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Surface Transportation Board (STB)

322 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $118,719,838 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named Surface Transportation Board (STB), not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Transportation 226 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 204 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Trade (domestic/foreign) 201 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Environment/Superfund 158 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Railroads 144 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Budget/Appropriations 142 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Agriculture 109 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Energy/Nuclear 107 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 99 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Chemicals/Chemical Industry 62 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Homeland Security 60 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 57 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Natural Resources 55 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Clean Air and Water (quality) 50 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Defense 35 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 183 $74,722,125
  • 2026 139 $43,997,713

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $21,980,123 5 filings
  2. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION $17,230,000 7 filings
  3. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY $8,240,000 7 filings
  4. UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION $7,120,000 7 filings
  5. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY $5,880,000 7 filings
  6. POET, LLC $5,450,000 7 filings
  7. CSX CORPORATION $5,232,170 7 filings
  8. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION $4,720,000 7 filings
  9. GROWTH ENERGY INC $4,640,000 7 filings
  10. BASF CORPORATION $2,700,000 5 filings
  11. CORE NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. $2,550,000 6 filings
  12. BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INC $2,410,000 7 filings
  13. RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION $2,212,946 6 filings
  14. THE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE $2,173,799 7 filings
  15. NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $2,140,000 3 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $21,980,123 5 filings
  2. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION $17,230,000 7 filings
  3. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY $8,240,000 7 filings
  4. UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION $7,120,000 7 filings
  5. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY $5,880,000 7 filings
  6. POET, LLC $5,450,000 7 filings
  7. CSX CORPORATION $5,232,170 7 filings
  8. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION $4,720,000 7 filings
  9. GROWTH ENERGY, INC. $4,640,000 7 filings
  10. BASF CORPORATION $2,700,000 5 filings
  11. CORE NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. $2,550,000 6 filings
  12. BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INC $2,410,000 7 filings
  13. RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION $2,212,946 6 filings
  14. THE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE $2,173,799 7 filings
  15. NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $2,140,000 3 filings

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • H.R. 1
    59 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • H.R. 1346
    36 filings · Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
  • S. 593
    36 filings · Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
  • S. 2104
    28 filings · Reliable Rail Service Act of 2025
  • H.R. 7567
    27 filings · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
  • S. 623
    27 filings · No IRIS Act of 2025
  • H.R. 3898
    24 filings · PERMIT Act
  • H.R. 4776
    24 filings · SPEED Act
  • H.R. 1415
    22 filings · No IRIS Act of 2025
  • H.R. 2853
    22 filings · Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
  • H.R. 3194
    20 filings · LOCOMOTIVES Act
  • H.R. 928
    18 filings · Railway Safety Act of 2025

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 322
Q3 report
THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY for NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · posted Oct 26, 2026
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TRILOGY ADVISORS LLC for DELTA TROY INTERESTS, LTD.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Texas · $30,000 income · posted Oct 21, 2026
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CELANESE CORPORATION for CELANESE CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Texas · $330,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION for OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $1,760,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL for AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $3,080,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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POET, LLC for POET, LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · South Dakota · $800,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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CORE NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. for CORE NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Pennsylvania · $410,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC for GATX CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Illinois · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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CALPORTLAND COMPANY for CALPORTLAND COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · California · $140,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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GATX CORPORATION for GATX CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Illinois · $280,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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USA RICE FEDERATION for USA RICE FEDERATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $60,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC. for SOLVAY CHEMICALS INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Texas · $10,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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BASF CORPORATION for BASF CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · New Jersey · $430,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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CF INDUSTRIES, INC. for CF INDUSTRIES INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $240,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE for AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $150,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INC for BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $380,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS for CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC for HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Texas · $30,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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GROWTH ENERGY, INC. for GROWTH ENERGY INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $660,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN for BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Ohio · $291,496 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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SSAB ENTERPRISES, LLC for SSAB ENTERPRISES LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $80,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION for AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $210,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY for SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $130,500 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY for LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Texas · $990,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC for CITY OF TURLOCK
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · California · $20,000 income · posted Oct 19, 2026
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "Surface Transportation Board (STB)" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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