RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$1.5M

Filings

112

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	—	6	3
2025	—	14	4
2024	—	9	2
2023	—	4	1
2022	—	4	1
2021	—	5	1
2020	$153,561	4	1
2019	$99,543	4	1
2018	$89,333	4	1
2017	$93,796	4	1
2016	$111,901	4	1
2015	$147,722	4	1
2014	$59,910	3	1
2013	$53,825	4	1
2012	$76,858	5	1
2011	$53,154	4	1
2010	$49,645	4	1
2009	$91,992	6	1
2008	$42,282	4	1
2007	$40,000	2	1
2006	$40,000	2	1
2005	$40,000	2	1
2004	$60,000	2	1
2003	$120,000	3	1
2002	$40,000	1	1
2001	$20,000	2	1
2000	$20,000	1	1
1999	$20,000	1	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY	$1,523,522	93
O'KEEFFE SHAHMORADI STRATEGIES, LLC	—	7
BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ	—	8
DB3, LLC (FKA THE DASCHLE GROUP)	—	4

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	108
SENATE	108
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	88
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	84
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)	54
Natl Park Service (NPS)	51
Surface Transportation Board (STB)	50
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	26
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)	10
Federal Railroad Administration	3
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)	2
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	2
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)	1
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)	1
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	1
President of the U.S.	1
U.S. Forest Service	1
U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Transportation	Transportation	97
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	84
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	23
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1

Source: Senate LDA

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