Metro - File #: 2023-0543

• File #: 2023-0543
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/24/2023
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 9/21/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE September 2023 State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, California State Transportation Agency, Capital Project, Federal Transit Administration, Formula Funds, Government funding, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Highway Trust Fund, Housing, Informational Report, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Program, Project, Regional transportation, Regional Transportation Planning Agency, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Time management, 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

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE September 2023 State and Federal Legislative Report.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Deputy Executive Officer, Federal Affairs

Chair Bass 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 September 6, 2023, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on September 21, 2023. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.

Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation

Consistent with our standard practice, our CEO and Government Relations team continue to stay in close touch with members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation (and other federal officials) to ensure that our agency is providing timely and accurate information on Metro's projects and programs in their respective districts - and, more broadly - our efforts to enhance mobility and equity for the 10 million people who live, work, and play in Los Angeles County.

Over the last several months - we have been engaged with members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation on a range of matters - including but not limited to - grant requests we have made with the U.S. Department of Transportation and issues related to funding levels being set for transportation programs in the Federal Fiscal Year 2024 spending bills, among other issues.

We were pleased to recently welcome senior aides to U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and provide them a briefing and tour of several Metro projects.

We were also pleased to welcome officials from the Office of Management and Budget (part of t...