FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00280743 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$182.6K raised, $138.7K spent, $146K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
71% from donors giving over $200 · 22% from PACs and other committees · largest donor Norfolk Southern Corp. Good Government Fund, $10K. See who funds it
Association of American Railroads lobbied on 8 issues. See lobbying
Audits and penalties
4 administrative fines, published by the FEC
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$88.7K to 66 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $88,689
Republican 61%
Democratic 24%
Other or unresolved 15%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
39
$54,500
$0
$54,500
61%
Democratic
16
$21,000
$0
$21,000
24%
Other or unresolved
11
$13,189
$0
$13,189
15%
Shown support
66
$88,689
$0
$88,689
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$138,689 in 125 payments
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
16
$21K · 15%
Republican candidates
39
$54.5K · 39%
Other or unresolved candidates
12
$15.2K · 11%
Other PACs and committees
31
$49K · 35%
All recipients
98
$139.7K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
Missouri
4
$8.7K
Florida
6
$8K
California
6
$7K
North Carolina
5
$7K
Arkansas
3
$5K
Washington
1
$4K
Kansas
3
$4K
Ohio
3
$4K
The largest 8 of 34 states.
Recipients 98
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Rick Larsen2 receipts, latest Aug 2, 2026Citizens to Elect Rick Larsen · H0WA02080$4K
Samuel B. Graves Jr.3 receipts, latest May 13, 2026Graves for Congress · H0MO06073$3.2K
Vince Fong2 receipts, latest Jun 2, 2026Vince Fong for Congress · H4CA20181$2K
Eric Burlison2 receipts, latest Aug 2, 2026Eric Burlison for Congress · H2MO07143$2K
Mike Quigley2 receipts, latest Aug 2, 2026Quigley for Congress · H0IL05096$2K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
$40K from 4 committees, counting every itemized receipt this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
Committees this one funds
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $182,603 reported receipts
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$128,93571%
Largest donors
Ian Jefferies17 contributions, latest Apr 22, 2026 · PRESIDENT & CEO · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$9,993
Adrian Arnakis43 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · SR VP GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$8,530
Paul Hedrick42 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · SR VP FINANCE & ADMIN · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$7,462
Kari Brosseau42 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · TTCI - PRESIDENT · TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER, INC. · PUEBLO, CO$6,090
John Miller42 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL AND GOVER · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$5,358
Theodore Greener41 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$5,205
William Thompson42 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · CHIEF ENGINEER CREATE PRG · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$4,923
Edgar West23 contributions, latest May 20, 2026 · PRESIDENT · RAILINC CORP · CARY, NC$4,104
Qiong Smemoe31 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · VP IT CIO · RAILINC CORP · CARY, NC$3,757
Emily Reyer40 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$3,688
Craig Shaffer40 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · AVP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY · ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS · WASHINGTON, DC$3,688
Cathelene Thomas40 contributions, latest Oct 7, 2026 · VP CHIEF OF STAFF · RAILINC CORP · CARY, NC$3,663
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,366 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $122.7K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$40,00022%
The 4 largest committees by total given are listed. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total this committee reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$13,6687.5%
Total reported receipts $182,603
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $122,680 placed by state
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under $3.4K
$3.4K+
$13.5K+
$30.4K+
$54K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
District of Columbia843 contributions · 69%
$84,401
North Carolina286 contributions · 18%
$22,625
Colorado237 contributions · 13%
$15,654
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Association Of American Railroads843 contributions · 69% of ranked
$84,401
Transportation Technology Center INC237 contributions · 13% of ranked
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $138,689 reported
Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$138,689100%
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
What the payments were for $138,689 itemized
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$138,689100%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$138,689
Paid to
Keep America Moving Committee$10,000
Citizens to Elect Rick Larsen$4,000
Graves for Congress$3,000
Ted Cruz Victory Committee$2,000
Thune Victory Committee$2,000
Alabama First PAC$2,000
Total itemized disbursements $138,689
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 125 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
$138.7K spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $49.5K, Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2025.
$138.7K
Jan 2025Oct 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Oct 26, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What Association of American Railroads lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Association of American Railroads pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$4.3M
Quarterly reports read
21
Bills it named
25
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Transportationin 15 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
H.R. 3055- TRANSPORT Job Act - bill in its entirety;
Issues related to Executive Branch Nominations;
Issues related to FRA regulatory modernization;
Issues related to Truck Size and Weight;
Issues related to Innovation in Transportation;
Issues related to Surface Transportation Reauthorization;
Issues related to Permitting reform;
H.R.2853- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act - bill in its entirety;
S.1404- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act - bill in its entirety.
Build America 250 Act bill in its entirety;
Issues related to Nominations to the National Transportation Surface Board;
Issues related to Nominations to the U.S. Department of Transportation;
Issues related to Nominations to the Surface Transportation Board;
Stop, Look, and Listen Act bill in its entirety.
Issues related to Nominations to the National Transportation Board;
H.R. 8870 - BUILD America 250 Act;
Stop, Look, and Listen Act bill in it's entirty.
Issues related to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (PL 117-58); Issues related to the implementation of the CHIPS Act (PL 117-167).
Homeland Securityin 3 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 reauthorization;
Issues related to National Domestic Preparedness Consortium;
Issues related to TSA Reauthorization;
S. 1404 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety;
H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety.
S.4395 - Terrison Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 bill in its entirety; H.R.7128 - TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 bill in its entirety.
S.4395- Terrison Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026- bill in it's entirety; H.R.7128- TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 bill in its entirety.
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justicein 2 report entries · 3 bills named
In its own words
H.R.7622 - Rail Safety Enhancement Act of 2026 - bill in its entirety;
S.1404 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety;
H.R.2853 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety;
Issues related to the Controlled Substances Act.
Issues related to the Controlled Substances Act; S. 1404, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety; H.R. 2853, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act bill in its entirety.
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $17.2K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Rep. Sam Graves$2.2K
Moran Victory Committee$1K
Re. Dave Taylor$1K
Rep. Addison McDowell$1K
Rep. Brad Knott$1K
Rep. David Rouzer$1K
Rep. Kevin Kiley$1K
Rep. Mike Kennedy$1K
Rep. Rick Crawford$1K
Rep. Shomari Figures$1K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS”, found by searching “ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RAILPAC)
Filings covered
Through Oct 14, 2026
Data source
FEC bulk filing data
Association of American Railroads PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Pages quoted 0 pages
No pages quoted
Nothing from this committee’s or its sponsor’s site is quoted yet.
Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
RLRick LarsenDemocratic · U.S. House · WA-02 · via Citizens To Elect Rick Larsen2 payments, latest Aug 2, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION · FEC filing, Aug 2, 2026$4K
$139.7K across 99 recipient committees, or 101% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown.
These edges sum past the total disbursements this committee reports for the cycle, which means some rows are amended filings restating earlier activity. Treat the ranking as sound and the total as unreconciled.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
$15,654
Railinc Corp201 contributions · 13% of ranked
$15,606
RAI85 contributions · 5.7% of ranked
$7,019
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($13,668) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
President & CEO17 contributions · 8.1% of ranked
$9,993
SR VP Government Affairs43 contributions · 7% of ranked
$8,530
SR VP Finance & Admin42 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$7,462
Ttci - President42 contributions · 5% of ranked
$6,090
President34 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$6,034
Associate General Counsel And Gover42 contributions · 4.4% of ranked
$5,358
Chief Engineer Create PRG42 contributions · 4% of ranked
$4,923
Executive Director Public Affairs31 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$4,115
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($13,668) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Issues related to crew staffing;
Issues related to grant funding;
Issues related to RRB Administration;
Issues related to the Railway Labor Act.
H.R.7622 - Rail Safety Enhancement Act of 2026 - bill in its entirety;
H.R.7488 - Secure Tracks Act- bill in its entirety;
Build America 250 Act bill in its entirety; 2026 Rail Safety Week Resolution in its entirety;
Issues related to grant funding and CREATE.
Issues related to preserving economic balance regarding regulation of the railroad industry;
Issues related to two-man crew sites;
Issues related to infrastructure and transportation;
Issues related to safety requirements for rail carriers and trains transporting hazardous materials;
Issues related to H.R. 2853/S. 1404 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025.
Issues related to H.R. 2853/S. 1404 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act.
General representation involving matters affecting the rail transportation industry.