Special
Report – House FY 2011 Departments
of Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations and California Implications –
August 2010
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DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CONGRESSIONALLY AND
PRESIDENTIALLY DESIGNATED CALIFORNIA
PROJECTS
On July
29, 2010, the House passed H.R. 5850 (H.Rpt. 111-564), the
FY 2011 Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing
and
Urban Development and Related agencies, by a vote of 251-157. The bill
provides a total of $67.4 billion in funding, compared to the $67.9
billion
funded in FY10 and the Administration’s budget request of $68.74
billion.
This
document provides a California-oriented analysis of the
appropriations prepared by the staff of the California Institute for
Federal
Policy Research. It is available on the Institute’s website at:
or alternatively in pdf
format at
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
To
deal with appropriations for programs under SAFETEA-LU, the
Committee report states that because reauthorization actions have not
yet
been completed, the Committee has continued the fiscal year 2010
program
structure for all of the transportation programs subject to
reauthorization
and has, for the most part, generally assumed that the partial year
funding
levels provided by the current extension Acts will be extended and
annualized for fiscal year 2011.
Livable Communities Program
The Committee recommends
$20,000,000 for the livable communities
program, which is $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2010 enacted level
and
the same as the level proposed in the fiscal year 2011 budget.
State
Grants
Grant
to states and localities: $12,000,00 for grants and technical
assistance targeted at improving states, regions, and localities’
ability to
plan and execute transportation investments in support of livability
and
sustainability goals.
National Infrastructure Investment Program
The Committee recommends
$400,000,000 for the national infrastructure
investment program, which is $200,000,000 below the fiscal year 2010
enacted level and $400,000,000 above the level proposed in the fiscal
year
2011 budget.
Transportation Planning and Research
The Committee recommends
$9,918,000 for transportation planning,
research and development, which is $8,349,000 below the fiscal year
2010
enacted level and equal to the level proposed in the fiscal year 2011
budget.
Minority Business Resource Center and
Outreach
– $913,000 for the minority
business resource center, which is $10,000
below the fiscal year 2010 enacted level and equal to the fiscal year
2011
budget request.
– $3,395,000 for minority
business outreach, which is $321,000 above the
fiscal year 2010 enacted level and the same as the level proposed in
the
fiscal year 2011 budget.
Federal Aviation Administration
– $1,412,692,000 for FAA’s
facilities and equipment funding is directed
toward specific facility and technology improvements to en route
programs;
terminal programs; flight service programs; landing and navigational
aids;
and, other air traffic control facilities, which is $34,800,000 above
the
budget request and $168,552,100 below the fiscal year 2010 enacted
level.
– $9,793,000,000 for FAA
operations which is the same level requested in
the budget and $442,972,000 above the fiscal year 2010 enacted level.
Office
of Commercial Space Transportation
The Committee recommends $16,747,000 for
the office of commercial space
transportation which is $1,000,000 above the budget request and
$1,510,000 above the fiscal year 2010 enacted level.
Federal
Highway Administration
The Committee recommends a total program
level of $45,920,927,576 for
the activities of the FHWA in fiscal year 2011. The recommendation is
$4,082,283,239 above the budget request and $3,132,098,576 above the
fiscal year 2010 enacted level.
Federal-aid
Highways (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust
Fund)
The bill includes language limiting
fiscal year 2011 federal-aid highways
obligations to $45,217,700,000, an increase of $4,110,700,000 from the
fiscal year 2010 enacted level and an increase of $3,854,925,000 above
the
budget request. The Committee’s recommendation represents a 10 percent
increase as compared to last year’s funding level.
Marin
Parklands/Muir Woods Visitor Access, CA
– The statement of
managers accompanying the fiscal year 2004 appropriations Act includes
$1,100,000 in federal lands funding for ‘‘Marin Parklands/Muir Woods
Visitor
Access, California.’’ It is the intent of the Committee that $220,000
of these
funds be made available for ‘‘Pacific Way Bridge, County of Marin, CA’’
and
$180,000 of these funds be made available for ‘‘Signal at
Flamingo/Highway
1, County of Marin, CA.’’
National
Highway Transportation Safety Administration
The Committee recommends $891,228,000 for
NHTSA to maintain current
programs, which is $13,618,000 above the budget request and $18,451,000
above the fiscal year 2010 enacted level.
Federal
Rail Road Administration
The Committee recommends $203,348,000 for
safety and operations, which
is $31,078,000 above the fiscal year 2010 enacted level and $50,000,000
above the fiscal year 2011 budget request.
Capital
Assistance for High Speed Corridors and Intercity Passenger
Rail Service
The Committee recommends $1,400,000,000
for the passenger rail grant
program. The Committee’s recommendation is $1,100,000,000 below the
fiscal year 2010 enacted level and $400,000,000 above the level
proposed in
the fiscal year 2011 budget. The Committee provides a 40 percent
increase
over the budget request.
Amtrak
The Committee recommends $563,000,000 for
operating grants for Amtrak,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2010 enacted level and the level
assumed in the fiscal year 2011 budget request.
Federal
Transit Administration
The Committee recommends a total of
$130,698,000 for FTA’s
administrative expenses, an increase of $31,787,000 above the fiscal
year
2010 funding level and $17,139,000 above the budget request. Of this
amount, $106,559,000 is for the salaries and expenses of FTA. The bill
includes an additional $24,139,000 to carry out public transportation
fixed
guideway safety oversight activities, if authorized.
Formula
and Bus Grants
The Committee provides $8,961,348,000 in
obligation limitations for these
programs and activities which is $689,648,000 above the budget request
and $618,177,000 over the fiscal year 2010 enacted level. The Report
states: “The Committee recognizes that the recommended level represents
significant increase in the transit formula and bus grant program. The
Committee strongly believes that this increase is necessary to meet
critical
transit infrastructure needs and the growing public transportation
demands
facing our nation. The DOT’s 2008 Conditions and Performance Report
indicates that an estimated $15.1 billion annual average investment is
needed to maintain transit conditions and performance and $21.1 billion
is
needed to improve transit conditions and performance. The Committee’s
hearings underscored the substantial need and overall support for
increased
transit investment.”
Maritime
Administration
The Committee recommends $174,000,000 for
this account, equal to both
the budget request and the level enacted in fiscal year 2010.
Suisun
Bay
– The Report states: “The Committee was pleased with the
recent Suisun Bay Agreement, which resolved environmental concerns
about
the disposal process of 52 obsolete ships in California. The Committee
hopes
this and other recent agreements will revive the process and reduce the
number of obsolete vessels in NDRF’s fleet. Therefore, the Committee
directs
MARAD to submit a multi-year plan to dispose of the remaining obsolete
vessels in its fleet to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. This document should include
cost
estimates for each year of the plan.”
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Fair
housing and equal opportunity
The Committee recommends $67,964,000 for
this account, which is
$3,836,000 below the level enacted in the fiscal year 2010 bill and
equal to
the budget request.
Tenant-Based
Rental Assistance
The Committee recommends $19,395,663,000
for tenant-based rental
assistance, an increase of $1,211,463,000 above the fiscal year 2010
enacted level and $155,000,183 below the budget request for Section 8
vouchers. Consistent with the budget request, the Committee continues
the
advance of $4,000,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
for
Section 8 programs to October 1, 2010.
Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative
The
Report states: “The Committee recommends no funding for the
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, as this program is, yet again,
unauthorized.
The Committee has instead elected to fund the HOPE VI program to
further
complete the work of revitalizing severely distressed public housing
units.”
The Administration requested $250 million for the program.
HOPE
VI
The Committee recommends $200,000,000 for
the Severely Distressed
Public Housing program (HOPE VI) for fiscal year 2011, equal to the
fiscal
year 2010 enacted level and $200,000,000 above the budget request.
Section
184
The Committee recommends $9,000,000 in
new credit subsidy for the
Section 184 loan guarantee program, $2,000,000 above the fiscal year
2010
enacted level and the same as the budget request to guarantee a total
loan
volume of $994,000,000.
The
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
The Committee recommends $350,000,000,
which is $15,000,000 above the
enacted level for fiscal year 2010 and $10,000,000 above the budget
request.
Community
Development Fund
The
Committee recommends a total of $4,352,100,000 for the
Community Development Fund account, which is $97,900,000 below the
fiscal year 2010 level and $28,000,000 below the fiscal year 2011
budget
request. Of the amounts made available:
$3,990,755,000 is for the formula grants and state share;
$65,000,000 for the Native American Housing and Economic
Development Block Grant;
$150,000,000 for the Sustainable Communities Initiative;
$25,000,000 for the Rural Innovation Fund;
$25,000,000 for the University Community Fund -Section 107
Grants;
$77,145,000 for economic development initiative activities and
$12,200,000 for neighborhood initiative activities; and
$7,000,000 for insular areas.
Section
108: Community Development Block Grant
The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for
the Section 108 loan
guarantees program, $4,000,000 above the enacted level for fiscal year
2010 and $10,000,000 above the level in the budget request.
Brownfield
Redevelopment
The Committee recommends $17,500,000 for
the Brownfields
Redevelopment program, equal to the level enacted for fiscal year 2010
and
$17,500,000 above the amount in the budget request.
Section 202: Housing for the Elderly
The Committee recommends
$825,000,000 for the Section 202 program for
fiscal year 2010, which is equal to the level enacted for fiscal year
2010 and
$551,300,000 above the request for fiscal year 2011. The recommendation
allocates funding as follows:
$491,300,000 for new capital and project rental assistance contracts
(PRAC);
$183,700,000 for one-year renewals of expiring PRAC payments;
$90,000,000 for service coordinators and the continuation of
congregate services grants; and
$40,000,000 for grants to convert Section 202 projects to assisted
living facilities
CONGRESSIONALLY AND PRESIDENTIALLY DESIGNATED
CALIFORNIA PROJECTS IN THE BILL
– Pacific Way Bridge, County of
Marin, CA (Woolsey)
– Signal at Flamingo/Highway 1,
County of Marin, CA (Woolsey)
– Shelter Network of San Mateo
County, CA: Shelter Network’s Maple Street
Project: $200,000(Speier)
– Los Angeles Neighborhood
Housing Services, Inc., CA: Counsel and Assist
Homeowners Facing Foreclosures: $500,000 (Becerra)
– Variety Boys and Girls Club,
CA: Demolition and Reconstruction of a
Facility: $200,000 (Roybal-Allard)
– Project Angel Food, CA:
Installation of a Roof and Solar Energy Panels $150,000 (Becerra)
-People in Progress, Inc., CA
Acquisition of a Building for Homeless
Veterans: $380,000 (Berman)
– My Sister’s House, CA
Renovation of Asian and Pacific Islander Domestic
Violence Survivor Home: $250,000 (Matsui)
– Davis Street Community Center,
Inc., CA Building Acquisition: $500,000
(Stark)
– Community Hospitals of Central
California Foundation, dba Community
Medical Foundation, CA Design, Construction, Engineering, Furnishings
and
Equipment: $750,000 (Costa)
– City of Lawndale, CA Design and
Construction of a Community Center:
$500,000 (Waters)
– City of Fullerton, CA
Demolition, Planning, Design and Construction of a
Community Center: $500,000 (Sanchez, Loretta)
– City of Burbank, CA Planning,
Design and Construction of a Library:
$100,000 (Schiff)
– Chabad of the Valley, CA
Renovation of a Facility: $250,000 (Sherman)
– American Legion Post 139, CA
Rehabilitation and Renovation of an
American Legion Hall: $95,000 (Schiff)
– Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
(SMART), CA: $1,000,000 (Woolsey)
– BART Silicon Valley Project,
CA: $2,000,000 (Honda; Lofgren, Zoe)
– Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project,
CA: $750,000 (Harman; Schiff; Waters;
Watson)
– Watts DASH Community Circulator
Bus Project, CA: $200,000 (Richardson)
– Vacaville Intermodal
Station-Phase 2, Vacaville, CA: $750,000 (Miller,
George)
– Transit Center, California
State University, Northridge, CA: $500,000
(Sherman)
– Montebello Bus Lines and
Norwalk Transit Agency Bus Replacement
Project, CA: $500,000 (Napolitano) – Monterey-Salinas Transit
Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) Security Systems Upgrade, CA: $800,000
(Farr)
– Municipal Transit Operators
Coalition Clean Fuel Bus Purchase, CA:
$2,000,000 (Waters; Harman; Watson)
– Los Angeles Boyle Heights DASH
Bus, CA: $420,000 (Roybal-Allard)
– Los Angeles
Florence-Firestone/Walnut Park Transit Vehicles, CA $300,000 (Sanchez,
Linda; Roybal-Allard)
– Los Angeles Midtown DASH
Community Circulator Bus Expansion Project,
CA $1,000,000 (Watson)
– Cypress Park Transit Bus and
Bus Facilities, Los Angeles, CA $400,000
(Becerra)
– City of Rialto Metrolink
Parking Lot Improvement, CA $700,000 (Baca)
– City of San Bernardino
Intermodal Transit Center, CA $500,000 (Baca)
– Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed
Guideway Construction, Santa Ana, CA $250,000 (Sanchez, Loretta)
– Washington Boulevard Traffic
Signal Modernization, Commerce, CA $650,000 (Roybal-Allard)
– Vesta Street Overpass, San
Diego, CA $450,000 (Davis)
– U.S. Highway 101 High Occupancy
Vehicle Widening Project, Carpinteria
Creek Bridge, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA $650,000 (Capps)
– U.S. 50/Watt Avenue Interchange
Modification, CA $400,000 (Matsui)
– Telegraph Road Realignment, CA
$450,000 (Sanchez, Linda)
– Sidewalk Construction in
Ashland, Cherryland and Castro Valley
Communities, Alameda County, CA $200,000 (Lee)
– Sacramento Intermodal
Transportation Facility, CA $500,000 (Matsui)
– Rosemead Boulevard Underpass
Repair Project, Pico Rivera, CA $450,000
(Napolitano)
– Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic
Trail Project, CA $450,000 (Farr)
– Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension Phase 2B, CA $650,000 (Chu; Schiff)
– Marin-Sonoma Narrows, CA
$450,000 (Woolsey)
– Los Banos Bypass Segment One,
Los Banos, Merced County, CA $400,000
(Cardoza)
– Cooley Landing/San Francisco
Bay Trail Construction, CA $600,000
(Eshoo)
– Branford Street and Laurel
Canyon Boulevard Flood Improvements, CA $250,000 (Berman)
– Capitol Expressway Pedestrian
Improvements, CA $240,000 (Lofgren,
Zoe)
– I-80/Gilman Street Interchange
Improvement Project, Berkeley, CA
$1,000,000 (Lee)
– I-805/La Jolla Village Drive
Interchange Project, San Diego, CA $1,000,000
(Davis)
– I-5 North Stockton Lane
Widening and Improvements Project, CA
$1,250,000 (McNerney; Cardoza)
– I-5 Widening from I-605 North
to I-710 Environmental Phase, CA
$1,000,000 (Roybal-Allard; Napolitano)
– Avalon Boulevard Interchange
Modification at the I-405, Carson, CA
$1,000,000 (Richardson)
– Travis Air Force Base North
Gate Access Improvements, CA $750,000
(Garamendi)
– Low Divide and Rowdy Creek Road
Improvement Project, County of Del
Norte, CA $750,000 (Thompson)
– Golden Gate National Parks-Park
Access, Transit and Trails, CA $1,000,000
(Pelosi)
– Great Highway Long-Term
Solution Planning, CA $500,000 (Speier)
– Vallejo Ferry Maintenance
Facility, Vallejo, CA $750,000 (Miller, George)
– Golden Gate Ferry-Sausalito
Ferry Facility Ramps and Gangways, CA $500,000 (Woolsey)
– Berkeley Ferry Service, CA
$500,000 Pelosi; Lee (CA)
– Van Ness Avenue BRT, CA
$15,000,000 The President
– Perris Valley Line, CA
$23,490,000 The President
– E Street Corridor sbX BRT, CA
$42,630,000 The President (Baca)
– East Bay BRT, CA $15,000,000:
The President (Lee)