Issues lobbied + lobbyists
CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R. 346/S. 996 (Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act) H.R. 2165 (Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act) Guidance regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Phase 3 (GHG3) final rule and the Clean Trucks Plans 2022 Heavy-Duty Nitrous Oxide (NOx) EPAs rescinding the Obama endangerment finding that recategorized greenhouse gases as posing a threat to public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Independent contracting in trucking H.R. 20/S. 852 (Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TRA — Transportation
H.R. 1659 (Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act) H.R. 880/S. 337 (Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act) H.R. 2819/S. 1696 (Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act) H.R. 2853/S. 1404 (Combating Organized Retail Crime Act) freight fraud provisions Highway Trust Fund fuel tax, vehicle miles traveled Rescinding FMCSAs speed limiter mandate on all heavy-duty commercial motor vehicles (FMCSA-2022-0004-0001) Rescinding FMCSAs automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems mandate Automatic Emergency Braking Test Devices: Heavy Vehicle Automatic Emergency Braking (Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0171) Mitigation of Final Rule, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs (Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0093-0420) provisions related to specimen collectors USDOT Office of Inspector General freight fraud enforcement, National Consumer Complaint Database (OMB Control Number: 2126-0067) reforms USDOT advisory committees proportion of representatives from small motor carriers Commercial motor carrier regulatory policy issues, including Compliance Safety Accountability program/DataQ Waiver for noncompliant states with National Registry II Implementation with moving from paper to electronic medical certificates Eligibility standards for nondomiciled commercial learners permits and commercial drivers licenses Provisions of H.R. 7148 (Transportation-HUD FY2026 appropriations) related to English-language proficiency standards of commercial truck drivers; priority infrastructure needs, including truck parking project funding; establishing a nationwide dashboard for shippers and carriers to track real-time supply chain movements; cuts or redirecting Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act funds Nondomiciled holders of Commercial Drivers Licenses, recertification of certain CDL holders Efforts to remove chameleon motor carriers from highways and ensure only legitimate training entities operate commercial drivers license programs H.R. 7539 (Safety and Accountability in Freight Enforcement Act) H.R. 5688 (Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act/Dalilahs Law) S. 3950 (SAFER Transport Act)
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
GOV — Government Issues
Executive Order 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation Executive Order 14286, Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for Americas Truck Drivers
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
SMB — Small Business
H.R. 3244 (Capital Access for Small Businesses Harmonization (CASH) Act)
Lobbyists: mr JAMES R EDWARDS jr (covered position: LD, Rep. Ed Bryant; LA/Press Secretary, Rep. John Duncan; Special Assistant, Senate Judiciary Committee)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA)