4th Quarter - Report — ARTBA for ARTBA (2013)

Firm

ARTBA

Client

ARTBA

Income

—

Expenses

$115,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Urged appropriators to provide the full amount for federal transportation programs authorized in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Personal Staff, Sen. Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Rep. Judy Biggert
T PETER RUANE	Deputy Director, OEA, Office of Sec. of Defense

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

ARTBA staff and members met with senior officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation to discuss implementation of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. The group discussed several larger DBE program issues including legal and regulatory limitations on prime contarctors' abilities to help grow DBE capacity, as well as the disparity between the pool of certified DBE firms and those actually able to participate as subcontractors on federal-aid highway projects.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RICHARD JULIANO	White House Liaison, U.S. DOT

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

ARTBA urged support for S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 and H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Representative Judy Biggert

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), H.R. 3080 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

ARTBA staff have met with congressional offices to urge inclusion of a long-term Highway Trust Fund revenue solution in any tax reform or deficit reduction package in 2013.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Personal Staff, Sen. Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Rep. Judy Biggert

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Urged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials not to regulate coal ash as a "hazardous" waste, which could make concrete more costly and less durable, thus increasing costs and the environmental impact of vital transportation improvement projects.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICK GOLDSTEIN	Intern, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Urged members of Congress to clarify the definition of "asbestos" in proposed legislation seeking to ban all asbestos materials.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Rep. Judy Biggert
NICK GOLDSTEIN	Intern, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisidional authority under the Clean Water Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Personal Staff, Senator Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Representative Judy Biggert
NICK GOLDSTEIN	Intern, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

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.