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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1401 H STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 1200 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 20128-12
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6. House ID# 311170000
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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. | ||||||||
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Dean R. Sackett III, Chief Government Affairs Officer |
Date | 10/19/2012 |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2013 SEC Appropriations
FY 2013 CFTC Appropriations
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 |
Dean |
Sackett |
III |
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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
S. 1650 Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011
S. 1835 United States Covered Bond Act
S. 2223 Delay Implementation Date of Volcker Rule Provisions
S. 3468 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012
S. 1615 - Financial Regulatory Responsiblity Act
S. 1834 - Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act of 2011
S. 3497 - Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2012
S. 3620 - Regulation of Municipal Advisors
H.R. 940 - United States Covered Bond Act of 2011
H.R. 1182 - GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act
H.R. 1539 - Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011
H.R. 1573 - Delay Implemenation of Title VII of Dodd-Frank Act
H.R. 1838 - Repeal DFA provision prohibitng assistance to swap dealers or participants
H.R. 1840 - Consideration by the CFTC of the costs and benefits of its regulations
H.R. 1859 - Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011
H.R. 2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
H.R. 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011
H.R. 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act
H.R. 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011
H.R. 2779 - To Exempt inter-affiliate swaps from Dodd-Frank Act
H.R. 2827 - Regulation of Municipal Advisors
H.R. 3606 - JOBS Act
H.R. 3644 - Private Mortgage Market Investment Act
H.R. 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012
H.R. 4078 - Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act
H.R. 4624 - Investment Adviser Oversight Act
H.R. 5929 - Next Steps for Credit Availability Act
H.R. 6127 - Liquidity Enhancement for Small Public Companies Act
H.R. 6317 - Terminating the Expansion of Too-Big-To-Fail Act of 2012
CFTC Rule 4.5
Money Market Mutual Funds
SIFIs
Volcker Rule
Use of Commodities by Mutual Funds
Exchange-Traded Funds
Market Structure
Extension of unlimited deposit insurance for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts
Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation
Tri-Party Repo Market
Mortgage Eminent Domain
Non-Deliverable Forwards
Transaction Account Gaurantee (TAG) Extension
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Dean |
Sackett |
III |
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Donald |
Auerbach |
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Netonis |
Wybensingeer |
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Peter |
Gunas |
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Allen |
Huffman |
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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
S. 267 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act
H.R. 677 - Lifetime Income Disclosure Act
H.R. 4049 - Automatic IRA Act of 2012
H.R. 4050 - Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012
S. 1121 - Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act of 2011
S. 1557 - Automatic IRA Act of 2011
H.R. 3287 - Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings Act of 2011
E-Delivery
DOL Fiduciary Definition
Target Date Funds
401(k) Disclosure
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 |
Dean |
Sackett |
III |
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Donald |
Auerbach |
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Peter |
Gunas |
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Allen |
Huffman |
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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
S. 1346 - Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
S. 1787 - Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act
S. 2033 - Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act
S. 2075 - CUT Loopholes Act
S. 1647 - Tax Hike Prevention and Business Certainty Act
S. 3412 - Middle Class Tax Cut Act
S. 3521 - Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012
H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012
H.R. 2669 - Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
H.R. 3091 - Tax Hike Prevention and Business Certainity Act
H.R. 4623 - Make Permanent the Exemption for Certain Dividents Paid by RICs to Nonresident Aliens
Capital Gains/Dividends Tax Rate Extension
Comprehensive Tax-Reform
Flow-through/Tax Extenders
Annual Deferral Limits for Retirement Plans
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
International Regulated Investment Company
Tax-Exemption for Municipal Bonds
Tax Treatment of Financial Products/ETNs
RIC Modernization Act Technical Corrections
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Dean |
Sackett |
III |
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Donald |
Auerbach |
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Gunas |
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Allen |
Huffman |
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Keith |
Lawson |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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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
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
| 1 | 3 | 5 |
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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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| 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | 8 | 12 |