Metro - File #: 2022-0551

• File #: 2022-0551
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/16/2022
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 9/15/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE September 2022 State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
• Indexes: Ara Najarian, Bids, Budgeting, Bus transportation, California Environmental Quality Act, California State Transportation Agency, Capital Project, Center for Transportation Excellence, GoPass, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Housing, Informational Report, Pilot studies, Project, Transit buses, Transit Pass, United States Department Of Transportation

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE September 2022 State and Federal Legislative Report.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs

Chair Najarian and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on August 29, 2022, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on September 15, 2022. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
This report is squarely focused on four subjects - the federal appropriations process, the continuing implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the new CHIPS bill, and Justice40.

Federal Appropriations Process
The House and Senate continue to move forward - albeit slowly - on their transportation spending measures for the Fiscal Year 2023. Guided by our Board-approved Federal Legislative Program, we have been urging House and Senate appropriators to ensure that the spending measures for the coming federal fiscal year track the level of spending authorized through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was signed into law by President Biden late last year.
At present, it is unclear if Congress can pass their spending bills before the end of the Federal Fiscal Year on September 30, 2022. There is a chance that Congress may adopt a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government operating through the calendar year.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
As I emphasized in my July report to the Board - thanks to the hard work of many Metro professional staff members - led by our Planning Department - Metro is continuing to sub...