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The Automotive Service Association (ASA) advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. Our Washington, D.C., office – located just steps away from the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives office buildings – is ASA members’ link to the legislative and regulatory issues that are most relevant to automotive repair businesses.
ASA monitors issues at the state and federal level, identifying legislation and regulations most important to members. ASA’s D.C. office serves as an advocate on Capitol Hill and with federal agencies on behalf of independent repairers. ASA provides information and grassroots opportunities through its legislative website, TakingTheHill.org, and various association publications. ASA’s goal is to advance the plight of independent automotive repairers, protecting our members from legislation and regulations that may harm their businesses, and advancing those policies that make our members’ businesses stronger.
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In a interim rule, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provided that any borrower who applied for a PPP loan and repays the loan in full by May 14, 2020 will be deemed by SBA to have made the required certification concerning the necessity of the loan request in good…
Read MoreThe U.S. House Committee on Small Business held an online forum with Small Business Administration (SBA) lenders to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and future efforts. Throughout the online forum, similar sentiments were expressed from members of Congress and panelists praising the work done thus far from the U.S.…
Read MoreThe U.S. Small Business Administration is working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Treasury on the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP was established under H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The SBA and…
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The U.S. House of Representatives’ Rules Committee will consider advancing H.R. 7980, the End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024. This bill would disqualify electric vehicles (EVs) from receiving the clean vehicle tax credit if “components contained in the drive battery or any material contained in…
Read MoreThe California Legislature sent to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk a bill – Assembly Bill (AB) 2448 – that would create an “Electric Vehicle Economic Opportunity Zone” in Riverside County. It would create “programs to make electric vehicle manufacturing jobs and education more accessible to lower income communities.” It would also…
Read MoreA study conducted by researchers at Harvard University has found that some rural communities are losing access to EV charging infrastructure. According to the study, there are thirty-four counties in the United States that used to have operating EV charging stations that no longer have any EV charging stations in…
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