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Railroads Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Railroads: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code RRR.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $34.7M in itemized Railroads lobbying disclosures across 176 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ranking #47 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#47
of 79 issues by spend
$34.7M
tracked Railroads lobbying
176
organizations lobbying
$197K
average per filer

Issue code: RRR · 176 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$34.7M
Organizations
176

Railroads filing shape

176 organizations filed on Railroads (RRR) in 2023-2024, a mid-sized filer cohort among tracked LDA issue codes.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads this issue's filer table with $142.2M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 176 filers on Railroads provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $41.9M
#3 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION $23.9M
#4 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS $20.1M
#5 CONOCOPHILLIPS $17.6M
#6 SHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY) $14.1M
#7 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION $11.4M
#8 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS $10.8M
#9 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE $10.4M
#10 SIEMENS CORPORATION $8.7M
#11 CATERPILLAR INC. $8.0M
#12 UNION PACIFIC CORP. $7.1M
#13 BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY $6.9M
#14 EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY $6.5M
#15 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION $6.0M
#16 LAND O'LAKES, INC. $6.0M
#17 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS $5.8M
#18 MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC $5.4M
#19 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $5.0M
#20 AFL-CIO $4.9M
#21 CSX CORPORATION $4.7M
#22 RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION $3.4M
#23 TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO $3.0M
#24 INT'L ASS'N OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSP WORKERS TRANSP DIV $2.9M
#25 THE MOSAIC COMPANY $2.8M
#26 AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED $2.8M
#27 CEMEX INC $2.7M
#28 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS $2.7M
#29 THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY $2.6M
#30 AECOM $2.5M
#31 CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY $2.4M
#32 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION $2.4M
#33 PPG INDUSTRIES INC. $2.3M
#34 DUCTILE IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION $2.2M
#35 BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN $2.0M
#36 OMNITRAX, INC. $1.9M
#37 NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION $1.8M
#38 PBF HOLDING COMPANY LLC $1.6M
#39 GENESEE & WYOMING INC. $1.6M
#40 TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO $1.6M
#41 SYENSQO USA LLC $1.6M
#42 ARKEMA INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES (FKA ARKEMA INC.) $1.6M
#43 GARMIN INTERNATIONAL $1.6M
#44 PET FOOD INSTITUTE $1.5M
#45 KOPPERS, INC. $1.4M
#46 AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION $1.3M
#47 SYLVAMO NORTH AMERICA LLC $1.2M
#48 SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY $1.2M
#49 PUERTO VERDE HOLDINGS, LLC $1.2M
#50 GREEN PLAINS INC. $1.2M

Registrant concentration on Railroads

Top organizations filing on Railroads, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MAMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL$41.9MOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORA…$23.9MNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANU…$20.1MCONOCOPHILLIPS$17.6MSHELL USA, INC. (FKA SHELL O…$14.1MEXXON MOBIL CORPORATION$11.4MASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAIL…$10.8M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Railroads · official public datasets

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 RRR; covers 176 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Railroads?
$34.7M was reported on Railroads (RRR) by 176 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Railroads lobbying?
Top filers on Railroads include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code RRR.
How many organizations lobby on Railroads?
176 organizations filed on Railroads during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.