During the 2017 National Regional Transportation Conference, Josh Shumaker provided an federal update on infrastructure policy and funding, rulemakings, opportunities for outreach, and related issues.

1. Federal Transportation Update
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June28,2017

2. What’s on theAgenda
 FAA Reauthorization
 ATC Restructuring
 Infrastructure
 FY2018 Budget

3. FAAReauthorization
 FAA Safety, Security, and Extension Act of 2016, signed by
President July 2016
 FAA operating under extension through September 2017
 Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) introduced reauthorization bill
June 22
 Creates non-profit corporation
 13 members expanding representation
 User fees exempt general aviation
 Provision curbs airlines bumping passengers

4. ATC Restructuring
 Administration seeks to privatize air traffic control
operations
 How will oversight be managed?
 Board makeup – consistency of nonprofit and private interests
 How will it be paid for?
 Current mechanism, new structure with user fees, etc.

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Infrastructure
Proposal
 $1t infrastructure package
 $200b public funding cited in
President’s FY2018 budget request
 Spending would leverage $800b in
private investment
 Rural title
 Finances air traffic control
privatization, rural infrastructure
including roads, bridges, waterways
 Prioritizes expedited project delivery
and environmental review (Dashboard)
 Federal Permitting Improvement
Steering Council (FPISC)

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Infrastructure
Proposal
 Senate Democratic proposal: $200b
roads and bridges, $110b water
systems, $20b broadband expansion,
$75b schools
 Infrastructure Week June 5 – 9
 Administration recognition
 ATC restructuring proposal
 Streamlining
 President’s proposal expected in
September

7. President’s FY2018 DOTBudget
 President’s FY2018 budget proposal released May 2017
 Requests $76b, $59.6b mandatory & $16.3b discretionary
 $44b for Federal Highway Administration
 $11b for Federal Transit Administration
 Multi-year effort to modernize FAA
 Elimination of Essential Air Service, TIGER, new Capital
Investment Grants (New Starts), Small Community Air
Service Development Program
 New program proposed – $119m for Transportation Aviation
Assistance to Remote Areas

8. President’s FY2018 Budget: Non-DOT
 President’s FY2018 budget proposal requests elimination of
programs related to infrastructure
 Community Development Block Grant ($3b)
 Economic Development Administration ($276m)
 Regional Commissions
 USDA-Rural Development
 Rural Water and Wastewater grants and loans ($571m)
 Rural Business Cooperative Services grants and loans ($988m)
 New: USDA-RD Rural Infrastructure Grant Program ($162m)
 Defense spending increase $54b
 Non-defense discretionary decrease $54b

9. What’s Been Happening?
 FY2017 DOT Appropriations
 MPO Rulemaking
 FAST Act Rulemaking
 Advocacy Efforts

10. FY2017 Final Budget
 Omnibus spending bill passed both House and Senate – signed
into law by President May 5
 TIGER: $500m, level with FY2016
 How will Administration allocate?
 $44b for federal-aid highway programs, consistent with FAST
Act authorized level and $905m above FY2016
 $12.1b for Federal Transit Administration, $657m above
FY2016

11. MPO
Rulemaking
Overview
 “Metropolitan Planning Organization
Coordination and Planning Area Reform”
issued in Obama Administration
 Revises definition of Metropolitan Planning
Area and requires MPA include all of
urbanized area
 Requires states and MPOs to determine
course of action when multiple MPOs exist in
single MPA
 600 comments submitted to DOT; certain
changes made such as exempting MPOs in
same MPA to consolidate planning services
under certain circumstances
 Compliance deadline extended – two years
after Census Bureau issues Urban Areas,
expected two years after 2020 Census

12. MPO
Rulemaking
Overview
 Opposition to rule from national, state, and
local planning authorities and associations
 In response, S. 496 introduced repealing rule
(introduced by Sen. Duckworth, IL)
 Passed handily in Senate (unanimous consent)
and House (417-3)
 Signed by President May 12
 Another federal register notice being issued
rescinding rule

13. FAST Act and
MAP-21
Implementation
 Freight Corridor Designation Guidance (April
2016)
 Truck Size and Weight Study (April 2016)
 Transportation Performance Management
 Safety-related performance measures (in effect:
April 14, 2016)
 Highway Safety Improvement Program (in effect:
April 14, 2016)
 Statewide and Metropolitan Planning; Non-
Metropolitan Planning (June 27, 2016)
 Pavement and Bridge Conditions (May 20, 2017)
 Highway Asset Management Plan (October 2, 2017)
 System Performance Measures (May 20, 2017)
 *Greenhouse Gas Emissions not included in TPM
 **Funds withheld if state or local government out of
compliance

14. Advocacy
Efforts
 NADO’s advocacy
 Infrastructure, rural
 Hill outreach
 Administration outreach
 REBUILD RURAL Coalition
 CDBG Coalition
 EDA Stakeholder Coalition
 Coalition to Invest in America’s Workforce
(CIAW)
 RPO Council Input
 Unknowns for infrastructure package
 Anticipating all scenarios
 Priorities?
 COG/RTPO Resolution

15. QUESTIONS
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