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Money / PACs

BNSF Railway Company

BNSF Railway Company Railpac (BNSF RAILPAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00235739

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$661K
Company lobbying, all issues $5.9M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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BNSF Railway Company reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 7 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
Railroads 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice7 of 87/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Defense5 of 85/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 118 bills, this period

113 more, 54 named in only one filing · Show all 118

From the filings

“General issues related to transportation. STOP CARB Act (H.R.2218 / S.1072) LOCOMOTIVES Act (H.R.3194 / S.1779) Railway Safety Act of 2026”
Q3 2026 filing · Transportation
“Issues related to proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger (no specific legislation).”
Q3 2026 filing · Railroads

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Council on Environmental QualityCEQ
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • TransportationDOT
  • White House Office
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 7 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by BNSF Railway Company, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 165 sitting members of Congress and 7 other candidates in 2025–26.

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