Metro - File #: 2023-0025

• File #: 2023-0025
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/17/2023
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 2/16/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE February 2023 State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Ara Najarian, Avalon, Budget, Budgeting, California State Transportation Agency, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, El Monte, Federal Transit Administration, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Glendale, Grant Aid, Housing, Informational Report, Long Beach, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, New Starts Program, Partnerships, Program, Project, Public health, Rail transit, Safety, Safety and security, Terminals (Communications), Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, United States Department Of Transportation, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE February 2023 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 February 3rd, 2023, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on February 16, 2023. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

White House Budget for Federal Fiscal Year 2024
It is anticipated that President Biden will announce his Administration's Budget for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 on or around March 9, 2023. The Budget, which is a non-binding document, will include the Biden Administration's proposed spending levels for transportation programs and projects managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. We are particularly focused on the Federal Transit Administration's New Starts Report - which is released in tandem with the Budget - because it will outline the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommended funding levels for our transit projects in the New Starts pipeline. We will also be carefully reviewing the Budget to learn what funding is recommended for the CHIPS bill - to understand how this funding might benefit our efforts related to our agency's Center for Transportation Excellence initiative.
We look forward to promptly analyzing the Budget when it is released next month and sharing this analysis with the Board.

Funding for New Starts Transit Projects
As was shared with the Board on January 27, 2023, the Federal Transit Admini...