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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE January 2022 State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Solis 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 December 20, 2021, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on January 20, 2021. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
There are three major issues I would like to focus on today - mindful that there are many other issues at play with respect to our Board-approved federal legislative program.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Metro is deeply appreciative to the House and Senate for passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to President Biden for signing this legislation into law (P.L.117-58) on November 15, 2020. The new law includes several Metro Board-approved priorities that we embedded in our agency's 2020 Federal Legislative Program. These priorities include, but are not limited to, reforming federal local hire rules, increasing funding for the Capital Investment Grant program, and dramatically increasing funding for bus and bus facility programs. As the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) works to implement this new law - our agency is actively engaged in responding to Requests for Information from the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and other relevant federal agencies.
We are very pleased that the Biden-Harris Administration will be implementing most - if ...
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