3rd Quarter - Report

CME GROUP, INC. for CME GROUP INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$390,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. 2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Amendment #3761: To prohibit earnings on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository institution).

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. 2296 (119th)

Agriculture AGR

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. 3633 - Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (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, Section 401; Commission jurisdiction over digital commodity transactions, and Section 409; Exclusion for Decentralized Finance Activities); 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. 3633 (119th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues related to H.R. 3633 - Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (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, Section 401; Commission jurisdiction over digital commodity transactions, and Section 409; Exclusion for Decentralized Finance Activities); S. 394 - GENIUS Act of 2025 (all issues); H.R. 2392 - STABLE Act of 2025 (all issues); 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: H.R. 2392 (119th), S. 394 (119th), H.R. 3633 (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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.