AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION

Transportation TRA

All issues related to federal public transportation and highway programs, high-speed and intercity passenger rail programs, related authorization and appropriations laws, annual budget resolutions and legislation concerning the Highway Trust Fund and other transportation-related tax and revenue issues. Issues relating to proposals for a new infrastructure spending initiative. Tax policy as it relates to public transportation including the alternative fuel volumetric tax credit for CNG/LNG used in transit vehicles, the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit, the treatment of municipal bonds, the commuter tax benefit and the solvency of the Federal Highway Trust Fund. Matters related to the implementation of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Issues related to implementation of Positive Train Control technologies on commuter railroads as mandated under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015. General issues related to successor legislation to the FAST Act. FY17 and FY18 budget and appropriation issues including preserving the Capital Investment Grant Program, the TIGER program, transit security grants and Amtrak funding. Issues relating to transit security funding and programs, S. 763, Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act. Issues relating to proposals for a new infrastructure spending initiative. H.R.1458, RAISE IT Act. H.R.1664, Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Railroad Administration; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1458 (115th), H.R. 1664 (115th), S. 763 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation related to the extension and expansion of the alternative fuel volumetric tax credit for transit vehicles. Legislation related to extension of the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit. Legislation related to the commuter tax benefit, specifically maintaining the tax benefit in the context of comprehensive tax reform. Tax provisions related to infrastructure investment and financing, including Highway Trust Fund revenues and proposals to alter the tax treatment of municipal bonds. Issues relating to proposals for a new infrastructure spending initiative. H.R.1458, RAISE IT Act. H.R.1664, Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act.

Contacted: Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Federal Railroad Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1458 (115th), H.R. 1664 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

All matters related to the federal budget for public transportation, high speed and intercity passenger rail, and transit security. Legislation includes the FY 2017 and FY 2018 Transportation and HUD Appropriations and the FY 2017 and FY 2018 Homeland Security Appropriations. Issues related to preserving the federal public transportation and passenger rail programs and the TIGER program in the FY18 Congressional Budget Resolution and FY 18 Presidential Budget proposal.

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Homeland Security HOM

All matters related to transit security funding, the transit security grant program, and legislation to authorize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its agencies and programs. S. 763, Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Federal Railroad Administration

Bills named: S. 763 (115th)