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ABA Raises Concern over Visa Processing Times in Letter to President Trump

ABA joins U.S. Travel Association and other travel and tourism stakeholders in urging President Trump to reconsider executive order affecting State Department visa application processes. 
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ABA Statement Regarding Budget Cuts to Missouri’s State, Local Travel and Tourism Offices

A statement from ABA President Peter Pantuso on an article citing Missouri as another state that has short-sightedly cut state and local travel and tourism offices' budgets. 
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ABA Urges Restoration of Intercity Bus Security Grant Program Funds

Today, the American Bus Association (ABA) – the industry leader advancing the North American motorcoach, travel and tour industry – 
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ABA Supports NAS Findings on FMCSA Crash-risk System

The American Bus Association (ABA) supports the findings made by the National Academy of Sciences in their Congressionally mandated report titled “Improving Motor Carrier Safety Measurement.” 
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FMCSA to Revise Lease and Interchange Rules, Extends Compliance Date to 2019

On Friday, June 16, 2017, FMCSA published two notices concerning the rule on the Lease and Interchange of Vehicles: Motor Carriers of Passengers originally issued in May 2015.  The first notice extended the compliance date for the rule from January 
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ABA Supports FMCSA Withdrawal of Insurance ANPRM for Motorcoaches, Others

ABA supports the FMCSA withdrawing its ANPRM to raise insurance limits on motorcoaches and trucks. 
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ABA Statement on White House Proposal to Eliminate Brand USA

ABA released a statement on President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate Brand USA, the designated marketing organization for the United States, in his FY 2018 budget proposal. 
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ABA, SYTA Urge the President to Clarify that U.S. Open for Business for Secure Foreign Travel

Today ABA and the Student Youth Travel Association sent a joint letter urging President Donald Trump to clarify that the United States is open for business and encourage secure foreign travel. 
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FMCSA Withdraws Troubled Safety Fitness Determination Rule, Halts Additional Changes to CSA

In a notice published in the Federal Register on March 23 ( 
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ABA Statement on Status of WMATA Prohibiting Motorcoaches from Metro Station Drop Offs

ABA is entirely confounded by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) insistence on prohibiting motorcoaches from dropping-off hundreds of thousands of customers from around the country at metrorail stations, to participate in the events related to the 58th Presidential 
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