Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE June 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 a number of key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on June 1, 2022, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on June 16, 2022. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, updated monthly.
Federal Earmarks:
Consistent with the rules and guidelines laid out by both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees - Metro has concluded our work with members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation related to earmark requests for the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill. Now, members of the House and Senate have posted their earmark requests - which include several key Metro-related projects, including but not limited to the West Santa Ana Branch Corridor Transit Project, the Vermont Transit Corridor, our SEED School and a number of other key projects and programs. We look forward to tracking the earmark process for the balance of the Federal Fiscal Year.
FTA Allocation of Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Funds:
I am pleased to share that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) allocated $100 million for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project late last month. This is welcome news and a credit to our agency's innovative and bold efforts as it relates to the FTA's Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program. At the same time, we received an allocation of over $290 million for our Westside Purple Line Sec...
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