NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - PL 117-58 Successor highway reauthorization package and industry priorities to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) PL 117-58 Highway Trust Fund solvency and revenue raisers - vehicle-miles-traveled (VMTs), gross-vehicle-weight and General Fund Transfer - and preparing relevant Congressional testimony Work zone safety and Work Zone Safety Contingency Funds (WZSCF) Expand use of Reclaimed Asphalt Product (RAP) and recycled pavement materials Maintaining formula funding for State DOTs and core highway programs support Support for Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies (AID-PT) Affirm Buy America exemptions for certain construction raw material inputs - aggregates and asphalt binder - and examination of lane striping pigment material inputs Support 80/20 split between highway and transit accounts within the Highway Trust Fund Work on continued implementation of work zone speed cameras and amending HR 5394 Support for The Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act (HR 2992) and work towards a Senate companion bill; The Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act (S 3871) Supporting efforts for a national driver's education program geared work zone safety awareness

Industry priorities within FY25 appropriations H.R. 9028, (P.L. 118-158) - airfield pavement technology program (APTP), reclaimed asphalt pavement, work zone safety and Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies (AID-PT) Work on FY26 Transportation Appropriations package via S. 2465 and HR 4522, for items concerning AID-PT, work zone safety and work zone cameras, APTP, increased RAP deployment and related asphalt industry items Examining the Bridges And Safety Infrastructure for Community Success (BASICS) Act (H.R. 7437) and adverse impact on federal road formula funding programs

PFAS materials in recycled pavement materials and impacts on airfield and road construction H.R.1267 - Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act Superfund liability and CERCLA impacts - PFAS as "hazardous substances" in CERCLA Executive Order 14057 and 14096 EPA's tire rubber rule and crumb rubber in pavements Support for permit streamlining bills, including the SPEED Act (HR 4776) and PERMIT Act (HR 3898)

Heat Illness Prevention Standard rulemaking and implementation at OSHA/DoL EPAs TCE rule and chlorinated solvents impacts on recycled pavement and asphalt labs Support reintroduction of HR 9536 (118th Congress) - amending HR 9356 to include certain work zone safety language Work Zone Safety Contingency Funds (WZSCF) program within IIJA

Potential Budget Reconciliation package in the 119th Congress Tax reforms - Section 199A, "death tax" repeal, R&D tax credits, bonus deprecation, corporate tax rate Tax Cut & Jobs Act (PL 115-97) extensions and tax credits Highway Trust Fund solvency and revenue raisers - vehicle-miles-traveled (VMTs), gross-vehicle-weight and General Fund Transfer Policies pertaining to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Public Law 119-21, including highway trust fund revenue capture, Section 199A reform, "death tax" repeal, R&D tax credits, bonus deprecation, and the corporate tax rate

Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization program - HR 3935 (118th Congress) - PL 118-63 Support for the Airfield Pavement Technology Program (APTP) Recycled airfield pavement materials and PFAS mitigation

Reforms to the EPA's Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Waters of the United States (WOTUS), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program and the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Support of CWA reforms and permit modernization under WOTUS, via HR 3898 - the PERMIT Act

Tariffs and Executive Order 14257 on certain raw material imports, including aggregates and asphalt binder USTR Section 301 Action on Chinas Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance

Freight Restriction 5 Elimination for Safer Hauling Act of 2025 (FRESH Act) - Introduction pending - Allows asphalt and other perishable material truckers to use weight restrictions on state limits on federal routes. Speed limiter mandates on certain trucks providing construction materials Fleet vehicle insurance, logistics and liabilities