2nd Quarter - Report — ARTBA for ARTBA (2022)

Firm

ARTBA

Client

ARTBA

Income

—

Expenses

$105,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged support for the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and opposed expanding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) jurisdictional authority to include roadside ditches.

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

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Urged proper implementation of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Issues of concern include the legal and regulatory limitations on the abilities of prime contractors to help grow DBE capacity as well as the disparity between the pool of certified DBE firms and those able to participate as subcontractors on federal-aid projects.

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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

ARTBA opposed S. 3609/H.R. 6787, the "Gas Prices Relief Act."

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Personal Staff, Senator Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Representative Judy Biggert
LAUREN SCHAPKER New	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6787 (117th), S. 3609 (117th)

Transportation TRA

ARTBA outlined our priorities for implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). ARTBA offered input to the Office of Management and Budget as it considered guidance relating to the Buy America provisions in the IIJA.

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
LAUREN SCHAPKER New	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; President of the U.S.

Government Issues GOV

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

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

Contacted: Federal Highway Administration (FHA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

ARTBA wrote to both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to discuss ways data may be better correlated to address roadway construction zone fatalities. ATRBA asked U.S. DOT to include transportation construction workers under its definition of "vulnerable road users" for purposes of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Representative Judy Biggert
NICK GOLDSTEIN	Intern, Environmental Protection Agency
RICHARD JULIANO	White House Liaison, U.S. DOT
LAUREN SCHAPKER	—

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Environment/Superfund ENV

ARTBA supported the modernization of the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and opposed the rollback of recent NEPA reforms.

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

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

ARTBA urged Congress to pass the FY 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill. ARTBA supported the passage of S. 3011/H.R. 5735 in the House and as part of a COVID relief package in the Senate. The legislation would provides states and localities the flexibility to use COVID relief funds for infrastructure projects.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Personal Staff, Senator Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Representative Judy Biggert
LAUREN SCHAPKER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3011 (117th), H.R. 5735 (117th)

Conviction disclosures

Disclosed by the filer under the Act's requirement to report certain convictions of its lobbyists.

Lobbyist	Date	Description
RICHARD JULIANO	Oct 10, 2006	U.S. District Court (ND IL), 18 U.S.C. 1341 (1 count)

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.