(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 19.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Corp. spent $3.2 million in 2007 to lobby on legislation related to rail security, renewable energy and investments.
The railroad operator spent $1.6 million in the second half of 2007 to lobby the House of Representatives and Senate on several appropriations bills, according to a disclosure form posted online Thursday by the Senate’s public records office.
Among other issues, CSX lobbied on bills designed to establish a federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain utilities, to exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board and to create incentives for investments to expand freight rail infrastructure capacity.
The company also lobbied on homeland security legislation, including a bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a national strategy for rail security.
In addition, the company lobbied Congress and the Department of Transportation on legislation that would require hedge fund advisers to register with securities regulators.
CSX spent $1.6 million in the first six months of 2007 to lobby on many of the same issues.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995.