ARTBA for ARTBA

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.

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

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

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; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); President of the U.S.; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); 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 met with House and Senate staff to discuss priorities for reauthorization of the surface transportation program. ARTBA, through both individual and coalition letters, supported the "America's Transportation Infrastructure Act" in the Senate.

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

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. ARTBA urged Congress to consider raising the federal gas tax. ARTBA urged Congress to lift the $15 billion cap on Private Activity Bonds (PABs) for highway construction projects. ARTBA urged congressional leaders to support a repeal of the 12% federal excise tax on the purchase of heavy duty trucks and trailers.

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

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 Congress to repeal the recission of $7.6 billion in Federal highway contract authority scheduled for July of 2020 as part of any budget agreement. ARTBA supported language in Section 192 of the House Transuportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill for FY2020 preventing the Admiistration from re-allocating funds dedicated to the California high-speed rail program.

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

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.

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

Government Issues GOV

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

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

ARTBA urged President Trump to overturn Executive Order 13502 requiring project labor agreements on federal-aid construction projects. ARTBA expressed concerns with H.R. 3668, the "Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019."

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

Bills named: H.R. 3668 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional authority under the Clean Water Act to include all U.S. water bodies. ARTBA urged EPA and Congress to make fundamental changes to the Clean Air Act's transportation conformity program.

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