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H.R. 3089, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill.  S. 1717, the "Corporate Transparency Act of 2017," legislation directing the Treasury Department to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill.  H.R. 4015, the "Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017," legislation to improve the quality of proxy advisory firms for the protection of investors and the U.S. economy, and in the public interest, by fostering accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in the proxy advisory firm industry; entire bill.  S. 1241, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017," legislation to expand prohibitions on money laundering and tax evasion; entire bill.  S. 1454, the "True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act," legislation to direct each state to amend their business formation laws to require every business owner in the United States to file with the government the name, address, and a copy of a driver's license or unexpired passport of every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises substantial control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity and further requiring business owners to update this information within 60 days of any change in individuals who, directly or indirectly, have such an interest or any change in the information about an individual already disclosed as having a reportable direct or indirect interest; entire bill.  S. 2155, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act," legislation amending the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exempt banks with assets valued at less than $10 billion from the "Volcker Rule," which prohibits banking agencies from engaging in proprietary trading or entering into certain relationships with hedge funds and private-equity funds; exempts certain types of banks from specified capital and leverage ratios, with federal banking agencies directed to promulgate new requirements; and alters enhanced prudential regulation for financial institutions, including those related to stress testing and leverage requirements to allow them to use municipal bonds for purposes of meeting liquidity requirements; entire bill.  Draft legislative proposal entitled the "Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act," a bill to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, and to improve information sharing between financial institutions with respect to terrorism, money laundering, and other unlawful activities (no bill introduced).  General education concerning the need to include in the omnibus appropriations bill the policy rider prohibiting the SEC from using funds to promulgate any rule compelling public companies to disclose payments made to entities such as trade associations that engage in political activity.  General education concerning problems relating to the upcoming implementation of FINCEN's final rulemaking on Customer Due Diligence and the need to delay implementation, 81 Fed. Reg. 29397 (May 11, 2016).  General education concerning the need to modernize and improve the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime applicable to financial institutions.  General education concerning regulatory reform at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Administration proposals related to a requirement for business owners to file with the federal or a state government information on every individual who, directly or indirectly, derives a substantial economic benefit from, exercises control over, or has certain other interests in a legal entity (no proposal introduced). Proposed rule to extend the transition period and delay the applicability dates of the "Definition of the Term 'Fiduciary'&#205;&#190; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice" final rule and related Prohibited Transaction Exemptions; 82 Fed. Reg. 41365 (August 31, 2017).  Seeking to ensure that any changes to U.S. Department of Labor Interpretive Bulletin 2015-1 relating to fiduciary standards under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments, published Oct. 26, 2015, do not needlessly curtail pension fund investments in infrastructure development that are otherwise prudent investments for a plan to make.
FIN - Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities RET - Retirement
255 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) 2 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 37 - Justice, Dept of (DOJ) 38 - Labor, Dept of (DOL) 1 - SENATE 255 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) 2 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 37 - Justice, Dept of (DOJ) 38 - Labor, Dept of (DOL) 1 - SENATE
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