MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Transportation

FY 14 full-year omnibus appropriations (H.R. 3547) client advocacy of surface transportation programs at MAP-21 authorized levels; efforts to mark-up and pass tax extenders bill to include APTA transit priorities; FY 15 Obama Administration budget proposal for transportation programs, including the 4-year authorization proposal; disposition of APTA priorities in Chairman Camp's "tax reform draft" plus draft's provision for revenue for Highway Trust Fund; FY 15 budget hearings by Congressional committees relatingtransportation and homeland security programs; hearings by Congressional appropriating committees in preparation for marking up FY 15 DOT and Homeland Security appropriations bills; draft tax extender bill posted by Senate Finance Committee (the "Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act" - which includes APTA's four transit priorities); monitoring Congressional hearings and Obama Administration statements regarding solvency of Highway Trust Fund; ongoing support for bills to create "infrastructure banks".

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Transportation, Dept of (DOT) · AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation · Federal Highway Administration (FHA) · Federal Railroad Administration · Federal Transit Administration (FTA) · Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS) · Transportation Security Administration (TSA)