Legislative Action Center

ARSA’s Legislative program protects industry interests and improves markets for your business. Click here to learn more about the Association’s efforts in educating Congress and lobbying.

ARSA Legislative Handbook

Everything you need to know about ARSA's legislative priorities, the issues, the process and how to be involved!

Download ARSA's Legislative Handbook.

Communicate With Congress

• Use ARSAAction.org to send letters electronically. The online action center provides information on key legislative priorities for ARSA members to discuss with Members of Congress and their staff. A presence by ARSA membership on Capitol Hill increases the visibility and impact for the industry!
• Customize this letter to request a meeting.
• Customize this sample letter to invite your member and/or staff to visit your company. Ask them to tour your facility, encourage them to ask questions and get involved to help enhance their understanding of how your business works, and the important role it plays in aviation safety.

If you need further assistance with how to set up a meeting, contact Virginia K. Scattergood or Crystal Thayer Maguire.

Prepare For Your Meeting

• Develop your company profile. To aid in your communications with Congress, download a copy of the company profile. Copy the document to your company letterhead, delete the instructions in the right hand column, and use this as a hand out to the member or their staff. This will drive home the point of how important you are to their district and state!
• Know who the key players are. Use ARSAAction.org to get more information on contacting your Federal and State legislators.
• Familiarize yourself with the member of Congress by visiting www.opensecrets.org and www.congress.org. These sites will allow you to review the members background and the industries that support them. This information will help you determine their stance on issues and give you some personal tidbits to use in your visits.

Contribute

ARSA has a separate lobbying fund to pay for efforts such as defeating repair station security legislation, protecting the use of foreign repair stations and preventing laws detrimental to your businesses from being passed. This fund can accept corporate and personal funds.

Download ARSA's Lobbying Contribution Form.

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ARSA can only tell you about how to help our Political Action Committee if you fill out the information form located here.