ARTBA for ARTBA

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

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 pledged support for the H.R. 1508 The Move America/Rebuild America Act of 2019. ARTBA met with House and Senate staff to discuss priorities for reauthorization of the surface transportation program.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1508 (116th)

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

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. ARTBA sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao March 1 expressing support for the repeal of 23 CFR 635.411.

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

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

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 support for the FY 2019 appropriations package considered in the Senate, with a particular focus on the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill. ARTBA expressed support for a measure aimed at stabilizing the Highway Trust Fund in the Senate budget proposal.

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

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

Government Issues GOV

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

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

ARTBA urged President Trump to overturn Executive Order 13502 requiring project labor agreements on federal-aid construction projects. ARTBA urged support for H.R. 1508, the Fair and Open Competition Act, which would prohibit the use of mandatory project labor agreements.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1508 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Urged opposition to expanding the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional authority under the Clean Water Act to include all U.S. water bodies. ARTBA urged support for H.R. 1497, the Water QUality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1497 (116th)