During the RPO America business meeting at the National Regional Transportation Conference (June 2019, Columbus, OH), Mirielle Burgoyne provided a federal policy update on transportation and related issues.

1. Federal
Legislative
Update
June 2019

2. Let’s brainstorm….
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY CHANGE
…in your opinion, what should NADO advocate for?
OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE:
• FAST Act reauthorization
• Infrastructure package
POLICY CHANGES TO ADVOCATE FOR:
• RTPO “mandate…?”
• Increase Surface Transportation Block Grants…?
• Increase planning funds for MPOs…?
• Mandate planning funds for RTPOs….?
• Maintain current MPO population threshold….?
• Other ideas…?

3. NADO Executive Committee Fly-In
Capitol Hill Personal Staffers
in the offices of:
Federal Agencies, Principals, and Partners
Capitol Hill Committee Staffers

4. EDA Coalition Letter to House T&I
Sincerely,
National Association of Development Organizations
Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc.
National Association of Counties
U.S. Conference of Mayors
National League of Cities
National Association of Regional Councils
American Public Works Association
International Economic Development Council
Small Business Majority
Council of State Community Development Agencies
University Economic Development Association

5. FY 2020 Appropriations Timeline
LEGISLATION HOUSE SENATE
Subcommittee
Approval
Full Committee
Approval
Subcommittee
Approval
Full Committee
Approval
Agriculture May 23 June 4
Commerce, Justice, Science May 17 May 22
Defense May 15 May 21
Energy & Water May 15 May 21
Financial Services June 3 June 11
Homeland Security June 5 June 11
Interior and Environment May 15 May 22
Labor, HHS, Education April 30 May 8
Legislative Branch May 1 May 9
Military/Veterans May 1 May 9
State Foreign Operations May 10 May 16
Transportation and HUD May 23 June 4

6. FY 2020 Appropriations Status
Highlights
Final
FY18
Final
FY19
President
Request
FY20
House
FY20
Economic Development Administration 301.5 million 304 million
30 million
(elimination) 540 million
USDA Rural Development 3 billion 3 billion 2.9 billion 3.9 billion
DOL Employment and Training
Administration 10 billion 9.9 billion 7.8 billion
10.6
billion
HUD CDBG 3.3 billion 3.3 billion 0 (elimination) 3.6 billion
EPA Brownfields 80 million 80 million 62 million 105 million
DOT BUILD (TIGER) 1.5 billion 900 million 1 billion 1 billion

7. FY 2020 Appropriations Status
Regional Commissions
Final
FY18
Final
FY19
President
Request
FY20
House
FY20
Appalachian Regional Commission 155 million 165 million 165 million 170 million
Delta Regional Authority 25 million 25 million
2.5 million
(elimination) 15 million
Denali Commission 30 million 15 million 7.3 million 15 million
Northern Border Regional Commission 15 million 20 million 850 thousand 22 million
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission 250 thousand 250 thousand -
250
thousand

8. Disaster Relief Funding Package
Passed
• HR 2157
– Signed by the President on June 6, 2019
• Includes $19.1 billion in disaster relief funding
– Agriculture and Rural Development
• $150 million for Rural Development Community Facilities Grants
– Commerce
• $600 million for the Economic Development Administration
– Transportation / Housing and Urban Development
• $2.4 billion for Community Development Block Grants
• $10.5 million for the Federal Transit Administration
“Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program”
• $1.6 billion for Federal Highway Administration Federal-aid
Highways Emergency Relief Program

9. FY 2020 Appropriations Minibuses
• A draft appropriations minibus for FY 2020 has been introduced
in the house (HR 2470) that contains four of the twelve FY 2020
appropriations bills:
– Labor-Health and Human Services-Education
– Defense
– State and Foreign Operations
– Energy and Water Development
• A second minibus (HR 3055) was proposed last week and
includes the appropriations bills for the following funding
categories:
– Agriculture
– Commerce-Science-Justice
– Interior-Environment
– Military Construction- Veterans Affairs
– Transportation-Housing and Urban Development

10. NADO Advocacy Highlights
OMB Super Circular Recommendations

11. Let’s brainstorm….
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY CHANGE
…in your opinion, what should NADO advocate for?
OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE:
• FAST Act reauthorization
• Infrastructure package
POLICY CHANGES TO ADVOCATE FOR:
• RTPO “mandate…?”
• Increase Surface Transportation Block Grants…?
• Increase planning funds for MPOs…?
• Mandate planning funds for RTPOs….?
• Maintain current MPO population threshold….?
• Other ideas…?

12. Questions?