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GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED

Lobbying for CENTRAL STATES FUNDS · Central States Funds are multi-employer Taft-Hartley benefits funds.

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Money reported

None

Registrations and no-activity reports carry no figure.

Client based in

Illinois

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

BRIGEN L WINTERS

Previously held: Tax Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means
MICHAEL P KREPS New on this filing

Previously held: Senior Pensions & Employment Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

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

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 3

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

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

Retirement

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

Health Issues

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

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.