Senate LDA data Updated quarterly Lobbying disclosures

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation Lobbying

Lobbying activity reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act on this issue: registrants, expenditures, and specific bills lobbied, drawn from the Senate Office of Public Records quarterly LD-2 filings.

The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $18.8M in itemized Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation lobbying disclosures across 247 filers, among them NAREIT, CORECIVIC, INC., SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION.

$18.8M
tracked Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation lobbying
247
organizations lobbying
$76K
average per filer

Issue code: RES · 247 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$18.8M
Organizations
247

What the Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation Lobbying Data Shows

Under Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act code RES, 247 organizations reported federal lobbying activity on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation across the 2023-2024 reporting period, with combined expenditures of $18.8M. That volume of filings places Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation among the issues where corporate, trade-association, and advocacy lobbying is actively shaping the legislative and regulatory agenda, with each registrant required to disclose specific bills, agencies contacted, and in-house lobbyists engaged.

NAREIT leads all filers on this issue with $6.8M in tracked lobbying expenditures, and the top 10 reporting organizations - including NAREIT, CORECIVIC, INC., SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION - typically account for a disproportionate share of total outlays, a concentration pattern that repeats across most LDA issue codes. Each of these organizations files quarterly LD-2 disclosures naming the lobbyists deployed and the chambers of Congress or executive agencies contacted.

The 247 filers tracked here represent a structured picture of who is paying to be heard on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation - useful context when evaluating hearings, committee markups, and rulemaking on related topics. Because LDA filings are a public-record trailing indicator, spending in the 2023-2024 window reflects priorities that will continue to ripple through the 118th and 119th Congresses before any policy outcomes register in the data.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 NAREIT $6.8M
#2 CORECIVIC, INC. $6.1M
#3 SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION $4.7M
#4 NATURE CONSERVANCY $4.7M
#5 AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION $3.9M
#6 ZILLOW GROUP, INC. $3.3M
#7 POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC $3.2M
#8 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS $3.2M
#9 METLIFE INC. $3.1M
#10 BARRICK GOLD OF NORTH AMERICA $2.6M
#11 SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION $2.5M
#12 AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED $2.3M
#13 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS $2.0M
#14 PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA (PNA) $1.8M
#15 LEADING BUILDERS OF AMERICA $1.7M
#16 CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. $1.6M
#17 SYENSQO USA LLC $1.6M
#18 NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION $1.4M
#19 MARATHON OIL CORPORATION $1.2M
#20 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM $1.2M
#21 WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION $1.1M
#22 THE CONSERVATION FUND $1.1M
#23 OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE, INC. $1.1M
#24 PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA $1.0M
#25 COSTAR $930K
#26 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY $890K
#27 DUCKS UNLIMITED $845K
#28 BOYD GAMING CORPORATION $840K
#29 GREATER CLEVELAND PARTNERSHIP $835K
#30 POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION $810K
#31 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $803K
#32 LAND TRUST ALLIANCE $795K
#33 ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INC. $776K
#34 INDIANA UNIVERSITY $730K
#35 NEWMONT CORPORATION (F/K/A NEWMONT GOLDCORP CORPORATION) $700K
#36 MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA $698K
#37 NATIONAL GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION $682K
#38 WILD LANDSCAPES, INC. $670K
#39 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA $640K
#40 NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY $630K
#41 NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION $600K
#42 DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $590K
#43 SWITCH $560K
#44 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION $520K
#45 PARTNERSHIP FOR CONSERVATION $510K
#46 ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC. $500K
#47 SUBCOM LLC $495K
#48 AREVIA POWER $480K
#49 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION $468K
#50 MORRISON COHEN LLP OBO REXMARK HOLDINGS, LLC $460K

Who spends the most on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Top organizations by reported lobbying spend on this issue code, from Senate LDA filings.

NAREIT$6.8MCORECIVIC, INC.$6.1MSOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION$4.7MNATURE CONSERVANCY$4.7MAMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION$3.9MZILLOW GROUP, INC.$3.3MPOLARIS INDUSTRIES INC$3.2MINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS$3.2M
Lobbying spend on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation · U.S. Senate Office of Public Records (LDA)

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code RES; covers 247 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is spent lobbying on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation?

A total of $18.8M has been spent lobbying on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation by 247 organizations, according to Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings for 2023-2024. The top spender is NAREIT, with $6.8M in total lobbying expenditures.

Who are the biggest spenders on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation lobbying?

The top organizations lobbying on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation include NAREIT, CORECIVIC, INC., SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. These organizations file lobbying disclosures with the Senate Office of Public Records, which are publicly available under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

What is the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA)?

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 requires lobbyists and lobbying firms to register and file quarterly reports with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. These filings disclose the issues lobbied on, the amount spent, and the government entities contacted. PlainInfluence uses these filings to track lobbying activity by issue area.

How many organizations lobby on Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation?

247 organizations have filed lobbying disclosures listing Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation as a lobbying issue during the 2023-2024 reporting period. Each organization may file multiple times per year as lobbying activities continue across quarters.

Where does lobbying issue data come from?

All lobbying data is sourced from the Senate Office of Public Records, which collects filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Organizations must disclose their lobbying expenditures, the specific issues they lobby on (using standardized issue codes), and the government bodies they contact. Data shown covers 2023-2024 filings.

Data: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainInfluence Editorial

Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Lobbying-issue disclosure totals are aggregated directly from Senate LDA bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.