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Government Issues GOV

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

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

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

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 urged Congress to make reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program a central part of COVID-19 recovery efforts. 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. ARTBA urged the Trump administration to issue guidance to clarify essential infrastructure and essential businesses and services. Specifically, ARTBA encouraged the federal government to recommend exemptions for essential infrastructure that allows individuals to leave their residence to provide any services or perform any work necessary to the operations and maintenance of essential infrastructure, including, but not limited to, public works construction, airport operations, roads and highways, and public transportation

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

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

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

ARTBA discussed the issue of how best to ensure patented and proprietary products are allowed to compete in the marketplace in light of the repeal of 23 CFR 635.411, the patented and proprietary products rule" with administration officials as well as House and Senate staff.

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

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

ARTBA supported the Council on Environmental Quality's efforts to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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

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 urged Congress to authorize an additional $10 billion in Airport Improvement Grants (AIP) in light of COVID-19 to help continue airport capital projects and programs that are currently underway, including facility projects that are mission critical to the operation of the airport.

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

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 OSHA to clarify requirements concerning workplace reporting of COVID-19. ARTBA expressed concern over the impact of expanded sick leave and Family Medical Leave Act provisions in H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on small and disadvantaged businesses.

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

Bills named: H.R. 6201 (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 concern about the impact of the "Safe, Affordable, Fuel-Efficient" Vehicles Rule on the ability of states to meet federal goals under the Clean Air Act's transportation conformity program.

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