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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Federal Remarks Prepared By Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Butts and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on September 5, 2019 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on September 19, 2019. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Reauthorization/Trump Infrastructure Plan
On July 30, 2019, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved a five-year reauthorization of our nation's highway programs. This was the first action taken by either chamber of Congress to pass a new surface transportation bill prior to the expiration of the current surface transportation bill - The FAST Act - next September. Metro staff is bringing this legislation - America's Transportation Infrastructure Act - to the Board for your consideration this month. Beyond this effort, no other committees of jurisdiction in either the House or Senate have announced any plans with respect to reauthorizing surface transportation programs.
Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved their Fiscal Year 2020 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill. The U.S. Senate has not approved a bill at the Committee level as of yet. Prior to the August recess, Congress and the White House negotiated a two-year budget deal that set spending levels, among other provisions. With an agreement on spending levels, staffs for both Chambers have worked over the ...
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