RailAmerica Inc

Child Organization: Florida East Coast Railway

RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

Information

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  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
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Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's September 30, 2012 filing.
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  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $33,940
    Total Spent:
    $133,848
    Cash on Hand:
    $-196
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers through June 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Recipients

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  • Republicans vs. Democrats

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  • State vs. Federal

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  • Top PAC Recipients

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View all campaign finance data for RailAmerica Inc Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$330,000 Spent
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covers through Q2, 2012

Lobbying On Behalf of RailAmerica Inc

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell $330,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Railroads,
    • Taxes
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.721 Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011
    S.672 Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2011
    H.R.1473 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    S.112 A bill to authorize the application of State law with respect to vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate Highway System in the States of Maine and Vermont.
    H.R.304 To amend the limitation on liability for certain passenger rail accidents or incidents under section 28103 of title 49, United States Code, and for other purposes.
    H.R.763 Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2011
    H.R.801 Truck Weight Uniformity Act of 2011
    S.49 Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2011
    S.301 A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to make technical and minor modifications to the positive train control requirements under chapter 201.
    S.747 Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2011
View all lobbying data for RailAmerica Inc Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

2 Mentions
Information

All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "RailAmerica Inc" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 1 STB Acquisition and Operation Exemptions: Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC and Conecuh Valley Railroad Co., Inc. 2011
    • Toggle 1 STB Continuance in Control Exemptions: RailAmerica, Inc., et al. 2011