4th Quarter - Report — ARTBA for ARTBA (2014)

Firm

ARTBA

Client

ARTBA

Income

—

Expenses

$130,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

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

Transportation TRA

Urged members of the House and Senate to fully fund theWater Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Urged members of the House and Senate to reinstate 50 percent bonus depreciation and increase Section 179 expensing for capital expenditures as part of an overall tax reform package.

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; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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

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

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisidional authority under the Clean Water Act. Urged passage of language in H.R. 4293 and H.R. 5171 placing a hold on efforts of the agencies to move forward with regulations expanding Clean Water Act jurisdiction.

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 4293 (113th), H.R. 5171 (113th)

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.