ARTBA

Lobbying for ARTBA

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$105,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using 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

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

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

S 536
Fair SHARE Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 7

Environment/Superfund

Supported NEPA reforms to streamline federal permitting process.

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 DOL and DOJ to abandon defense of 2024 Overtime Rule. Urged OSHA develop of a new heat proposal that addresses varying conditions.

Budget/Appropriations

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

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.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.