3rd Quarter - Report

WARD AND SMITH, P.A. for NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY

Period 3rd Quarter 2025 Filed Oct 16, 2025 Signed by James W. Norment

Official filing
Firm
WARD AND SMITH, P.A.
Client
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Transportation policy that impacts railroads, including federal railroad grants; Department of Defense railroad use related to North Carolina military installations; H.R.2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, all provisions related to military installations in North Carolina

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN G BROOKS —
JAMES W NORMENT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2670 (119th)

Defense DEF

Transportation policy that impacts railroads, including federal railroad grants; Department of Defense railroad use related to North Carolina military installations; H.R.2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, all provisions related to military installations in North Carolina

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN G BROOKS —
JAMES W NORMENT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 2670 (119th)

Railroads RRR

Transportation policy that impacts railroads, including federal railroad grants; Department of Defense railroad use related to North Carolina military installations; H.R.2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, all provisions related to military installations in North Carolina

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN G BROOKS —
JAMES W NORMENT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 2670 (119th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.