Metro - File #: 2018-0133

• File #: 2018-0133
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/20/2018
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 4/12/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
• Indexes: Amtrak, Bus Acquisitions, California Transportation Commission, Eric Garcetti, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, High speed rail, Highway Trust Fund, Housing, Informational Report, Link Union Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Mass Transit Account, Metro Gold Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Partnerships, Plan, Policy, Program, Rolling stock, Senate Bill 1, State Of Good Repair, State Transportation Improvement Program, Tariffs, United States Department Of Transportation

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 12, 2018

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 Garcetti and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on a number of federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on March 27, 2018 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on April 12, 2018. Status of relevant pending Federal legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

Trump Administration Announces Tariffs On Chinese Imports

On March 23, 2018, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum that announced that the United States will be imposing over $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports. According to the Presidential Memorandum, the U.S. Trade Representative "shall publish a proposed list of products and any intended tariff increases within 15 days of the date of this memorandum." According to administration officials, "The tariffs, which the United States trade representative will publish within 15 days, will target 1,300 lines of Chinese goods." Pursuant to Board actions, Metro is purchasing 100 zero emission buses (including options) from BYD and 282 heavy rail cars (including options) from the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation. A link to the Presidential Memorandum that was issued after President Trump spoke on this subject in the Diplomatic Room of the White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-actions-united-states-related-section-301-investigation/. Metro staff will continue to closely track and analyze this matter and will update the Board once the specifi...