• Legislative efforts to amend the Higher Education Act including: changes in structure of federal loan repayment programs, proposals to reconsolidate legacy FFELP loans into the Direct Loan program, changes to existing rules governing servicing of student loans, regulation of privately-issued student loans, cybersecurity and electronic privacy issues, legislation governing the loan allocation to servicers of the Department of Education's Direct Loan Program, impact of and potential changes to proposed and enacted state-level student loan servicing laws which may be inconsistent with Federal student loan servicing regulatory structure, issues related to NextGen Enhanced Processing Solution. Legislation to alter the treatment of private student loans under current bankruptcy laws. Scope, implementation, and termination of COVID relief benefits resulting from legislation including: the CARES Act, FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, and the American Rescue Plan as related to student loan relief, higher education, and non-public school assistance measures. Termination of COVID federal student-loan benefits resulting from the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and implementation of federal student loan return to repayment. Development and implementation of executive actions to alter benefits within the Direct Loan Program and entice prepayment of Federal Family Education Loans. FY 2024 Annual Appropriations. FY 2025 Annual Appropriations.
• : Legislative efforts to repeal, through congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of tile 5, United States Code, the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders. Legislation to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to strike or alter section 2(c)(2)(H) of such act. Regulatory activity impacting financial services providers, as defined by section 1002(26) of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Education, Banking, Telecommunications

Spending: about $6,287,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Education - Dept of, White House Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Treasury - Dept of, House of Representatives, Senate, Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)