Revised Support Material for Agenda Item No. 16 Board of Directors Meeting December 5, 2018 10:30 a.m. Location San Bernardino County Transportation Authority First Floor Lobby Board Room Santa Fe Depot, 1170 W. 3rd Street San Bernardino, CA 92410 Discussion Calendar Council of Governments 16. State and Federal Legislative Update Receive and file the December 2018 Federal Legislative Update by Lauri Hettinger and Leslie Pollner from Holland & Knight LLP, San Bernardino County Transportation Authority s Federal Advocate. Attached is a revised PowerPoint presentation of the Federal Update and Outlook.
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Federal Update & Outlook December 5, 2018 Leslie Pollner Lauri Hettinger Copyright 2014 Holland & Knight LLP All Rights Reserved Election Results Divided Government 2 1
Election Results - House Composition Democrats Take Back the House Majority New Members of the House: 90 Democrats: 60 Republicans: 30 Source: Bloomberg Government; as of 10 a.m. on Nov. 29 *Votes are still being counted in the CA 21 st district and NC 9 th district. 3 California 116 th Congressional Delegation» New House Members California Elects New House Freshmen Josh Harder (D-10); replacing Rep. Jeff Denham (R) Katie Hill (D-25); replacing Rep. Steve Knight (R) Gil Cisneros (D-39); replacing retiring Rep. Ed Royce (R) Katie Porter (D-45); replacing Rep. Mimi Walters (R) Harley Rouda (D-48); replacing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R) Mike Levin (D-49); replacing retiring Rep. Darrell Issa (R) 4 2
Election Results - Senate Composition Senate Republicans Increase Their Slim Majority New Senators: 8 Republicans: 6 Democrats: 2 Source: Bloomberg Government; as of 10 a.m. on Nov. 29 Mississippi called for Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) 116 th Congress Transportation Committee Leadership U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) (new) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) or Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (R-DE) Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) THUD Appropriations Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) Finance Chairman Charles Grassley (new) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) THUD Appropriations Chairman David Price (D-NC) and Ranking Member Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL) House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) 6 3
Lame Duck Session Unfinished Business - Appropriations Passed into law: Energy & Water Legislative Branch Military Construction-VA Labor-HHS-Education Defense Awaiting completion under Continuing Resolution (Expires Dec. 7): Commerce, Justice, Science Homeland Security State-Foreign Operations Interior-Environment Financial Services Agriculture-FDA Transportation-HUD Important Dates - December 7: Current continuing resolution expires - December 13: Target adjournment for the House - December 14: Target adjournment for the Senate - Farm Bill expired September 30, 2018 - National Flood Insurance Program expired November 30, 2018 - Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expires December 7 - Disaster Supplemental - Border Wall Funding - 154 agency appointments and judicial nominees awaiting Senate confirmation - Tax extenders/tax bill technical corrections 7 2019 Legislative Priorities and Important Dates Priorities - Potential Infrastructure Package/FAST Act Reauthorization - Immigration Reform - USMCA new NAFTA - Campaign Finance/Ethics Reform - Gun Safety - Prescription Drug Pricing Control - Equality Act Important Dates - Jan. 2019: 116 th Congress convenes calendars expected to be released late November - March 1, 2019: Debt limit suspension ends - April 15, 2019: Congress is supposed to adopt a budget resolution by April 15 that presents a unified view of priorities for both the House and the Senate; there is no punishment for missing the deadline, which is often unmet - Sept. 30, 2019: Last day of the fiscal year; all 12 appropriations bills for FY2020 are supposed to be signed into law or continuing resolution needed 8 4
Looking Ahead» FAST Act Reauthorization FAST Act expires September 2020. Congressional authorization committees will begin holding hearings on reauthorization in early 2019. Will introduce legislation early 2020.» Grants INFRA: $950 million available for freight/goods movement. Expecting NOFO before end of year. Railway-Highway Crossings Program (Section 130) BUILD: $750 million in House THUD and $1 billion in Senate THUD for next year. DOT expected to make 2018 awards early December. FRA s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) to fund projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and/or reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail systems: NOFO expected to be released early in 2019. 9 Looking Ahead» Opportunities to Showcase SBCTA Testify before congressional committees Bring members of Congress/staff back to the region Host roundtables Build coalitions with other transportation agencies outside of CA (goods movement, transit) Host press events around key project milestones 10 5
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