1st Quarter - Report

CME GROUP, INC. for CME GROUP INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$430,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Agriculture AGR

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (PL 111-203) (Title VII: Wall Street Transparency and Accountability); Issues related to regulation of clearinghouses, swap data repositories, swap execution facilities, and designated contract markets; Issues related to CFTC Funding; Issues related to Derivatives Clearing Market Structure; Issues related to CFTC Reauthorization; H.R. 4763 - Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (118th Congress) (issues related to Sec. 101 - Definitions under the Securities Act of 1933, Sec. 102 - Definitions under the Commodity Exchange Act, Sec. 103 - Definitions under this Act, Sec. 107 - Commodity Exchange Act savings provisions, and Section 401 - Commission jurisdiction over digital commodity transactions); Issues related to the Clearing of US Treasury futures.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HANNAH COOKE —
ANNE MARA KLEIN GRAY —
GAVIN PARKE —
LINDA DALLAS RICH —
JASON SPENCE —
RAQUEL SUAREZ HAWK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4763 (119th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (PL 111-203) (Title II: Issues related to orderly liquidation authority and Title VIII: Payment Clearing and Settlement Supervision); Issues related to the regulation of systemically important financial market utilities; Issues related to Crypto Spot Market Regulation; S. 394 - GENIUS Act of 2025; H.R. 2392 - STABLE Act of 2025; Issues related to Basel III Bank Capital Standards; Issues related to the Clearing of US Treasury futures.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HANNAH COOKE —
ANNE MARA KLEIN GRAY —
GAVIN PARKE —
LINDA DALLAS RICH —
JASON SPENCE —
RAQUEL SUAREZ HAWK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 394 (119th), H.R. 2392 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to tax treatment of futures, securities, and commodities; Issues related to Sec. 1256 of the tax code related to the tax treatment of futures and options.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HANNAH COOKE —
ANNE MARA KLEIN GRAY —
GAVIN PARKE —
LINDA DALLAS RICH —
JASON SPENCE —
RAQUEL SUAREZ HAWK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.