107213-18, RIN 1545-BO81, Guidance Under Section 1061
NMHC supports treating as a long-term capital gain carried interest held for at least one year.
Biden campaign tax proposals impacting multifamily housing (tax rates on individual income, capital gains, value of itemized deductions, elimination of stepped-up basis at death, elimination of like-kind exchanges, expansion of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, establishment of renter's tax credit, and depreciation of multifamily property).
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of
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15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Davis Bacon Reform as related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor
Monitored H.R. 7614, FY 2021 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies appropriations bill, Section 113: Prohibiting funds to be used to implement or enforce the Department of Labor's final regulations on joint employer status and Section 407: Prohibiting funds to be used to implement of enforce the National Labor Relation Board's final regulations on joint employer status.
Monitored H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021, Division F -- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021, Section 113: Prohibiting funds to be used to implement or enforce the Department of Labor's final regulations on joint employer status and Section 407: Prohibiting funds to be used to implement of enforce the National Labor Relation Board's final regulations on joint employer status.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Reauthorization and Reform
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages
E-verify as it relates to Immigration reform
H2-B Worker Program
Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), SEVP modification of temporary exemption for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during Fall 2020 semester.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies impacting availability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services.
FCC review of wiring access issues.
Petition of the Multifamily Broadband Council, GN No. 17-91
Accelerating Broadband Deployment, GN Docket No. 17-83
FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Updating the Commissions Rule for Over-the-Air Reception Devices (WT Docket No. 19-71)
FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Declaratory Ruling: Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments (GN Docket No. 17-142)
Inquiry Concerning Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to all Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, GN Docket No. 20-269
FY 2021 Budget/Appropriations for FCC in House and Senate
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Blackwell |
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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
Federal policies surrounding music copyright law and licensing.
Consent decrees governing the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) as they relate to music licensing in apartment communities.
Pub.L. 115-264, The Music Modernization Act.
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the multifamily housing industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Chetti |
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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 POS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies affecting mail and parcel delivery service to multifamily housing communities.
U.S. Postal Service reform issues impacting the multifamily housing industry
H.R. 2158 - Easy Access to Mail Act - To amend title 39, United States Code, to establish rules and procedures for the United States Postal Service regarding the use of centralized delivery of the mail with respect to residential housing units, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
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 |
Cynthia |
Chetti |
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Kevin |
Donnelly |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification and data privacy policies affecting owners, developers, managers and suppliers of the multifamily industry.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms.
S. 2968 - Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act
S. 3456 -- Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020
S. 4626, the Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act
H.R. 8214 Strengthening Digital Identity Act
Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA), Commented/monitoring Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce For essential employee designation for construction and property management employees
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Cynthia |
Chetti |
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Lisa |
Blackwell |
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Donnelly |
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Paula |
Cino |
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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
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic and other lines of insurance utilized by multifamily firms.
National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program
FY 2021 Budget/Appropriations for NFIP/FEMA in House and Senate
OCC/FDIC, et al: Status of Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards-Private Flood Insurance
Proposal on COVID-19 Business and Employee Continuity and Recovery Fund
H.R. 7011, the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 (PRIA)
H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act,
(Sec. 146) This section extends the authority for the National Flood Insurance Program through FY2021.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ratliff |
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Cino |
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Lee |
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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
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (Personnel, Housing)
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing
Beneficial Ownership / Corporate Transparency proposals to address anti-money laundering/counter financing of terrorism
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Cino |
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Chetti |
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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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