ORGANIZATION

Community Bankers Association of Illinois

trade association

1LDA FILINGS
1LOBBYISTS
0FLY-INS

Federal Lobbying Spend

$65K

Total LDA-disclosed spend (in-house + retained) across all reported periods.

Most recent LDA filing posted April 2026.

Likely Asks (from LD-2 filings)

4
supporta more efficient system of rules and regulations, unbiased laws governing the financial sector, a safer and more×7
opposeconcentrations in financial services represented by the too-big-to-fail banks and oligopolies like VISA and MasterCard, but misguided legislation×5
opposeany climate change regulations that will adversely impact community banks and their ability to support their customers and×4
supportlegislation that would restrict credit reporting agencies from selling consumer contact information unless the applicant has opted in×3

Topics in Filings

70

In addition to the explicit asks above, these policy topics are repeatedly named in this org's LD-2 filings.

There have been legal challenges to the Final Rule×15
CBAI supports the reasonable implementation×11
Docket No×8
CBAI Federal Policy×7
CBAI urges carefully constructed×7
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Essential Community Facility×7
Expanding FCS home mortgage lending to towns of 10,000×7
Farm Credit System×7
FCS ownership of Rural Business Investment Corporations×7
Federal Home Loan Banks×7
Federal Housing Finance Agency×7
Final Joint Rule was published in October of 2023×7
Food, and National Security Act×7
Is now before the next financial crisis×7
Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act×7
Notice 2025-71×7
Reasonable Regulatory Rules and Implementation×7
They are clearly too-big-to-change, too-big-to-fail, and must be downsized×7
Time to act×7
USDA guaranteed loan improvements×7
Agriculture and Rural America In the 119th Congress×6
Central Bank Digital Currency×6
Farm Credit System and its Expanded Powers The Farm Credit System×6
FCS is the only government sponsored entity×6
Federal Reserves Role in Payments System Improvement×6
Not Amazon×6
Responsible Regulation of Digital Assets×6
Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance×6
They pose threats to the privacy and security of consumers and small businesses×6
Beneficiaries of the new mandates will be the largest merchants×5
Customer Data Sharing A Final Rule was published in October of 2024×5
Cyber and Payment Card Security×5
Enhanced Data×5
Is not the solution to the problems they create×5
Potential House field hearing on financial fraud×5
CBAI opposes any climate change regulations×4
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau×4
Harmful Climate Risk Regulations×4
Not a one-size-fits-all approach×4
Not community banks×4
Small Business Data Collection A Final Rule was published in March of 2023×4
Sound Principles for Housing Government Sponsored Entity×4
Which is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act×4
Action Alert×3
CBAI supports×3
CBAI urges policymakers to prohibit the SBA from making direct 7×3
Closing the Industrial Loan Company×3
Comment Letter to the FDIC regarding PayPal Holdings×3
Inc. application to the FDIC for deposit insurance for PayPal Bank×3
Legitimate Bank Service Charges and Fees are Not Hidden×3
SBA originating and disbursing 7×3
Trigger leads compromise consumer privacy, create a flood of unwanted×3
Urge Your Representative to Support Community Bank Regulatory Relief×3
Better known as fintechs×2
Docket ID OCC-2025-0141×2
Docket ID OCC-2025-0207×2
FDIC×2
FDIC and Federal Reserve×2
Federal Reserve×2
Federal Reserve Docket No×2
Finally Address the Risks of Too-Big-To-Fail×2
Financial innovation presents community banks with challenges and opportunities×2
Housing for the 21st Century Act×2
Insured Federal Savings Associations, and Insured Federal Branches×2
Many of these new services are offered by financial technology companies×2
R-1876 and RIN 7100-AH08, and FDIC RIN 3064-AG17×2
Restrictive bank merger×2
Should not apply to community banks×2
Technical Amendments×2
Threshold Modernization×2

Pulled from the org’s own LD-2 disclosures. See the source filings ↓

Bills in Play

6

Bills referenced in this org's LD-2 filing text. Frequency = how many activities reference each.

H.R. 7567

7 mentions

H.R. 6644

4 mentions

S. 2651

4 mentions

H.R. 1799

2 mentions

H.R. 7056

2 mentions

H.R. 6955

2 mentions

Lobbyists on Record

1