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SUZANNE ROHDE
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION · WASHINGTON, DC · registered since 2024
Registered · LDAActive
At a glance
Registered since
2024
Senate LDA system
Clients
1
last 3 years
Filings
5
20 agencies contacted
Activity
filings by quarter
Works on
Background
Government experience
Counsel
U.S. House of Reps, T&I Committee; Assistant Administrator, RSPA/USDOT; Policy Assistant, USDOT; Chief Counsel, FMCSA/USDOT; Special Assistant, NTSB
Disclosed on LD-2 filings
Career
AB
Specific issues
Diesel Engine Replacement program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency; engine emissions and standards regulatory actions pertaining to heavy-duty vehicles; programs related to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act affecting commercial vehicles and/or operations; rule-makings concerning NOx and GHG Phase 3, and related activities with the California Air Resources Board.
Legislation concerning commercial motor vehicles, including HR 471, HR 3013, and bills related to emissions, CDLs, and climate change/e-vehicles. Matters related to highway planning, rural bus transportation, 5311 program and congestion pricing, and FY 2025 appropriations, and preparation for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
Monitoring federal fuel tax provisions, in the context of financing federal transportation programs; regulations proposed by the U.S. Treasury related to transportation and small businesses, including implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act; legislation on CDL tax credits (H.R. 471 et al); legislation on tax relief for Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services grants (HR 3510/S. 1944); legislation addressing bonus depreciation, business interest deduction, and gifts and estate tax.
Monitoring legislative activity regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act, in relation to exemption language, and overtime salary thresholds; tracking DOL regulatory matters related to overtime pay, report filing; the NLRB's new regulations on joint employer status and union elections. Monitor and engagement on OSHA proposed heat standard.
Monitoring legislative activity, generally, for matters that affect small business entities; tracking Dept. of Labor regulations addressing overtime pay thresholds and heat standards; Dept. of Treasury's FinCEN Corporate Transparency Act regulation on beneficial ownership reporting.
Monitoring policy and grant programs administered jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Energy, related to electric vehicles and infrastructure; implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in connection with highway programs that impact commercial motor vehicles operations; monitoring the New York City congestion pricing initiative under the FHWA Value Pricing Pilot program; monitoring the establishment federal system funding alternative advisory board; engaging in response to the FHWA regulation concerning GHG emissions performance measures.