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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 19, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE January 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 a number of key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on January 3, 2023, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on January 19, 2023. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
This report is squarely focused on four subjects - the federal appropriations process, the continuing implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS bill, Justice40, and the newly convened 118th Congress.
Federal Appropriations Process
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package - that funds the Federal Government for the balance of the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 (September 30, 2023). The massive spending bill includes robust funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation and provides funding for transportation earmarks which were reintroduced by Congress several years ago. Importantly for our agency, the bill includes full funding for several federal transportation programs - consistent with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in November of 2021.
The bill includes over $4 billion for the Capital Investment Grant Program (including advanced appropriations), allowing the Federal Transit Administration to fund our projects with Full Funding Grant Agreements. With respect to earmarks, the bill includes $10 million for the West Santa Ana B...
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