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H.R. 4790, the "Volcker Rule Harmonization Act," a bill 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. 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. 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. 5037, the "Securities Fraud Act of 2018," legislation to ensure that federal securities law is applied to securities traded on nationally-registered exchanges regulated by the SEC; entire bill.  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.  H.R. 6239, the "DISCLOSE Act of 2018," legislation to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities; provisions related to beneficial ownership, the SEC requiring public companies to disclose political spending, and requirements for federal contractors to disclose their support for public issues and causes that are not otherwise subject to disclosure under federal law.  S. 3150, the "DISCLOSE Act of 2018," legislation to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities; provisions related to beneficial ownership, the SEC requiring public companies to disclose political spending, and requirements for federal contractors to disclose their support for public issues and causes that are not otherwise subject to disclosure under federal law.  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 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. 3421, the "Blue Sky Harmonization Act," legislation to ensure uniform application of federal securities law is applied to securities traded on nationally registered exchanges regulated by the SEC; entire bill.  Legislative proposals 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.  Sec. 1006 of Public Law 115-232, the "John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019," to require any company doing business with the Department of Defense to have its audit firm report to the Department any disciplinary proceeding against the audit firm brought on a Federal or State level, including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings against an audit firm that audits a company doing business with the Department.  Implementation of Pub. Law 115-174, the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act."  Implementation of the July 11, 2018 Executive Order Regarding the Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud.  Nomination of Elad Roisman to be a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Nomination of Dino Falaschetti for Director of the Office of Financial Research.  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 modernize and improve the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime applicable to financial institutions.  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.  General education concerning the need for a uniform federal regulatory scheme for financial technology.  General education concerning ways to rationalize and improve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory and enforcement policies.  General education concerning the Financial Stability Oversight Council's exercise of  authority to designate entities for enhanced oversight under section 117 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. General education concerning whistleblower issues in the financial services industry related to OSHA's whistleblower authorities under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.
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