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AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL

Lobbying for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL

 Amended
The filer submitted a later report covering this same period, so the amounts here have been replaced. Site totals count only the latest version. See the current filing, posted Sep 18, 2025.
 Filing 1st Quarter - Amendment
Reporting period
1st Quarter 2025
Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025
Expenses
$317,962.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using C: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
District of Columbia

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 3
  • DIANN HOWLAND
    Previously held: Pension Policy Director for the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Pension Policy Advisor of the Senate Finance Committee
  • ILYSE SCHUMAN
    Previously held: Senate HELP Committee, Chief Labor Counsel, Minority Staff Director
  • KATHRYN JOHNSON
    Previously held: Attorney advisor, Office of Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Department of Treasury; attorney, Office of Chief Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 8
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
  • SENATE
  • Treasury, Dept of
  • White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 3
  • HR 1650
    Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
  • S 763
    Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
  • HR 919
    Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
 Lobbying activity 2
Retirement

ERISA Preemption Tax incentives and tax treatment of retirement plan benefits Technical corrections to SECURE 2.0 Collective Investment Trusts and insurance company separate accounts for use in 403(b) plans Common Interest Agreements used by the U.S. Department of Labor Pleading standards legislative proposal regarding applicable to ERISA cases Defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution plans; pension plan de-risking, retiree health accounts Required Roth catch-up contributions and Roth optional matching and non-elective contributions guidance Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums Required automatic enrollment into defined contribution plans Proposed regulations relating to the limitation on deductions for certain employee remuneration in excess of $1 million under IRC Sec. 162(m)

Health Issues

ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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