4th Quarter - Report

CME GROUP, INC. for CME GROUP INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$540,000
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

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, 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, 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; 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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4763 (118th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, 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; H.R.4766 - Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act of 2023, all issues; H.R.5234 - Risk Management for Derivatives Clearing Organizations Act, 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. 4766 (118th), H.R. 5234 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to tax treatment of futures, securities, and commodities; Issues related to amending sec. 1091 of the tax code (or 26 USC 1091) related to wash sales.

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.