Government Affairs Brief

The annual Coast Guard Foundation’s Tribute to the Coast Guard in our Nation’s Capital was held on June 7, 2022 at the historic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

Once again, the ILTA operating conference and trade show was a great success on many measures.  With nearly 3,600 people being a part of the event, we had over 450 full conference attendees and just shy of 1,600 trade show only guests, ILTA 2022 exceeded our 2021 metrics by about 500 more people. 

EPA published its proposed amendments to regulations of gasoline distribution emissions on June 10 and provided a 90-day comment period. ILTA submitted a request for an extension which the agency has denied.

ILTA is excited to welcome General James N. Mattis USMC (Ret.) to the stage as the closing keynote speaker at our annual event in Houston, TX, June 13-15.

On September 9th, President Biden directed OSHA to issue a new Emergency Temporary Standard that would require many employers to provide paid time for employees to get and recover from getting vaccinated. The implementation of the “soft” vaccine mandates, i.e., requires their employees to either be fully vaccinated or get weekly COVID-19 testing, as well as issuing new Executive Orders requiring federal contractors to implement “hard” vaccine mandates.