Metro - File #: 2025-0301

• File #: 2025-0301
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/15/2025
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 5/15/2025
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE May 2025 Federal and State Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, Housing, Informational Report, Janice Hahn, Metrolink, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Program, Safety, Safety programs, Transit buses, Transit operators, Transit safety, United States Department Of Transportation

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: FEDERAL AND STATE REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE May 2025 Federal and State Legislative Report.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations, Executive Officer: Federal Affairs


Chair Hahn 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 April 30, 2025, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on May 15, 2025. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

Fiscal Year 2026 President's Budget

As was shared with the Board during the Executive Management Committee (EMC) held on April 17, 2025, it is anticipated that the White House will release their Fiscal Year 2026 President's Budget on or around May 20, 2025. On May 2, 2025, the White House did release what is referred to as a skinny budget - the provide broad outlines of the President's spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. While this proposal included sharp cuts to may non-defense discretionary programs, the funding levels for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - as reflected in the document released by the White House - did not reduce federal transportation funding. The skinny budget would increase funding over the enacted Fiscal Year 2025 level by approximately $2.5 billion, providing additional funding for the Federal Aviation Administration and for Rail Safety programs.

We expect that when the White House releases the President's Budget Fiscal Year 2026 later this month, that it will include, among many other provisions, specific funding recommendations for the USDOT. Metro is planning to carefully review the President's Budget f...