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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MARCH 19, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
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 March 6, 2019 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on March 19, 2020. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Spending Bills
Following the Trump Administration unveiling their proposed Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Budget - Congress is now preparing to craft their versions of the transportation spending bills for the coming year. Specifically, the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations subcommittee has held a hearing with Secretary Chao as it continues to consider its spending bill. Likewise, the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations subcommittee is working on their spending measure. Consistent with our Board-adopted 2020 Federal Legislative Program - we are working to advocate our multi-modal priorities - including full funding for our transit and highway priorities.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Last year, the U.S. House and Senate negotiated the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, which was signed into law by the President on December 20, 2019. The final language in the NDAA conference report mirrors legislation authored by Senator Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Rouda (D-CA) that limits the use of federal funds to procure rolling stock from Ch...
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