Lobbying Relationship

Client

The SPARK Institute

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Lobbying firm

DAVIS & HARMAN LLP

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  • Issues related to tax incentives for retirement savings. Issues related to electronic delivery of IRC- and ERISA-mandated statements and disclosures. Issues related to recordkeeping simplification for 401(k) plans. Issues related to lifetime income and auto features. Issues related to the SEC hard close and swing pricing proposal. H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (117th Congress) related to Roth catch-up effective date. S. 2517, Auto Reenroll Act.
  • Issues related to the SEC hard close and swing pricing proposal. Expansion of investment options for 403(b) plans, including: H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act.

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General Issues: Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $390,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Labor - Dept of (DOL)

Bills mentioned

H.R.854: Retirement Security for American Workers Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.2656: Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

S.3417: Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.3471: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.6396: Retirement Security for American Workers Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.4610: Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.2526: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.5282: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.3795: Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.4604: Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.854: Humanitarian Assistance to the Venezuelan People Act of 2019

Sponsor: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.)

H.R.1007: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.1994: Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.1907: Retirement Security for American Workers Act

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

S.972: Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1439: Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.4610: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act

Sponsor: Carol Miller (R-W.Va.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

S.3795: Registration for Index Linked Annuities Act of 2020

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

H.R.8696: Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.2954: Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

S.1770: Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2021

Sponsor: Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)

H.R.4610: To establish an expansion awards pilot program as a part of the Hollings...

Sponsor: Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.3759: Afghanistan Vetting and Accountability Act of 2022

Sponsor: Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)

S.1625: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization...

Sponsor: Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

H.R.3962: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization...

Sponsor: Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)

S.4353: RISE & SHINE Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.4808: EARN Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.2741: Public Service Retirement Fairness Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)

H.R.2617: Choices for Stranded Passengers Act of 2023

Sponsor: Katie Porter (D-Calif.)

H.R.3063: Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2023

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

S.2517: Auto Reenroll Act of 2023

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

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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?
Derek B. Dorn Senior Finance Counsel, Senator Bingaman
Chris L. Gaston Chief of Staff, Rep. Rush Holt
Michael L. Hadley n/a
Thomas A. Davis n/a
Adam R. McMahon 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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