Lobbying Relationship

Client

Receivables Management Association f/k/a Debt Buyers Association

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Lobbying firm

K&L GATES LLP

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  • Issues related to debt collection and credit reporting - no specific legislation.

Duration: to

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $1,680,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.10: Financial CHOICE Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)

H.R.864: Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mia Love (R-Utah)

H.R.1849: Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dave Trott (R-Mich.)

H.R.4550: Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.3841: A bill to protect 2020 recovery rebates for individuals from assignment...

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.7796: Consumer Relief during COVID–19 Act

Sponsor: Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)

H.R.2547: Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act

Sponsor: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

H.R.5003: Safe Medicine Act

Sponsor: Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

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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?
Daniel F. C. Crowley General Counsel, Office of the Speaker; General Counsel, Committee on House Oversight; Minority Counsel, Committee on House Administration
Steven Valentine Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith
Barton Gordon U.S. Congressman
Eric Love District Liaison/LA/Senior LA, Rep Watt; Special Asst, Office of Legislative Affairs, DoT
Slade Gorton U.S. Senator
James Walsh U. S. Congressman
Ryan Carney Chief of Staff, Rep. Tom MacArthur; Chief of Staff, Rep. Bryan Steil; Staff Director, House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth; Senior Advisor, Committee on House Administration
Scott Gelbman Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer
Bruce Heiman n/a
Kara Ward n/a
Mark Roszak n/a
William Kirk n/a
Dean Brazier n/a
Dan Cohen n/a
Daniel Nunez Cohen (Dan Cohen) n/a
Daniel Nunez Cohen n/a
Lauren Hamma 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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