Dear Senators: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) represents an opportunity to provide meaningful economic and quality of life enhancements to communities across the country and to build for the future. The investments made in the Senate package would facilitate long-overdue repairs and improvements to our roads, bridges, rail, and public transportation systems, as well as investing in airports, ports, broadband, and water systems. The undersigned organizations encourage all senators to support the legislation. The bipartisan IIJA would have far-reaching benefits. The investments would create new jobs through project construction in the short term, and provide improved safety, mobility, and quality of life for decades to come. Taken together, the range of improved outcomes for all residents and businesses would help ensure a sound recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. By including a five-year reauthorization of federal highway, public transportation, and passenger rail programs, the agreement would also ensure states and localities have much- needed funding and policy certainty to proceed with planned projects. These programs are currently operating under an extension set to expire Sept. 30, underscoring the need for prompt Senate action. We are grateful for this generational investment in transportation infrastructure and ask for your support on all procedural votes and final passage of the IIJA when it reaches the Senate floor. Sincerely, American Road & Transportation Builders Association American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials U.S. Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Retailers AssociationAirports Council International--North AmericaAmerican Apparel &Footwear AssociationAmerican Concrete Pavement AssociationAmerican Concrete PipeAssociationAmerican Concrete Pumping Association
American Council for Capital FormationAmerican Council of Engineering CompaniesAmerican Foundry SocietyAmerican Highway Users AllianceAmerican Institute of Steel ConstructionAmerican Iron and SteelInstituteAmerican Public Transportation AssociationAmerican Public WorksAssociationAmerican Rental AssociationAmerican Securities AssociationAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Concrete ContractorsAmerican Society of Landscape ArchitectsAmerican Subcontractors AssociationAmerican Traffic SafetyServices AssociationAmerican Trucking Associations AssociatedEquipment DistributorsAssociated GeneralContractors of AmericaAssociated Wire RopeFabricatorsAssociation for the Improvement of American InfrastructureAssociation of American RailroadsAssociation of Equipment ManufacturersAuto Care AssociationBuilding America's FutureCoalition for America’s Gateways & TradeCorridorsCommunity Transportation Association of AmericaConstruction &Demolition Recycling AssociationCorn Refiners AssociationDesign-Build Institute of AmericaFP2, formerly the Foundation for Pavement PreservationIndependent Lubricant Manufacturers AssociationIndustrial Minerals Association – North AmericaInstitute of Makers of ExplosivesInstitute of Transportation EngineersInternational Society of Explosive EngineersInternational Union of Operating EngineersLaborers International Union of North AmericaMotor & Equipment Manufacturers AssociationNational Asphalt Pavement AssociationNational Association of County EngineersNational Association of Home BuildersNational Association of Remodeling IndustryNational Association of Surety BondProducers
National Association of Trailer Manufacturers
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
National Electrical Contractors Association
National Independent Automobile Dealers Association
National Lime Association
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
National Retail Federation
National Society of Professional Surveyors
National Steel BridgeAlliance
National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
National Waste &Recycling Association
North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
Portland Cement Association
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Railway Supply Institute
Retail Industry LeadersAssociation
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association
Specialized Carriers &Rigging Association
State Business Executives
Steel Manufacturers Association
Subsurface Utility Engineering Association
The Surety &Fidelity Association of America
Tire Industry Association
Transport Workers Union of America
Transportation Intermediaries Association
Travel Goods Association
U.S. Geospatial Executives Organization
U.S. Travel Association
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
United Motorcoach Association
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