ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS

• ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS $9,677,079 In-house, the client's own filings · 7 filings
• BLACK DIAMOND STRATEGIES LLC $560,000 Outside firm · 8 filings
• FORBES-TATE $420,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• POLARIS-HUTTON GROUP, LLC $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• SBL STRATEGIES, LLC $350,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• THE JERRY COSTELLO GROUP, LLC $210,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP $20,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

• H.R. 2853
  Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
  11 filings
• S. 1404
  Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
  11 filings
• H.R. 3055
  TRANSPORT Jobs Act
  4 filings
• H.R. 3194
  LOCOMOTIVES Act
  3 filings
• H.R. 7622
  Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026
  3 filings
• H.R. 928
  Railway Safety Act of 2025
  3 filings
• S. 3903
  Railway Safety Act of 2026
  3 filings
• H.R. 4552
  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
  2 filings
• H.R. 7128
  TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
  2 filings
• H.R. 7488
  CFTC Office of the Chief Economist Act of 2026
  2 filings
• H.R. 8417
  Keeping China Off the Rails Act
  2 filings
• H.R. 8845
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
  2 filings
• H.R. 9170
  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
  2 filings
• H.R. 9260
  Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
  2 filings
• H.R. 9310
  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2027
  2 filings
• S. 2296
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  2 filings
• S. 2354
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
  2 filings
• S. 2465
  Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
  2 filings
• S. 2587
  Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
  2 filings
• S. 3987
  Secure Tracks Act
  2 filings
• S. 4395
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
  2 filings
• H.R. 1674
  Railway Safety Act of 2023
  1 filing
• S. 576
  Railway Safety Act of 2023
  1 filing
• H.R. 1
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 1294
  BEST Facilitation Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 2218
  Stop CARB Act of 2025
  1 filing
• H.R. 2653
  Manifest Modernization Act of 2025
  1 filing
• H.R. 3630
  IBEM Act of 2025
  1 filing
• H.R. 4092
  Protect RAIL Act
  1 filing
• H.R. 4213
  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
  1 filing

• 2026 $5,131,000 21 filings
• 2025 $6,456,079 29 filings

• Transportation 34
• Railroads 21
• Budget/Appropriations 12
• Homeland Security 8
• Environment/Superfund 7
• Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 7
• Defense 2
• Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 2
• Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 2
• Science/Technology 2
• Immigration 1

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.

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 42
• SENATE 42
• White House Office 7
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2
• Railroad Retirement Board 2

• CANADIAN NATIONAL Canada named on 4 filings · highest disclosed ownership 12.50% · largest disclosed contribution $103,556
• CANADIAN PACIFIC Canada named on 4 filings · highest disclosed ownership 12.50% · largest disclosed contribution $105,187

Section 7 of the LD-2: a foreign company or government that owns part of the client, pays toward the lobbying, or benefits from it. Figures are the highest single disclosure across these filings, not a sum: the same stake is re-disclosed each quarter.