RECEIVE report on federal infrastructure proposals

Staff will present a federal legislative update.

Some of the proposed legislation may have a financial impact on TAMC.  In House authorization legislation, Congressman Jimmy Panetta has proposed a $2 million federal earmark for the US 101 South of Salinas project; there are no earmarks in the Senate authorization legislation. Appropriations bills are another potential source of earmark funds.

Attachment 1 is a federal legislative update focused on infrastructure, budget and appropriations dated July 2, 2021.

The current transportation authorization bill, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, expires on September 30, 2021, after a one-year extension. On July 1, the House passed the $759 billion "Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act" or the "INVEST in America Act", HR 3684 (web attachment 1). The bill includes a $2 million earmark for the US 101 Safety Improvements - South of Salinas project. Earmarks are listed in the "Amendment" document that was published on June 7, web attachment 2: the US 101 project is #237 on page 69.

On July 28, President Biden and a select group of Senators agreed on a "Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act". Attachment 2 is a fact sheet about that deal. 

Staff will provide a verbal update at the meeting on the status of negotiations over federal transportation/ infrastructure funding.

1. INVEST in America (HR 3684) Act Fact Sheet
2. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to HR 3684