Metro - File #: 2024-0453

• File #: 2024-0453
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/21/2024
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 7/18/2024
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE July 2024 State and Federal Legislative Report. HAHN, BASS, SOLIS, BARGER, DUTRA, AND SANDOVAL AMENDMENT: We move to reaffirm the Board's previous position that the remaining outstanding $500 million in SB 125 funding designated for our region will be distributed as follows: * $298 million for the Gold Line Foothill Extension to Montclair; and * $202 million for the Southeast Gateway Line.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: 2028 Mobility Concept Plan, Budget, Budgeting, Clean Air Act, Cleaning, Congestion Management Program, Federal Transit Administration, Fernando Dutra, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Grade separations, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Hilda Solis, Housing, Informational Report, Janice Hahn, Karen Bass, Kathryn Barger, Metro Rail A Line, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Program, Safety, State government, Transit operators, Transit safety, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, United States Department Of Transportation, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
REVISED
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE July 2024 State and Federal Legislative Report.

HAHN, BASS, SOLIS, BARGER, DUTRA, AND SANDOVAL AMENDMENT: We move to reaffirm the Board's previous position that the remaining outstanding $500 million in SB 125 funding designated for our region will be distributed as follows:

* $298 million for the Gold Line Foothill Extension to Montclair; and

* $202 million for the Southeast Gateway Line.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations, Deputy 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 June 21, 2024, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on July 18, 2024. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation

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Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

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