Kansas City Southern

Parent Organization: Kansas City Southern Railway
Child Organization: Kansas City Southern Railway

The Kansas City Southern Railway (reporting mark KCS) (NYSE: KSU), owned by Kansas City Southern Industries, is the smallest and second-oldest Class I railroad company still in operation.[citation needed] KCS was founded in 1887 and is currently operating in a region consisting of ten central U.S. states. KCS also owns and indirectly operates Kansas City Southern de México (KCS) in the central and northeastern states of México, and is the only Class I Railroad to own any track both inside and outside of Mexico's boundaries. Ferromex is the only other Class I operating in Mexico, and including all trackage owned by wholly owned subsidiaries, KCS owns a total of approximately 6000 route miles of track.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

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Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's May 31, 2012 filing.
  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $71,553
    Total Spent:
    $44,923
    Cash on Hand:
    $34,876
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers through 2011. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.
  • Top Recipients

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  • State vs. Federal

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View all campaign finance data for Kansas City Southern Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$135,000 Spent
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For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of Kansas City Southern

View all lobbying data for Kansas City Southern Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

8 Mentions
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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 "Kansas City Southern" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 1 STB Release of Waybill Data 2011
    • Toggle 1 USCG Neches River, Mile 19.5, Beaumont, TX 2011
    • Toggle 1 FMCSA Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions 2011
    • Toggle 1 USCG A Temporary Deviation to Allow the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 270.6, ILW to Be Maintained in the Closed-to-Navigation Position for the Removal of the Existing Lift Span and Installation of the Replacement Lift Span for Eighty Four Hours Starting 7:00 a.m. on or About June 2, 2011 2011
    • Toggle 1 STB 2010 Tax Information for Use in the Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method 2011
    • Toggle 1 MARAD Invitation for Public Comments on a Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for the Vessel JUBILEE 2011
    • Toggle 1 PHMSA Association of American Railroads - Petition 2011
    • Toggle 1 USCG Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments, 33 CFR 2011

Advisory Committees

4 people on 3 committees
Information

Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Kansas City Southern" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Surface Transportation Board 3 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Transportation 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Kansas City Southern