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Parallel Systems

Parallel Systems Inc PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00945071

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$2K
Company lobbying, all issues $330K

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. In 5 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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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Parallel Systems reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Railroads1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 9 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Autonomous rail and goods movement.”
Q3 2026 filing · Transportation, Railroads
“Surface reauthorization legislation”
Q2 2026 filing · Transportation

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Office of the Vice President of the United States
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • TransportationDOT

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Parallel Systems, 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 1 sitting member of Congress in 2025–26.

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