ARTBA lobbying for ARTBA

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 18, 2025

Expenses

$105,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Conviction disclosures 1

A registrant must disclose criminal convictions of the lobbyists it lists, under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. This is the filer's own wording.

RICHARD JULIANO 2006

U.S. District Court (ND IL), 18 U.S.C. 1341 (1 count)

Government bodies contacted 12

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 7

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Supported U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) new guidance on implementing Waters of the United States rule. Met with OMB to oppose FHWA's proposed greenhouse gas performance measure.

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Urged proper implementation of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) programs. 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 subscontractors on federal-aid projects.

Transportation

Support for reauthorization of highway and public transportation programs due in 2026. ARTBA reiterated priorities for proper implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including but not limited to Buy America provisions.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Urged OSHA develop of a new heat proposal that addresses varying conditions.

Environment/Superfund

Supported NEPA reforms to streamline federal permitting process. Support for PERMIT Act of 2025. Support for Interactive Federal Review Act. Army Corps Nationwide Permits Reissuance

Budget/Appropriations

Supported completion of FY 2025 transportation appropriations legislation that fully funds surface transportation programs at levels authorized in the IIJA. Supported full funding of surface transportation programs in FY 2026 appropriations.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Support for Highway Trust Fund solvency measures, including S. 536 the Fair SHARE Act, which would impose a fee on electric vehicles and the electric vehicle fee included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Support for business tax measures including bonus depreciation, R&D expensing, and accelerated depreciation for factories.

Bills named in this filing 1

S. 536
Fair SHARE Act of 2025