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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.  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.  H.R. 4790, the "Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization Act," legislation to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to grant exclusive rulemaking authority under the Volcker Rule (limiting proprietary trading) to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; entire bill.  H.R. 5037, the "Securities Fraud Act of 2018," legislation to ensure that uniform application of federal securities law is applied to securities traded on nationally-registered exchanges regulated by the SEC.  H.R. 5155, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, legislation to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year; SA 2459, an amendment 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.  H.R. 6068, the "Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act," legislation to update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, to improve information sharing between financial institutions with respect to terrorism, money laundering, and other unlawful activities, and to provide an 18-month enforcement delay of FinCEN's final rulemaking on Customer Due Diligence, 81 Fed. Reg. 29397 (May 11, 2016); 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.  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.  SEC proposed Regulation Best Interest, 83 Fed. Reg. 21574 (May 9, 2018), and Form CRS Relationship Summary, 83 Fed. Reg. 21416 (May 9, 2018).  General education regarding the SEC's proposed Regulation Best Interest, 83 Fed. Reg. 21574 (May 9, 2018), and Form CRS Relationship Summary, 83 Fed. Reg. 21416 (May 9, 2018).  General education concerning the need to include in the Senate Financial Services & General Government 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. 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
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