Lobbying Relationship

Client

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

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Lobbying firm

CLARK & WEINSTOCK

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  • Monitor Dodd Frank Act implementation (Sections 922, 929Y, 929Z, 982). H.R. 3339, Standard Data and Technology Act -provisions dealing with data standards; H.R. 3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 - provisions dealing with social security data standards; H.R. 3659 Welfare Integrity and Data Act -provisons dealing with social security data standards; H.R. 3433 GRANT Act - provisions dealind with website reporting and single audit; H.R. 3606 and S. 1993 Reopening American Capitalmarkets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011 - provisions on audit nad accounting standards H.R. 3476 and S. 1866 AGREE Act - provisions on audits; H.R. 3655 Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011 - provisions on audits; S. 936 to H.R. 2354 provisions on audits; S. 1965 Startup Act of 2011 - GAO Study on audit costs; S. 1962 Startup and Investment Act -provisions on audits.
  • Monitor Dodd Frank Act implementation. H.R. 2056 To Instruct the Inspector General of the FDIC to Study the Impact of Depository Institution Failures- regulatory capital provisions
  • S. 23, Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2011 (Section 14 Tax Strategy patents); and H.R. 1249, America Invents Act (Section 13 Tax Strategy Patents)
  • H.R. 674 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3% witholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities. S.89 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011; S.164 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 2827 To Amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to Clarify Provisions Relating to the Regulation of Municipal Advisors.

Duration: to

General Issues: Accounting, Banking, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Torts, Retirement, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $800,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3339: Standard DATA Act

Sponsor: Geoff Davis (R-Ky.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3659: Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

H.R.3433: GRANT Act

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.3606: Jumpstart Our Business Startups

Sponsor: Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.)

S.1993: Lena Horne Recognition Act

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.3476: AGREE Act

Sponsor: Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.)

H.R.3655: Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.936: American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.1965: Startup Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.1962: Startup Expansion and Investment Act

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

H.R.2056: To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance...

Sponsor: Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.)

S.23: America Invents Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.674: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3...

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

S.89: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: David Vitter (R-La.)

S.164: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: Scott Brown (R-Mass.)

H.R.2827: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions...

Sponsor: Robert Dold (R-Ill.)

H.R.607: To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue guidance on...

Sponsor: Gary G. Miller (R-Calif.)

H.R.1212: To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to provide oversight of auditors...

Sponsor: Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.)

H.R.1349: Federal Accounting Oversight Board Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.1406: Stock Market Recovery Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.R.1797: Compete Act of 2009

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

H.R.1909: To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to suspend the...

Sponsor: Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

H.R.2584: To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the patentability of tax...

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.664: Financial System Stabilization and Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

H.R.3763: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from...

Sponsor: John Adler (D-N.J.)

S.3416: A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an...

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.6038: Financial Industry Transparency Act of 2010

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.5924: SEC Freedom of Information Restoration Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.6086: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act...

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

S.3717: A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.3987: Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.6420: Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Adler (D-N.J.)

S.1551: Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violations Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.3346: To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to permit the sharing of...

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.4110: TARP Sunset Act of 2009

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.1508: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.1265: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

S.506: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.2110: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

S.144: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.690: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.436: Certain Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.437: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.1504: Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.4115: Open Access to Courts Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3216: Local Television Freedom Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

H.R.2989: 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3936: Preserve Benefits and Jobs Act of 2009

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.1375: Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.4318: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty on the...

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Ed Kutler Asst, Office of Speaker, US House of Reps
Jonathan Schwantes Gen Counsel, Senate Judiciary Cmte (Kohl) General Counsel, Senate Judiciary Cmte (Kohl)
vin Weber Member of Congress (MN)
Margaret McGlinch Chief of Staff, Rep. Tim Walz
Sandra Stuart Asst Sec for Legislative Affairs, DoD
Niles Godes Chief of Staff, Sen. Byron Dorgan
Deirdre Stach Budget Analyst, House Science Committee
Paul Lobo Chief of Staff, Hon. Susan Molinari Prof. Staf House Public Works & Transp. Cmte Legislative Assistant, Cong. Susan Molinari Chief of Staff, Cong. Susan Molinari
Ed Kutler (continued) Assistant, House Republican Whip
Margaret McGlinch (continued) Legislative Dir, Rep. Richard Neal Legislative Counsel, Sen. Harry Reid Legislative Aide, Sen. Daniel Moyniham
Sandra Stuart (continued) Chief of Staff, Rep. Vic Fazio
Niles Godes (continued) Dir of Economic Dev, Sen. Kent Conrad Legislative Assistant, Sen. Quentin Burdick
Deirdre Stach (continued) Leg. Director, Rep. Robert Walker
Melissa Edwards Leg. Assistant to Sen. Thad Cochran
Melissa Edwards (continued) Prof Staff, Sen. Comm. Govt Affairs
Paul Lobo (continued) Prof. Staf House Public Works & Transp. Cmte Legislative Assistant, Cong. Susan Molinari
Sandi Stuart 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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