ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS lobbying for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

Expenses

$1,490,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method C): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 6

Transportation

H.R. 3055- TRANSPORT Job Act - bill in its entirety; H.R. 3630- International Bridge and Port of Entry Modernization Act of 2025 - bill in its entirety; S.1852- International Bridge and Port of Entry Modernization Act of 2025 - bill in its entirety; Issues related to Executive Branch Nominations; Issues related to Truck Size and Weight; Issues related to Innovation in Transportation.

Railroads

H.R. 3194- LOCOMOTIVE Act - bill in its entirety; S. 1779- LOCOMOTIVE Act - bill in its entirety; Issues related to Surface Transportation Reauthorization; Issues related to Railroad Right-of-ways; Issues related to Railroad Retirement Board; Issues related to STB; Issues related to the Railway Labor Act.

Homeland Security

H.R.2853- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act - bill in its entirety; H.R.863- National Human Trafficking Database Act - bill in its entirety; S.1404- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act - bill in its entirety; S.61- National Human Trafficking Database Act - bill in its entirety; Issues related to Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 reauthorization; Issues related to National Domestic Preparedness Consortium; Issues related to Cargo Theft.

Budget/Appropriations

H.R. 4213- Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026; FY 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations; FY 2026 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

H.R. 1- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; 60003 - Rescission of funding for diesel emissions reductions 70202 - No tax on overtime that does NOT extend to workers covered under the RLA 70301 - Full expensing for certain business property 70302 - Full expensing of domestic R&D expenses 40304 - Extension/enhancement of paid family and medical leave credit 199 - Extension of the qualified business Income deduction 163 - Permanent Modification to Business Interest Deduction Limitation 70112 - Extension and modification of qualified transportation fringe benefits

Immigration

H.R. 4092- Protect RAIL Act - bill in its entirety.

Bills named in this filing 12

H.R. 3055
TRANSPORT Jobs Act
H.R. 3630
IBEM Act of 2025
S. 1852
IBEM Act of 2025
H.R. 3194
LOCOMOTIVES Act
S. 1779
LOCOMOTIVES Act
H.R. 2853
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
H.R. 863
National Human Trafficking Database Act
S. 1404
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
S. 61
National Human Trafficking Database Act
H.R. 4213
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
H.R. 4092
Protect RAIL Act

Foreign interests disclosed 2

Section 7 of the LD-2: foreign entities that own part of the client, paid toward this lobbying, or stand to benefit from it.

CANADIAN NATIONAL

Canada · Montreal, Quebec · owns 0% of the client · contributed $99,122
CANADIAN PACIFIC

Canada · Calgary, Alberta · owns 0% of the client · contributed $70,698