1st Quarter - Report

SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION for SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,910,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

H.R. 1255, Investing in Our Communities Act; H.R, 1469, Senior Security Act of 2025; H.R. 1483, Protecting Investors Personally Identifiable Information Act; H.R. 2441/S. 1877, Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025; H.R. 2225, the Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act; H.R. 2358, Insuring Sound Guidance Act; H.R. 3381, Encouraging Public Offerings of 2025; H.R. 3383, Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST Act) of 2025; H.R. 3394, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act; H.R. 3395, Middle Market IPO Cost Act; H.R. 3633, CLARITY Act of 2025 & Senate amendments to H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act of 2025; H.R. 3959, the Protecting Private Job Creators Act; S. 1481, Local Infrastructure Act; H.R. 2246/S. 1053, FIGHT China Act: SEC No-Action Relief for SEC Rule 15c2-11; SEC approval of SROs rules limiting exchange liability; SEC exemptive relief surrounding Digital Assets; U.S. Treasury Departments Final Rule, Provisions Pertaining to U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern; Federal Reserve Proposal to revise its stress testing process; Sovereign Debt restructuring proposals; Legislative proposal to enhance retail investor access to private markets; Legislative proposal for federal escheatment standards; Prudential agency (Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC) proposal to implement the Basel Endgame reforms in the U.S. and congressional (U.S. House and Senate) oversight of the same, including revisions to the trading book capital rules, stress testing, capital surcharges and buffers; Legislation to create a regulatory regime for payment stablecoins (H.R. 2392, STABLE Act, and S. 394, GENIUS Act); Reintroduction of the Local Infrastructure Act; GSE reform; Public Law 119-27, the GENIUS Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
LISA BLEIER —
KEVIN CARSON —
JOSEPH CORCORAN —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
NICHOLAS KEY —
CHRISTOPHER B KILLIAN —
MELISSA MACGREGOR —
PETER MATHESON —
CARTER MCDOWELL —
LESLIE MARION NORWOOD —
COURTNEY RYAN —
PETER RYAN —
NICOLE SWIFT New Supervisory Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Benefits Advisor - Department of Labor
LUCAS WEST —

Contacted: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1053 (119th), H.R. 1255 (119th), S. 1877 (119th), H.R. 3633 (119th), H.R. 2225 (119th), H.R. 3959 (119th), H.R. 2246 (119th), H.R. 2392 (119th), H.R. 1483 (119th), H.R. 3383 (119th), H.R. 2441 (119th), H.R. 3381 (119th), S. 1481 (119th), H.R. 3394 (119th), H.R. 3395 (119th), S. 394 (119th), H.R. 2358 (119th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

SEC proposed rule regarding the safeguarding of client assets (custody proposal); Legislation to create a regulatory regime for payment stablecoins (H.R. 2392, STABLE Act, and S. 394, GENIUS Act); Public Law 119-27, the GENIUS Act; H.R. 3633, Digital Assets Market Clarity Act; S. 3755, The Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act; Federal securities laws regarding automatic disqualifications, or collateral consequences following certain resolutions of enforcement actions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
LISA BLEIER —
KEVIN CARSON —
JOSEPH CORCORAN —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
COURTNEY RYAN —
PETER RYAN —
NICOLE SWIFT New Supervisory Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Benefits Advisor - Department of Labor
LUCAS WEST —

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2392 (119th), H.R. 3633 (119th), S. 3755 (119th), S. 394 (119th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 1013, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025; H.R. 1255, Investing in Our Communities Act; H.R. 2089 / S. 1756 - Generating Retirement Ownership Through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH) Act; H.R. 2441, Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025; H.R. 2246/S. 1053, FIGHT China Act: S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025; S. 1481, Local Infrastructure Act; S. 1877, the Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025; SEC proposed rules to modify equity market structure; SEC proposed rule regarding the safeguarding of client assets (custody proposal); Reintroduction of the Local Infrastructure Act; Legislation related to the municipal bond tax exemption; House Energy & Commerce data privacy legislative proposals.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
LISA BLEIER —
KEVIN CARSON —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
NICHOLAS KEY —
MELISSA MACGREGOR —
CARTER MCDOWELL —
LESLIE MARION NORWOOD —
COURTNEY RYAN —
NICOLE SWIFT New Supervisory Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Benefits Advisor - Department of Labor
LUCAS WEST —

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 424 (119th), S. 1053 (119th), H.R. 2246 (119th), S. 1756 (119th), H.R. 2089 (119th), S. 1481 (119th), H.R. 1255 (119th), H.R. 2441 (119th), S. 1877 (119th), H.R. 1013 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 684, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act; H.R. 1013, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025; H.R. 1255, Investing in Our Communities Act; H.R. 2089, Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH) Act; S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025; S. 1453, the LOCAL Infrastructure Act; S. 1839, Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding; S. 1481, LOCAL Infrastructure Act; IRS Stock Buyback Excise Tax; OECD BEPS 2.0 - an effort to address tax avoidance and ensure coherence of international tax rules; Issues related to 529 plans; Information Reporting and Withholding with respect to Bitcoin ETFs; Issues relating to the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income framework; Reconciliation legislation related to provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Tax Treatment of Tokenized Securities; Issues related to energy credits under the Inflation Reduction Act; Executive compensation deductibility limits; Preservation of the Municipal Bond Tax Exemption; Reintroduction of the Local Infrastructure Act; Data privacy legislative proposals; Pub. L. No. 119-21 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) issues relating to Section 899; Digital Assets Taxation; TRUMP Accounts in Public Law 119-21; Sourcing of Certain Borrow Fees; Regulations related to Section 987; Regulations related to Basket Contract Transactions; Regulations related to the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax; Regulations related to Section 892 Regulations related to 871 (m) Regulations related to dual consolidated loses (DCL) BEAT (Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax) Regulations regarding Qualified Derivative Payments (QDPs).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JESSICA BARKER —
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
LISA BLEIER —
KEVIN CARSON —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
NICHOLAS KEY —
CARTER MCDOWELL —
LESLIE MARION NORWOOD —
KEVIN RUANE —
COURTNEY RYAN —
PETER RYAN —
NICOLE SWIFT New Supervisory Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Benefits Advisor - Department of Labor
LUCAS WEST —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1839 (119th), S. 1453 (119th), H.R. 1013 (119th), H.R. 684 (119th), H.R. 1255 (119th), H.R. 2089 (119th), S. 1481 (119th), S. 424 (119th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 20/S.852, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025; H.R. 1013/S.424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025; H.R. 6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act; H.R. 8478, Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act; S. 1526, the Retirement Savings for Americans Act; S. 4371, Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act; S.5148/H.R. 9765, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain family caregivers to contribute to a Roth IRA; S. 5149/H.R. 9764, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow additional catch-up contributions for certain family caregivers; DOL Fiduciary Rule proposed rule on retirement security and related proposed changes to prohibited transaction exemptions including Qualified Professional Asset Manager; Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary (EBSA) and related exemptions; Issues relating to the preservation of private sector retirement system; Legislation to make technical corrections related to implementation of SECURE 2.0; ERISA fiduciary legislative proposals; Trump Accounts in Public Law 119-21.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JESSICA BARKER —
KENNETH E BENTSEN —
LISA BLEIER —
KEVIN CARSON —
BRADLEY GASKINS EDGELL —
NICHOLAS KEY —
CARTER MCDOWELL —
KEVIN RUANE —
COURTNEY RYAN —
NICOLE SWIFT New Supervisory Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Law Specialist - Department of Labor, Benefits Advisor - Department of Labor
LUCAS WEST —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 5148 (119th), S. 4371 (119th), S. 5149 (119th), H.R. 1013 (119th), H.R. 6084 (119th), S. 424 (119th), H.R. 8478 (119th), H.R. 20 (119th), S. 852 (119th), H.R. 9764 (119th), S. 1526 (119th), H.R. 9765 (119th)

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.