Lobbying Relationship

Client

GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CANNABIS COMMERCE

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Lobbying firm

K&L GATES, LLP

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  • Issues related to cannabis policy and services - no specific legislation. S.4591 - Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act; H.R.1996 - SAFE Banking Act of 2021; States Reform Act (H.R.5977 - States Reform Act); and appropriations bill H.R. 8294 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023.

Duration: to

General Issues: Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Small Business, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $880,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Economic Council (NEC), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Affiliated organizations: DNA Genetics; Alternative Herbal Health Services; 420 Central; Urbn Lead; Central Coast Agriculture

Bills mentioned

H.R.2093: STATES Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1028: STATES Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.1595: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.1200: SAFE Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.3884: MORE Act of 2020

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

S.227: Savanna's Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2843: Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

S.1552: Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.2227: MORE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.7667: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1996: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.910: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.3617: Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

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

H.R.5977: States Reform Act

Sponsor: Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)

S.4591: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

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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?
Daniel F. C. Crowley General Counsel, Office of the Speaker; General Counsel, Committee on House Oversight; Minority Counsel, Committee on House Administration; Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives
Stacy Ettinger Staff Atty/Chief, AD/CVD Regulation/Assoc Ch Cnsl, DoC, Office of Genl Cnsl; Trade Cnsl detailee from DoC to JEC; Dep Staff Dir, JEC; Sr Cnsl, Sen Schumer; Sr Cnsl/Acting Dep Staff Dir/Ch Cnsl/Dem Ch Cnsl, Sen Comm Rules & Admin
Scott Nelson Sen. Byron Dorgan - Asst. Chief of Staff, Leg, Assistant, Dep. Chief of Staff; Dept. of Energy - Deputy Director of Scheduling & Advance
Dennis Potter Staff Asst/LC, Senator Gramm
Kathleen Nicholas Congressional and Public Affairs Intern, Natioinal Nuclear Security Administration; Staff Assistant, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Nicholas Leibham Senior Aide/Special Assistant, Rep Abercrombie; Special Assistant, Rep Ackerman
Scott Aliferis Legislative Director, Rep. Upton
Amy Carnevale Staff Aide, Office of Natl. Drug Control Policy ; LA, LD, Chief of Staff, Rep. George Nethercutt, Jr.
Barton Gordon U.S. Congressman
Jeffrey Denham U.S. Congressman
Jffrey Denham U.S. Congressman
Brendan Chainey Legislative Assistant, Legislative Council and Legislative Director, Rep. Chaka Fatah
Scott Gelbman Staff Assistant/Legislative Corresponsent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer
Mary Baker Technical Advisor Mgr, IRS; Mgr, Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, IRS; Tax Staff Prof/IRS Detailee to Senate Finance Committee
Roderick Hall Asst Administrator for Government Affairs, FAA; Deputy Chief of Staff/LA/District Outreach Director, Rep Johnson
William Kirk n/a
Daniel Cohen n/a
Tim Peckinpaugh n/a
Daniel F.C. Crowley n/a
Brenden Chainey n/a
Daniel Nunez Cohen (Dan Cohen) n/a
Barry Hartman n/a
Daniel Nunez Cohen n/a
Samuel Miclot 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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