ARTBA for ARTBA

Roads/Highway ROD

Highway Trust Fund solvency (no legislation introduced to date). Urged Congress and the Administration to enact proposals that would generate revenue for the Highway Trust Fund to support investment commitments made in the 2005 federal highway and transit reauthorization bill, SAFETEA-LU. Testified before House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the subject.

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

Transportation TRA

Urged Congress and the Administration to ensure the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (no legislation introduced). Supported passage of H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act. Lobbied for increased airport infrastructure investment in the reauthorizatin of the federal aviation programs, S. 1300 and H.R. 2881. Supported S.775 to creat a national infrastructure commission.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1495 (110th), S. 775 (110th), S. 1300 (110th), H.R. 2881 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Supported H.R. 1023 and S. 777 to repeal a new requirment that all levels of government withhold three percent of payments to contractors for goods and services. Urged House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committees to generate new revenues for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to support aviation investment levels proposed in H.R. 2881 and S. 1300.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2881 (110th), S. 1300 (110th), S. 777 (110th), H.R. 1023 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

* H.J. Res. 20, the FY 2007 joint funding resolution. Urged Congress and the Administration to fully-fund the federal highway, transit and aviation programs, as opposed to continuing funding at the FY 2006 level. H.R. 3074 and S. 1789, the FY 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. Urged Congress to fully fund the federal highway and transit programs at authorized levels and increase Airport Improvement Program investment.

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 20 (110th), H.R. 3074 (110th), S. 1789 (110th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 2881 and S. 1300, legislation to reauthorize the federal aviation programs. Lobbied for increased airport infrastructure investment through raising the passenger facility charge and increased funding for the Airport Improvement Program.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2881 (110th), S. 1300 (110th)

Immigration IMM

S. 1348, the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007. Supported comprehensive immigration reform and opposed efforts to debar contractors for inadvertant paperwork violations.

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

Bills named: S. 1348 (110th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 2421, the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2007. Urged opposition to expanding the Army Corps of Engineers authority to regulate U.S. wetlands. Urged opposition to EPA proposal to tighten federal air quality standard for ozone.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2421 (110th)