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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared By Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Butts 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 February 7, 2020 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on February 20, 2020. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Fiscal Year 2021 Spending Bill
This month, the President's budget recommendation will be sent to Congress for their consideration in the Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations Bills. The President highlighted his transportation priorities in the State of the Union Address to Congress and will formally outline them in his Fiscal Year 2021 Budget that will be presented to Congress next week. Congressional Appropriation Sub-Committees will then begin the process of scheduling hearings and developing bills to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year - September 30, 2020. Similar to last year, the Appropriations process will be guided in part by a top line budget agreement that sets funding levels for defense and non-defense spending. Having this agreement should help to move Appropriations bills through Committee.
Metro staff will continue to play an active role in the development of Appropriations bills and work to include funding for Metro priorities.
Surface Transportation Reauthorization
The FAST Act - the current surface transportation authorization bill which establishes policy and recommends funding limits for various programs - is set to...
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