NORTH AMERICA FREIGHT CAR ASSOCIATION

Lobbying client · Missouri · filed 2025 to 2026

Rail car manufacturers, freight car lessors, lessees and non railroad freight car owners.

$54,000 Reported spend

6 Filings counted

1 Firms hired

0 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 6 filings. Everything on this page is grouped by the client's LDA id (191005), not by name.

Firms hired 1

MR. EDWARD MERLIS $54,000 6 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $18,000 2 filings
2025 $36,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 1

Railroads 6

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
SENATE 6
Federal Railroad Administration 4
Surface Transportation Board (STB) 4

Recent filings 6 total

Q2

MR. EDWARD MERLIS

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Jul 16, 2026

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MR. EDWARD MERLIS

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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MR. EDWARD MERLIS

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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MR. EDWARD MERLIS

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Oct 10, 2025

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MR. EDWARD MERLIS

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Jul 9, 2025

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MR. EDWARD MERLIS

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $9,000 income · posted Apr 15, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.