ARTBA for ARTBA

Government Issues GOV

ARTBA met with Department of Transportation officials to discuss regulatory reform priorities.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; President of the U.S.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Urged proper implementation of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program. Discussed several larger DBE program issues, including the legal and regulatory limitations on prime contractors 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.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); President of the U.S.; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

ARTBA staff met with members of Congress and Trump Administration officials to discuss myriad federal transportation issues, including the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. ARTBA pledged support for the H.R. 1508 The Move America/Rebuild America Act of 2019. ARTBA met with House and Senate staff to discuss priorities for reauthorization of the surface transportation program.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 1508 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

ARTBA staff met with various congressional offices to urge inclusion of a long-term Highway Trust Fund revenue solution in any legislation with a tax title or as a stand-alone measure.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

ARTBA actively supported the repeal of 23 CFR 635.411, the patented and proprietary products rule" with administration officials as well as House and Senate staff. ARTBA sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao March 1 expressing support for the repeal of 23 CFR 635.411.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); President of the U.S.

Trucking/Shipping TRU

ARTBA expressed support for exempting transportation construction industry workers from federal hours of service regulations to Administration officials and House and Senate staff.

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; President of the U.S.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

ARTBA urged appropriators to provide the full amount for federal transportation programs authorized in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act plus additional supplemental infrastructure investments pursuant to the 2017 two-year budget deal. ARTBA urged appropriators to fully fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers navigation program. ARTBA urged support for the FY 2019 appropriations package considered in the Senate, with a particular focus on the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill. ARTBA expressed support for a measure aimed at stabilizing the Highway Trust Fund in the Senate budget proposal.

Contacted: White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); President of the U.S.; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

ARTBA staff advocated to House and Senate offices for reauthorization of federal aviation programs, an increase in airport infrastructure investment and an increase in the Passenger Facilities Charge cap. ARTBA staff worked with House and Senate offices to ensure any effort to expand the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act to airports as part of the Aviation Program Reauthorization was funded using revenue already ensured to other modes of transportation.

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; President of the U.S.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

ARTBA urged President Trump to overturn Executive Order 13502 requiring project labor agreements on federal-aid construction projects. ARTBA urged support for H.R. 1508, the Fair and Open Competition Act, which would prohibit the use of mandatory project labor agreements.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 1508 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional authority under the Clean Water Act to include all U.S. water bodies. ARTBA urged support for H.R. 1497, the Water QUality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019.

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1497 (116th)