Metro - File #: 2024-0391

• File #: 2024-0391
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/23/2024
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 6/20/2024
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE June 2024 State and Federal Legislative Report.
• Indexes: 2028 Mobility Concept Plan, Active Transportation Program, Budget, Budgeting, Clean Air Act, Cleaning, Congestion Management Program, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Housing, Informational Report, Karen Bass, Olympic games, Partnerships, Program, Rail transit, Safety, State government, Transit operators, Transit safety, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, United States Department Of Transportation, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 20, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE June 2024 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 June 4, 2024, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on June 20, 2024. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored monthly on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix.

Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation

As is our standard practice, our Government Relations team remains in close contact with professional staffers working for members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation to ensure the free and accurate flow of information on Metro related projects and initiatives. The communication includes staff members operating out of Capitol Hill offices in Washington, DC, and congressional aides working out of the respective district offices maintained by members of the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation.

Over the past several months, we have interacted with various congressional offices, providing timely and accurate information on Metro projects in their districts. A good deal of this interaction was related to the Congressionally-Directed Spending process. On June 20, 2024, I look forward to providing a timely and content rich update on our work related to securing CDS for the LA Metro Regional Bus Stop Enhancement Program. Likewise, we look forward to providing the Board with an update concerning our work supporting the Los Angeles Community College District's effort to secure CDS resources for our ...