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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2017
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SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION
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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
Chairman Fasana 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 31, 2017 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on April 20, 2017.
Trump Infrastructure Plan
Metro is continuing to work with the White House and Congressional stakeholders to ensure that our Board-approved priorities are reflected in any infrastructure plan advanced by the Trump Administration and then considered by the 115th Congress. This work will continue to evolve as the Trump Administration and Congress begin to engage on infrastructure plans this spring. With the passage of both Measure R and M, Metro is smartly positioned to benefit from most any infrastructure plan put forward by the Trump Administration and considered by Congress later this year.
Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2018
Earlier this month, the President's Office of Management and Budget released a blueprint of the Administrations Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Budget recommendations to Congress. The blueprint specified that the Administration is proposing to eliminate funding for the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant Program and the popular TIGER Grant Program. Metro is actively working with our Congressional Delegation, Members of Congress, and stakeholders to build support to oppose cuts to these important programs. Movement forward on the Fiscal Year 2018 transportation funding bills is not likely to begin until May when the President's formal budget is expected...
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