Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Benefits Council

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Lobbying firm

GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED

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  • Work regarding federal tax, ERISA and other laws applicable to employer-sponsored health arrangements and our health care delivery model.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Retirement

Spending: about $2,290,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Senate,, Y Y Treasury Department.

Bills mentioned

H.R.1: Tax Reform Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3296: To suspend temporarily the duty on cellulose nitrate.

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1664: To amend the executive compensation provisions of the Emergency Economic...

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

S.651: Compensation Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.7129: Several Approaches to Reduce the Uninsured Act of 2008

Sponsor: Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

H.R.493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

Sponsor: Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.3923: Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7060: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.2199: Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.1753: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the expensing of...

Sponsor: Gerald C. Weller (R-Ill.)

H.R.758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2008

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.558: Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Sponsor: Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.)

S.358: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

H.R.6604: Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

S.3268: Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.1434: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at...

Sponsor: Jason Altmire (D-Pa.)

H.R.2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.1591: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq...

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Brigen Winters Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means Benefits Tax Counsel
William Sweetnam Jr. Benefits Tax Counsel
Brigen Winter Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means
William Sweetnam Jr Benefits Tax Counsel
Seth Perretta n/a
Jon Breyfogle n/a
Rachel Levy n/a
William F. Sweetnam Jr. n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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