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

Environment/Superfund ENV

ARTBA urged the Council on Environmental Quality to issue updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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

Roads/Highway ROD

ARTBA urged House and Senate Leaders to allow the use of federal funding to implement automated enforcement, if permitted by a state, in work zones.

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

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

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" (ATIA)in the Senate. ARTBA signed a coalition letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to allow floor time for the consideration of ATIA by the full senate.

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

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

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

Government Issues GOV

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

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

ARTBA urged President Trump to overturn Executive Order 13502 requiring project labor agreements on federal-aid construction projects.

Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; 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 Congress to repeal the recission of $7.6 billion in Federal highway contract authority scheduled for July of 2020 as part of any legislative agreement or as a stand-along measure. ARTBA urged the Senate to block a $1.2 billion cut to transit formula funds included in S. 2520, the Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill for FY2020 ARTBA urged the Senate to support the following amendments to S. 2520: Barrasso Amendment 1034 (repeal the aforementioned $7.6 billion in Federal highway contract authority scheduled for July of 2020), Feinstein Amendment 1015 (protecting funding already obligated for California high-speed rail projects from being used for any other purpose), McSally-Jones Amendment 1152 (preventing the aforementioned $1.2 billion cut to transit formula funds), and Crapo Amendment 1104 (allowing the use of federal highway funds on products helping to deter wrong-way intrusions and collisions). ARTBA urged the Senate to oppose the following amendments to S. 2520: Lee Amendments 1165 and 1195 (limiting obligations for highway and transit programs to estimated Highway Trust Fund tax receipts).

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

Bills named: S. 2520 (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. ARTBA expressed support for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program as part of a coalition letter to Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

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