Late last week, eight days after the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) expired, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate overwhelmingly approved H.R. 26, legislation reauthorizing TRIA until the end of 2020.
Congress created the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identify improper payments made to providers by Medicare and Medicaid.
. TRIA provides a federal backstop given that catastrophic terrorism is an uninsurable risk, as described in a 2014 RAND Corporation analysis. Congress approved two TRIA extensions with reforms in 2005 and 2007.
On July 17, 2014, responding in part to the expiration of numerous tax incentives last December 31, the House of Representatives approved by a 277–130 vote a bill (H.R. 4719, The America Gives More Act) containing permanent extension of several tax incentives related to charitable deductions.
Partner Dan H. Renberg was a panelist on the Internet radio show VoiceAmerica for a feature on the Export-Import Bank and how it’s currently being influenced by the Tea Party.
Arent Fox Government Relations partner Jon S. Bouker was quoted by Congressional Quarterly (CQ) in a cover story highlighting a different tone on Capitol Hill that has seen appropriators encouraging administration officials to increase their spending requests after a half-decade of belt tightening a
Earlier today, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, which would resurrect roughly 50 expired tax incentive provisions that lapsed on December 31, 2013.
OFAC Adds 19 Individuals and a Bank to SDN List; President Obama Signs New Executive Order Authorizing Sanctions to Against Key Sectors of Russian Economy; EU and Australia Sanctions Also Keeping Pace.
President Obama signs Second Executive Order Expanding Sanctions to Cover Wide Range of Potential Russian Targets; OFAC adds names to SDN List; Senate and House Propose Bills; EU Sanctions Also Keeping Pace.
This afternoon, the House of Representatives approved by a 359-67 margin the “omnibus appropriations” bill (H.R. 3457) that emerged late Monday from several weeks of negotiations between the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill (H.R. 3487) that gives the Federal Election Commission (FEC) new authority to impose automatic fines for campaign finance reporting violations on nonprofit organizations, Super PACs, and political party committees.
Senior government relations advisor Philip English was quoted in a Bloomberg News article detailing a debate between House Republicans over whether to release a plan that would revamp the federal tax code.
Earlier this week, Political Law leader Craig Engle secured a federal appeals court ruling that will allow Arent Fox’s client, The New York Progress and Protection PAC, to make independent expenditures in the upcoming election for New York City Mayor.
Dan Renberg, co-leader of the Government Relations practice, spoke with Bloomberg News about the impact the government shutdown was having on lobbying efforts around the Capitol with many federal employees being furloughed.
Senior Government Relations Advisor Philip English was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer after five Republican Congressmen from the Philadephia region supported a move toward a position that might bring an end to the federal government shutdown that has closed government offices and suspended serv
Senator Byron Dorgan, a senior policy advisor at Arent Fox, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal on the federal government shutdown and provided insight based on his firsthand experience the last time the government closed in 1996.