2nd Quarter - Report — ARTBA for ARTBA (2023)

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.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

ARTBA supported continued funding of the IIJA.

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; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Urged increased support for Airport Improvement Program funds in federal aviation reauthorization legislation. Supported H.R. 3935, Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID BAUER	Professional Staff, Sen. Mark Hatfield
DEAN FRANKS	Legislative Aide, Office of Judy Biggert
LAUREN SCHAPKER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 3935 (118th)

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	—
LAUREN SCHAPKER	—

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

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

Transportation TRA

ARTBA offered input to the Office of Management and Budget as it considered guidance relating to the Buy America provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). ARTBA continued to reiterate priorities for implementation of the IIJA. ARTBA discussed supply chain issues as they pertain to the delivery of transportation projects and potential legislative solutions.

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: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Opposed mandatory the use of project labor agreements on direct federal projects valued at $35 million or more.

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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

ARTBA supported the modernization of the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and opposed the rollback of recent NEPA reforms. ARTBA supported H.R. 1577, the "Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act of 2023. ARTBA supported project delivery improvements to NEPA proposed in the Fiscal Responsiblity Act. ARTBA Supported H.R. 1, the "Lower Energy Costs" Act.

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 1 (118th), H.R. 1577 (118th)

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.