THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE lobbying for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 14, 2026

Expenses

$70,000.00

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 2

MELISSA BARTLETT New on this filing

Previously held: Privacy Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce
ANDREW BANDUCCI

Previously held: Professional Staff Member and Workforce Policy Counsel, House Comm. on Education and the Workforce;Labor and Pensions Policy Director, Sen. HELP Comm.;Chief Policy Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp;Pensions Detailee, Sen. Finance Comm.

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 18

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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.

Lobbying activity 3

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefits; Modernizing high-deductible health plans (HDHPs)/health savings accounts(HSAs); Treatment of excepted benefits for stand-alone telehealth plans; Telehealth first dollar coverage permenence; Retirement-related tax issues;

Health Issues

Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, as applicable to ERISA self-funded health plans; PCORI & comparative effectiveness, coverage mandates on ERISA plans, access to preventive care items and services; ADA and GINA, HIPAA compliance, privacy and security of health information, access to claims data, and all payers claims databases, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence; Coverage of and access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment; Tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits and insurance; Drug related provisions including: patent reforms, costs, rebates, access to and regulation of generics, and biosimilars, and supply chain concerns; Medical management, value-driven care in public and private coverage; Patient safety and quality; Voluntary coverage of fertility treatment and other women's health issues; Medicare Advantage, Medicare secondary payer, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and retiree health, COBRA, Medicare expansion and public option Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plan modernization; ERISA preemption protection; Clarification of ERISA fiduciary duty standards application to entities; Plan administration; Transparency and accountability in the health care system, vertical integration impacts on health care; Electronic delivery of plan communications; Caregiving support and incentives; Surprise medical billing/No Surprises Act implementation; Hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices; Telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing; CAA implementation; Access to preventive treatments and screenings related to chronic kidney care and other conditions such as colorectal cancer;

Retirement

Paid leave issues; Emergency savings; Single-employer defined benefit issues; Retirement plan disclosures; Retirement plan investment requirements, options, duties, and related issues; Retirement plan contribution flexibility; Modernizing retirement plan administration; Retirement plan recordkeeping issues; Trump Accounts; PBGC premiums; SECURE 2.0 Act implementation; Multiemployer pensions; Litigation and enforcement affecting benefit plans; Retirement plan coverage; Retirement incentives; Fringe Benefit Issues