ARTBA for ARTBA

Government Issues GOV

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

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

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

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 urged members of the Senate to support the House amendment to S. 3012, the "America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018," providing investment for the U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers' civil works projects.

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

Bills named: S. 3012 (115th)

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

ARTBA met with Department of Transportation officials to alert them to a petition ARTBA filed with the Federal Highway Administration requesting the withdrawal of 23 CFR 635.411, the "patented and proprietary products rule." The rule prohibits state contracting agencies from using federal funds to acquire patented or proprietary materials, products, or services, except under certain limited circumstances. ARTBA met with House and Senate staff to discuss repeal of CFR 635.411. ARTBA also met with Senate staff to discuss CFR 635.411 in the context of the "Innovative Materials for Americas Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2018

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

Trucking/Shipping TRU

ARTBA staff met with House and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration staff to discuss legislative reforms to the federal Hours of Service regulations. ARTBA maintains that transportation construction professionals should be exempt from the Hours of Service rules.

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

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 completion of the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Act in the House and Senate.

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

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) jurisdictional authority under the Clean Water Act to include all U.S. water bodies. Expressed support for President Trump's Executive Order directing the withdrawal of the 2015 "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. ARTBA signed on to a coalition letter urging the Great Lakes & Ohio River Division and Huntington District of the Corps to reconsider their recently enacted Stream and Wtland Valuation Metric.

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