Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
B-106 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515 http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov
Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510 http://www.senate.gov/lobby
LOBBYING REPORT
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5)
- All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
CONSUMER DATA INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
2. Address
Address1
1090 VERMONT AVENUE, NW, #200
Address2
City
WASHINGTON
State
DC
Zip Code
20005
Country
USA
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City
State
Zip Code
Country
4a. Contact Name
b. Telephone Number
c. E-mail
Mr.
STUART K. PRATT
2023710910
skane@cdiaonline.org
5. Senate ID#
4788-12
7. Client Name
Self
Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
CONSUMER DATA INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
6. House ID#
327020000
TYPE OF REPORT
8. Year
2010
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31)
Q2 (4/1 - 6/30)
Q3 (7/1 - 9/30)
Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report
Termination Date
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying
13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities
for this reporting period was:
EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities
for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more
$
$5,000 or more
$
260,000.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest
$10,000,
of all lobbying related income from the client (including all
payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying
activities on behalf of the client).
14. REPORTING
Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions
for description of options.
Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B.
Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code
Method C.
Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code
Signature
Digitally Signed By: Stuart K. Pratt, President & CEO
Date
10/20/2010
LOBBYING ACTIVITY.
Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant
engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using
a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s)
as needed.
15. General issue area code CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.- all provisions relating to consumer protection and restructuring of the financial services industry .
S. 139 - A bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information - provisions relating to credit reporting. S. 141 - A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of Social Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes - provisions relating to credit reporting. S. 414 - A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes - provisions relating to credit reporting S. 392 - A bill to protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers - provisions related to young consumers. S. 235 - A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan - provisions related to young consumers. H.R. 1469 - To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system - provisions relating to credit reporting. H.R. 1728 - the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending act of 2009 - provisions relating to credit reporting. H..R. 1748 - the "Fight Fraud Act 2009" - provisions relating to mortgage fraud. H.R. 2221 - Data Accountability & Trust Act - provisions relating to protecting computerized data containing personal information and other provisions relating to credit reporting. H.R. 3126- Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 - all sections particularly as they relate to consumer reporting agencies. H.R. 3149 - Equal Employment for All Act - all provisions relating to the use of consusmer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions. S. 1490 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 - A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement, assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally idenftifiable information. - all provisions relating to data brokers H.R. 3421 - The Medical Debt Relief Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as debt in collection for credit reporting purposes, which, for the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 30 calendar days.- all provisions relating to credit reporting. S. 1261 - A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and amend title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to better protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personally identifiable information collected by States when issuing driver's licenses and identification documents, and for other purposes.- provisions relating to driver's licenses. H.R. 4538 - To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers - provisions relating to credit scores. S. 3217- "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010" - A bill to promote the financial stability of the US by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect cosumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes - provisions relating to consumer financial protection. H.R. 5743 - To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the furnishing of certain negative loan modification information to a consumer reporting agency and to prohibit such information from being used in computing a consumer's credit score. All provisions as they relate to consumer reporting agencies. S. 3742 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010 - all provisions relating to consumer protection.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies
Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Treasury - Dept of,
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
Covered Official Position (if applicable)
New
Stuart
Pratt
Joe
Rubin
Eric
Ellman
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above
Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY.
Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant
engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using
a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s)
as needed.
15. General issue area code HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3045 - the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2009 - To reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937-provisions relating to consumer reporting agencies
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies
Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
Covered Official Position (if applicable)
New
Stuart
Pratt
Joe
Rubin
Eric
Ellman
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above
Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where
registration information has changed.
20. Client new address
Address
City
State
Zip Code
Country
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
City
State
Zip Code
Country
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer
expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
First Name
Last Name
Suffix
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
Name
Address
Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City
State/Province
Zip
Country
TransUnion LLC
555 West Adams
Chicago
IL
60661
USA
City Chicago
State IL
Country USA
Experian
475 Anton Boulevard
Costa Mesa
CA
92626
USA
City Costa Mesa
State CA
Country USA
Equifax, Inc.
1550 Peachtree Street
Atlanta
GA
30309
USA
City Atlanta
State GA
Country USA
CBC Companies
250 E. Town Street
Columbus
OH
43215
USA
City Columbus
State OH
Country USA
First Advantage
12395 First American Way
Poway
CA
92064
USA
City Poway
State CA
Country USA
CSC
652 Sam Houston Parkway
Houston
TX
77060
USA
City Houston
State TX
Country USA
Kroll Factual Data
5200 Hahns Peak Drive
Loveland
CO
80538
USA
City Loveland
State CO
Country USA
LexisNexis
6601 Park of Commerce Boulevard
Boca Raton
FL
33487
USA
City Boca Raton
State FL
Country USA
First Data Debit Serivces
12500 E. Belford Avenue
Englewood
CO
80112
USA
City Englewood
State CO
Country USA
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated
with the registrant or client
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2
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name
Address
Principal place of business
(city and state or country)
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities
Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City
State/Province
Country
City
State
Country
%
28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns,
or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization