Metro - File #: 2023-0590

• File #: 2023-0590
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 9/12/2023
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 10/19/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE October 2023 State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, California State Transportation Agency, Capital Project, Construction, Federal Transit Administration, Government funding, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Housing, Hubs, Informational Report, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Multimodal, Olympic games, Program, Project, 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

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 19, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE October 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 October 3, 2023, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on October 19, 2023. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.


Federal Government - Funding Bill Status

Over the weekend, a last-minute deal was secured to keep the Federal Government operational for another 45 days - past the end of the current fiscal year (September 30, 2023).

Metro was closely tracking the status of federal spending bills.

Should Congress be able to agree on a funding bill for transportation projects and programs that honors the spending levels agreed to in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Metro can expect to receive the following funding for a number of our transit capital projects - including $478 million for the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3, $165 million for the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 2 Project and $166 million for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project.

In addition to this funding for Metro's transit projects in the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant Program - the agency would also receive funding from several federal formula programs - that deliver more than $600 million to our agency on an annual basis - should Congress adopt a fully funded transportation spending measure.

With an eye towards t...