• Informal coalition organized to address (repeal/replace/"suspend") the 12% Federal Excise Tax on the purchase of new trucks and trailers. H.R. 2381 and S. 1839, the Modern, Clean and Safe Trucks Act of 2019.
• Effort to address (repeal/replace/"suspend") the Federal Excise Tax (FET) on the purchase of new trucks and trailers. H.R. 2381 and S. 1839, the Modern, Clean and Safe Trucks Act of 2019.
• Effort to address (repeal/replace/"suspend") the 12% Federal Excise Tax on the purchase of new trucks and trailers. H.R. 2381 and S. 1839, the Modern, Clean and Safe Trucks Act of 2019.

Duration: March 25, 2019 to present

General Issues: Transportation, Trucking/Shipping, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $80,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office

Affiliated organizations: Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA)