• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (HR 4173/S 3217, P.L. 111-517) with attention to the transparency and data gathering requirements for the Office of Financial Research (Title I, Subtitle B); the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Title X); and Subtitle D of Title IX -- Improvements to the Asset-Backed Securitization Process.SEC proposed regulation AB as it relates to requirements for new data collection. Regulators and the Congress' understanding of MERS role in foreclosures and securitization. GSE reform as it pertains to MERS.

Duration: August 5, 2008 to June 30, 2012

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $100,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008:

Affiliated organizations: MERSCORP, Inc.