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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1501 M STREET, N.W., Suite 600 |
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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005-1700 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4675-12
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6. House ID# 312420000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
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 |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: Jill H. Randolph |
Date | 10/19/2022 2:12:23 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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislative
FY 2023 Budget Proposal - tax policy, pandemic preparedness
Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 5376/Public Law No. 117-169 - retirement policy and revenue-raising provisions
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684 -defined benefit pension stabilization option provision
Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement (RISE) Act - H.R. 5891
RISE & SHINE Act - S. 4353
Securing a Strong Retirement Act - H.R. 2954
The Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act - S. 4808
Helping Parents Save for College Act - S. 4103
The Emergency Savings Act - S. 4310
ABLE Employment Flexibility ACT (AEFA) - H.R. 4672
Womens Retirement Protection Act (WRPA) - S. 2446/H.R. 4678
Encouraging Americans to Save Act (EASA) - S. 2452/H.R. 2913
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act - S. 1703
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act - S. 1730
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act - S. 1443/H.R. 2917
Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investment Act - S. 1762
Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2021 - S. 1770
Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2021 - S. 1870/H.R. 7146
Retirement Security Flexibility Act - S. 2602
Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act - H.R. 409
Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act - H.R. 423
Financial Freedom Act - S. 4147
Advancing Auto-portability Act of 2022 - S. 4406
Retirement Savings Modernization Act - S. 4973
Lifetime Income for Employees (LIFE) Act - H.R. 6476
Auto Reenroll Act of 2022 - H.R. 6782
Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act - H.R. 7740/S. 4219
Mental Health Matters Act - H.R. 7780
Cybersecurity
Cryptocurrency
Brokerage windows
Defined Benefit Plan (DB) Issues
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principals in investing
ERISA Uniformity
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums
Pooled Employer Plan (PEPs) Issues
Tax Incentives for 401 (k) contributions
Telework practices
Electronic communication
Regulatory
Department of Treasury (Treasury)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - delay of Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 plan amendment
Department of Labor (DOL) - proposed amendment to QPAM exemption affecting investment managers
DOL - comment letter outlining concerns with the Departments collection of personal identifiable information (PII)
Treasury, IRS - comment letter outlining key issues regarding forthcoming guidance for frozen defined benefit plans
White House Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk
DOL - Request for Information (RFI) - Possible Agency Actions on Climate-Related Financial Risk
DOL/EBSA- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment and proxy voting guidance, - proposed regulations, temporary non-enforcement policy
White House Executive Order - Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
Department of Labor (DOL) - proposed changes to retirement plan prohibited transaction exemption (PTEs) - proposed rule
Department of Labor (DOL) - Guidance on Cryptocurrency in retirement plans
DOL - Compliance Assistance Release 2022-01 - 401(k) plans in cryptocurrency
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) from retirement plans
DOL - sub-regulatory guidance - reduction of cybersecurity risks for retirement plan sponsors
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored retirement and other benefit plans - implementation issues
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) - PBGC, IRS - IFR - new assistance program for financially troubled multiemployer plans
DOL/Treasury/IRS/PBGC - Final Revisions to the Form 5500 for 2022
PBGC/IRS - Missing Participants - request for clarifying guidance on missing participant benefits
DOL - best practices for missing participants
DOL (EBSA) - guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19
Treasury/IRS - safe harbor correction method for automatic contribution arrangements
IRS -Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS)
Treasury/IRS - Notice 2021-48 - guidance on single-employer pension plan relief included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)
White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - PEP service crediting issues
DOL/Treasury/IRS - Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs) and Multiple Employer Plans (MEPs) - comments on registration requirements, service crediting guidance and other issues
Treasury/IRS - Proposed Regulation - Providing an exception to the Unified Plan Rule for certain Multiple Employer Plans (One-Bad-Apple Rule)
DOL (EBSA) - investment advice guidance and related prohibited transaction exemptions
Treasury/IRS - Remote notarization for spousal consent
DOL - Interim Final Rule on Lifetime Income Illustration Requirements - temporary frequently asked questions (FAQs) - timing clarification
DOL - defined benefit plans - annuity purchases
DOL - redefinition of fiduciary
DOL -de-risking of defined benefit pension plans
Emergency savings
Executive compensation
ERISA Uniformity
Multiemployer pension plan issues
Paid leave proposals and issues
State retirement plan initiatives
Student loan repayment benefit
PBGC/IRS - withholding issue for terminating plans
IRS Tax Forms W4-P and W4-R - Effective date of the revised 2022 tax forms postponed until 2023
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), White House Office, 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 |
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Klein |
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Lynn |
Dudley |
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Diann |
Howland |
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Jill |
Randolph |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislative
Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures
FY 2023 Budget Proposal - mental health, pandemic preparedness
Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 5376/Public Law No. 117-169 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577
Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1704/H.R. 5981
HSA Telehealth Extension
FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave
Paid Family and Medical Leave
The Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (RPDPS) - S. 4750/H.R. 8594
Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act - draft legislation
Affordable Insulin Now Act - S. 3700/H.R. 6833
PREVENT Pandemics Act - S. 3799
Transparency of Hospital Billing Act - H.R. 8133
Consumer Choice of Care Act - H.R. 8134
Addressing Anticompetitive Contracting Clauses Act - H.R. 8135
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress)
Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act - H.R. 7767
Mental Health Matters Act - H.R. 7780
The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act - H.R. 7666
Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee
Mental health parity
Prescription drug legislation
Surprise billing regulations
Healthy Future Task Force (House Republicans) - comments submitted to Affordability (lower costs) and Modernization (Telehealth expansion) Subcommittees
Health Equity
Regulatory
Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process
HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - on No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage Requirements
HHS, Office of for Civil Rights (OCR) - notice of proposed rulemaking on nondiscrimination in health programs and activities
HHS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - request for information (RFI) - Medicare Advantage (MA), retiree health plans, employer group waiver plans (EGWPs)
HHS - comments on health care competition, price transparency, and site-neutral payment
HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits
Treasury/IRS - proposed Regulations - Affordability Determination for Employer-Sponsored Family Health Coverage (Family Glitch)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) - Request for Information (RFI) - recommendations for increasing competition in health care
HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Provider Nondiscrimination Rules
FTC - Request for Information (RFI) on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans
HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending
Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA
HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA
HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules
Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets
ERISA uniformity
High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs)
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans
Commercialization of Covid-19 vaccines and testing
Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans
Employer mandate
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Klein |
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Lynn |
Dudley |
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Diann |
Howland |
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Jill |
Randolph |
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Ilyse |
Schuman |
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Senate HELP Committee, Chief Labor Counsel, Minority Staff Director, Chief Counsel |
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Johnson |
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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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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
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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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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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