Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Susan Monteverde Vice President of Government Relations American Association of Port Authorities smonteverde@aapa-ports.org March 13, 2017 American Association of Port Authorities 703.684.5700 • w w w .aapa-ports.org 1
Seaports Deliver Prosperity For American workers, consumers and communities seaports deliver vital goods and services to consumers, ship U.S. exports, create jobs and support local and national economic growth. 2
2 0 1 6 Federal Program s and Ports • EPA - $11.5 million of the $26.5 million Diesel Emissions Reduction Act • DOT -$160.4 million first- (DERA) grants for 12 year FASTLANE Grants to seaport projects seaports – Freight Focused • Corps of Engineers • DOT -$61.8 million seaport • Increased HMT Funds • First payments - $25 million TIGER funds for Donor and Energy • FEMA -$27.3 million in Transfer Ports port security grants given to • WRDA- passed AAPA members seaports footer goes here 3
CONGRESS PASSES W I I N • Returns to a two-year schedule • Reauthorizes several seaport deepening projects • Modernizes cost-share for deepening • HMT • Stabilizes HMT Spending, Ensuring Continued Progress Towards Full Use • Permanent full-use taken out • Extends the HMT Donor and Energy Transfer program • Makes technical revisions and streamlining provisions footer goes here 4
AAPA’s Focus On the New Adm inistration/ Congress • TRADE • INFRASTRUCTURE • TAX REFORM • SANCTUARY CITIES • ENVIRONMENT footer goes here 5
President – Elect Trum p’s 1 0 0 Day Pledge • Regulatory Reform • Withdrawal from Trade Agreements • NAFTA • Trans-Pacific Partnership • Label China a currency manipulator – duties could raise up to 45% • Identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers • Lift restrictions on energy production – more exports • Cancel U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure • Cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities footer goes here 6
Early Action By President Trum p • Freeze on Federal Hiring – • Review of Waters of the CBP exempt U.S. rule • Withdrawal from TPP • 2 Regulatory reform and regulatory reduction EO • Expedited environmental • Appointments of DHS, review for priority infrastructure projects DOT, Commerce, EPA and DOE Secretaries • Ban on discretionary • No nominees for Corps, funding to sanctuary MARAD or USTR jurisdictions footer goes here 7
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Trade • Withdrawal from Trade Agreements • Trans Pacific Partnership • NAFTA – Canada and Mexico • T-TIP with EU • Increasing Tariffs on Imports • Border Adjustment Tax • Stricter trade enforcement • China currency manipulator • Promoting Manufacturing • Buy America • Penalize and punish U.S. manufacturers who move jobs out of the U.S. • Reorganization of Department of Commerce • Eliminate International Trade Administration footer goes here 9
W hat is the TPP? • Australia • Canada • The Trans-Pacific • Japan Partnership (TPP) writes the rules for global trade— • Malaysia rules that will help increase • Mexico Made-in-America exports, • Peru grow the American • United States economy, support well- • Vietnam paying American jobs, and strengthen the American • Chile middle class. (source • Brunei USTR) • Singapore • New Zealand footer goes here 1 0
$ 1 Trillion for I nfrastructure Over 1 0 years • Encouraging P3’s a priority – tax incentives • Highway, bridges and airports often a priority • Need to start in 90 days • Focus on jobs and geographic diversity • Need to highlight port needs footer goes here 1 1
I nfrastructure – and Seaports - Can P3 W ork For Seaports? • Enhance the environment • Waterside – Modernize and and build resilience fully maintain federal navigation channels • DERA • NOAA • Construction • HMT full Use • Secure America ports and • Landside – Eliminate borders Bottlenecks and Expand Capacity • Cyber • Port Security Grants • Increase multi-modal funding footer goes here 1 2
Port I nfrastructure Needs Waterside Landside Need • Use $9 billion in the HMTF to address backlog • $29 billion need identified in AAPA • Fulling use HMT revenues Report State of Freight (current target for FY including nearly $2 2017 only 71%) billion in TIGER needs • Fully Fund authorized • DERA construction projects - $3.1B – at current funding • Port Security Grants level it would take 20 years to complete. General Stevedoring Council's New York 1 3 Luncheon
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STATE OF FREIGHT II/ AAPA and AASHTO REPORT 6202 Projects $258,698,283,920 29 States • Rail - 10 states provided freight rail needs at $5.9 billion for 270 projects. • Distribution - Four states provided distribution project needs at $581,620,200 for 25 projects. An additional 6 states provided 27 projects with no cost estimates, bringing the total project number up to 57 for 10 states. • Inland Waterway - 13 states submitted a total of 365 inland waterway surface transportation projects. Seven states submitted 298 projects with projected costs totaling $13 billion. • Highway – 3,152 totaling $96 billion from 12 states were reported and eight states submitted projects with no cost estimates attached to them. • Undefined - Three states submitted projects without breaking projects out into modes and costs for a total of 747 projects and $147 billion. 1 5
Sanctuary Cities Executive Order • Could impact public infrastructure funds as ports are state or local entities • DOT – FAST Lane, TIGER • DHS – Port Security grants • EPA – DERA port emissions grants • EDA – Economic Development Grants • MARAD • Any new Infrastructure funding program • State FAST Act and Corps most Corps programs not impacted. • AAPA letter to the Attorney General - Port grants should be exempt as we must comply with federal security laws footer goes here 1 6
Tax Reform • A mechanism to address the problems with the HMT • Make HMT spending mandatory • Determine a formula for spending • Provide permanent HMT funding for donor and energy transfer ports • Provide a mechanism to allow more funding for maintenance needs • Offset needed - $20 billion footer goes here 1 7
AAPA FY 2 0 1 7 Appropriations Priorities • Waterside • Environment • HMT • DERA Grants • Construction • Security • Port Security Grants • Landside • CBP Staffing • TIGER • Trade • FAST Lane footer goes here 1 8
FY 2 0 1 7 Energy and W ater Recom m endations Above the President’s Budget Request • $381.3 million additional Operations and Maintenance account funding included in the House bill • $325.25 million additional Construction funding included in the House bill • $50 million Donor and Energy Transfer Port funding in the Senate bill and • $15 million additional Investigations funding in the Senate bill footer goes here 1 9
OTHER FY 2 0 1 7 Recom m endations • TIGER – Support the Senate number of $525 million versus House $450 million • DERA – Support House number of $100 million versus Senate $25 million • Port Security Grant – Both House and Senate are $100 Million • CBP – Support 500 new maritime officers – not in either bill General Stevedoring Council's New York 2 0 Luncheon
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Environm ent and the Trum p Budget EPA Budget • Proposed 25% cut • DERA Grants • EPA Port’s Program • Community Outreach • Focus on core requirements • Executive Order on Other Environmental Programs Environmental Streamlining • CEQ in Charge • All Climate Change Programs Cut footer goes here 2 2
Security • Port Security Grants • 40% cut proposed in Trump budget • CBP Staffing • Over 500 short in the maritime environment • Shifting the cost to the private sector • Trump priority is the border with Mexico. General Stevedoring Council's New York 2 3 Luncheon
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