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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE June 2023 State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Najarian 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 2, 2023, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on June 15, 2023. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Debt Ceiling Legislation
As a result of negotiations between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over the weekend, a debt limit deal was secured that would, in part, rescind highway funding made possible by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (P.L. 116-260) - which included the Coronavirus Response And Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). CRRSAA was signed into law on December 27, 2020, by then-President Donald Trump. CRRSAA provided a total $10 billion in highway funding (Title IV of Division M) for the nation - to be administered by the Federal Highway Administration. Of the $10 billion in highway funding made available through CRRSA - $9.8 billion was distributed across the United States through the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program. In the State of California, Caltrans suballocated this funding to Metro and others. The debt ceiling deal reached by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy would rescind unobligated balances from Division M of the CRRSAA. As a result of the language now embedded in H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) - the debt ceiling deal - Los Angeles County has CRRSAA high...
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