2nd Quarter - Report

GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED for CENTRAL STATES FUNDS

Period 2nd Quarter 2026 Filed Jul 17, 2026 Signed by BRIGEN L. WINTERS

Official filing
Firm
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED
Client
CENTRAL STATES FUNDS
Income
$80,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Multiemployer pension plan funding reform legislation and regulations changing the multiemployer plan funding rules and multiemployer plan withdrawal liability amendments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL P KREPS New Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
BRIGEN L WINTERS Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Retirement RET

Multiemployer pension plan funding reform legislation and regulations changing the multiemployer plan funding rules and multiemployer plan withdrawal liability amendments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL P KREPS Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
BRIGEN L WINTERS Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare and prescription drug pricing legislation affecting multiemployer health plans and related ERISA preemption issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL P KREPS Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
BRIGEN L WINTERS Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

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.