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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE October 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 a number of key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on October 4, 2022, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on October 20, 2022. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
The focus of this report is on several subjects - including the federal appropriations process, a recent meeting held with senior FTA officials, an update on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and our continuing work related to the Biden/Harris Administration's Justice40 initiative.
Federal Appropriations Process:
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.
Unfortunately, the House and Senate were not able to adopt their spending bills before the end of Federal Fiscal Year 2022 - which was on September 30, 2022.
Last week (September 30, 2022), Congress did move to adopt a Continuing Resolution - which will keep federal government agencies funded through December 16, 2022.
We look forward to Congress passing their spending bills for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 when members of the House and Senate return to Washington, DC during the lame duck session after the mid-term e...
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