ALCALDE & FAY for ORANGE COUNTY, FL

Transportation TRA

Seeking support for TIGER V Grant funding for Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program.

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Economic Development Administration; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Seeking to maintain tax-exemption for municipal bonds. Seeking support for passage of marketplace fairness act.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Economic Development Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Defense DEF

Seeking to maintain and enhance modeling and simulation center and expand upon it for economic development.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Economic Development Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills for the Wekiva Parkway project;Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills for for the John Young Parkway/Sand Lake Road Interchange project; Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills for the Community Development Block Grant program; Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills for the Neighborhood Stabilization program; Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bills for the Community Oriented Policing Services program; Seeking federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2014 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bills for State Revolving Fund and State and Tribal Assistance Grant programs for Holden Heights Wastewater Collection System Improvements; Seeking to ensure eligibility and funding for Urban Area Security Initiatives program in the Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Economic Development Administration; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Seeking to change or delay the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agencys numeric nutrient criteria water quality rules for the State of Florida.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Economic Development Administration; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Travel/Tourism TOU

Seeking to prevent Online Travel Companies from limiting the Countys ability to collect taxes on hotel rooms.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Economic Development Administration; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Homeland Security HOM

Seeking to ensure eligibility and funding for Urban Area Security Initiatives program in the Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. Seeking to delay or remedy increases in national flood insurance rates as a result of Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, through support for H.R. 2318 Flood Insurance Fairness Act.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Economic Development Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2318 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Seeking authorization of the Bithlo South Drainage retrofit project in the Water Resources Development Act; Seeking authorization of the Holden Heights Water project in the Water Resources Development Act; Seeking authorization of the Lake Susannah Neighborhood Improvement project in the Water Resources Development Act; Seeking authorization of the Little Wekiva Water Quality Improvement Initiative at Center of Commerce project in the Water Resources Development Act.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Economic Development Administration; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Seeking support for Second Chance Grant Application.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Economic Development Administration