Lobbying Relationship

Client

Nareit

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Educate Members of Congress on REIT tax issues, including changes to tax treatment of like-kind exchanges and related party rents; Discuss H.R.5275, A Bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the taxable REIT subsidiary asset test.
  • Monitor efforts to reform housing finance; raise awareness of REIT issues; monitor corporate governance proposals; monitor federal home loan bank legislative proposals.
  • Monitor proposals for Federal Home Loan Bank membership for insurance companies and REITs; monitor housing relief efforts.
  • Monitor proposals related to pandemic risk insurance and federal business continuity insurance programs.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Housing, Insurance, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Health Issues, Roads/Highway, Small Business, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Economics/Economic Development, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $3,000,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,, Treasury - Dept of, Treasury - Dept of,, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2173: Cruise Passenger Protection Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.976: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2890: Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act

Sponsor: Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.)

S.698: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2775: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.1217: Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)

H.R.508: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Mike Grimm (R-N.Y.)

H.R.2146: Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.)

H.R.1945: Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

S.2244: Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4871: TRIA Reform Act of 2014

Sponsor: Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)

H.R.2870: Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.1181: Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.2: American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act

Sponsor: Lee Terry (R-Neb.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.5746: US REIT Act of 2012

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

S.1616: Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.2989: Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.RES.60: A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the date of enactment...

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

H.R.2193: Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

S.2361: Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act

Sponsor: Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

H.R.1018: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)

S.360: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5: Equality Act

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.788: Equality Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

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

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6494: Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.6497: Never Again Small Business Protection Act of 2020

Sponsor: Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.3814: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.5084: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8805: Retail Revitalization Act of 2020

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.8872: Transparency in Federal Home Loan Bank Membership Act of 2020

Sponsor: Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.)

H.R.7011: Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.840: Retail Revitalization Act of 2021

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.1277: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)

S.374: Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.5275: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the taxable REIT...

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui, Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Mary Stanton Legislative Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Policy Advisor, Senate Aging Committee Legislative Assistant, Rep. Anthony Weiner Legislative Correspondent, Senator Herb Kohl Staff Assistant, Senator Herb Kohl Intern, Rep. Richard Gephardt
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan
Stephen Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction Sr. Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm. Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Amy Swonger Whip Liaison, Senator Trent Lott; Dep Asst for Leg Aff, Vice President Dick Cheney; Fl Asst, Senator Mitch McConnell; Legislative Assistant, Senator Trent Lott; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Walter Jones; Intern, Rep. Walter Jones
Annie Palisi Chief of Staff, Diane Black; Deputy Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Director Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Committee Dir. Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Comm. (2016-2016); Member Services Advisor, House Homeland Security Comm. (2015); Deputy Dir. of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner (2013-2015); Chief of Staff, Rep. Diane Black (2011-2013)
Patrice Willoughby Dep Assoc Admin, Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA; Exec Dir, CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee; Leg Asst, Counsel, Chief/Staff, Rep. Tubbs Jones
Matt Russell Legislative Assistant, Committee on Ways and Means (2016-2018)
Paul Nemetz Scheduler, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (2019-2021)
Quincy Enoch n/a
Ashley OSullivan 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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