Metro - File #: 2025-0412

• File #: 2025-0412
• Type: Federal Legislation / State Legislation (Position)
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/8/2025
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2025
• Title: ADOPT the USA BUILD Initiative (Attachment A) as Metro's official proposal to Congress and the Executive Branch as they consider replacing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) (P.L 117-58) that will expire on September 30, 2026. HORVATH AND HAHN AMENDMENT: A. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for the reauthorization the Safe Streets for All Program (SS4A) and substantially increase the level of funding supporting local safety capital improvement projects; B. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for authorization to increase the transferability of federal highway-formula based revenues from 50% to 75%, providing enhanced flexibility in funding multimodal safety projects and transit capital projects; and C. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for the authorization of the distribution of CMAQ and STBG funds on a formula basis, ensuring the funds are allocated directly to Metro, providing more certainty and predictability in use of these funds, particularly supporting...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: American Public Transportation Association, Assembly Bill 468, Budgeting, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Federal Legislation / State Legislation (Position), Federal Transit Administration, Formula Funds, Government transportation, Grant Aid, Highway transportation, Housing, Program, Railroad commuter service, Safety, Safety programs, Transfers, Transit safety, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, United States Department Of Transportation
• Related files: 2025-0924

Meeting_Body
REVISED
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025


Subject
SUBJECT: AMERICA'S NEXT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
ADOPT the USA BUILD Initiative (Attachment A) as Metro's official proposal to Congress and the Executive Branch as they consider replacing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) (P.L 117-58) that will expire on September 30, 2026.

HORVATH AND HAHN AMENDMENT:
A. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for the reauthorization the Safe Streets for All Program (SS4A) and substantially increase the level of funding supporting local safety capital improvement projects;

B. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for authorization to increase the transferability of federal highway-formula based revenues from 50% to 75%, providing enhanced flexibility in funding multimodal safety projects and transit capital projects; and

C. ADD to the USA BUILD Initiative advocacy for the authorization of the distribution of CMAQ and STBG funds on a formula basis, ensuring the funds are allocated directly to Metro, providing more certainty and predictability in use of these funds, particularly supporting Metro's transit operations and transit capital projects.

Issue
ISSUE

The current surface transportation authorization bill, the BIL, was signed into law by President Biden on November 15, 2021. The BIL expires in less than two years (September 30, 2026). Congress and the Executive Branch are seeking proposals for the next surface transportation authorization bill. Staff have generated the USA BUILD INITIATIVE, which provides detailed information on initiatives Metro would like incorporated into the bill set to be crafted by Congress later this year and next year.
Background
BACKGROUND

Historically, Congress has enacted multi-year surface transportation authorization bills that detail how much and in what manner the federal government will invest...