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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 21, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE April 2022 State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Solis and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on April 8, 2022, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on April 21, 2021. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
There are a number of federal matters I would like to focus on today - mindful that there are many other issues at play with respect to our Board-approved federal legislative program.
President Biden Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Late last month, President Biden released his $5.8 trillion budget proposal for the Federal Fiscal Year 2023. Included in the President's budget is a recommendation that Congress appropriate $250 million for LA Metro's East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) Light Rail Transit Project, funded through the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program.
As the Board is aware, Metro submitted an application for a Federal grant for the ESFV through FTA's CIG Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program in November 2021, as only the second agency in the nation to apply for this innovative pilot program. Our application was bolstered by early support from Senators Feinstein and Padilla, as well as Congressman Cardenas, who have weighed in with the Department of Transportation through letters of support and direct outreach to Administration officials.
The President's Budget also includes a recommendati...
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