Transcript Sustainable Funding A National Clean/Safe Water Trust Fund

FY2010 Federal Budget
Overview
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Prepared by:
National Association of Regional Councils
What is NARC?
• National non-profit membership trade
organization
• Represents multi-jurisdictional regional
planning organizations - COGs, MPOs,
LDDs, RPOs – large and small, urban and
rural
– Members like MWCOG
• Formed by NACo and NLC to address
regionally based challenges and produce
solutions
What is NARC?
• Governed by local elected officials
• NARC President: Hon. Steve Cassano,
Selectman, Town of Manchester, CT
• Concentrate on four core areas
– Transportation
– Economic & Community Development
– Homeland Security/Public Safety
– Environment
Federal Budget Timeline
• 2/24/09 State of the Union: “…invest in areas
like energy, health care and education that
will grow our economy, even as we make
hard choices to bring our deficit down.”
• 2/26/09 Obama budget “Blueprint”– broad
outline for FY10 = $3.55T
• 4/29/09 Congress passed FY10 Budget
Resolution = $3.5T
• 5/7 & 5/11/09: Obama releases FY10
detailed spending requests and proposed
cuts
• Congress works on FY10 appropriations bills
Emerging Budget Priorities
• Climate Change
• Energy efficiency, alternatives,
renewables
• Transportation
• Housing
• Sustainable Communities – Interagency
Coordination & Planning
• Economic Development
• Education and Training
• Metro & Rural
“This budget -- is a bookend to that
stimulus package. It is though, the
foundation for how we go forward into
the future. We must see that this
budget in the context of the issues in
which we are trying to advance. They
have their justification...but they are
also investments that will grow our
economy and create jobs.”
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
FY10 Budget Resolution
• 5-yr spending and tax blueprint – based
on Obama budget overview
– Paves the way for a number of the
administration's legislative priorities
• Sets congressional spending and other
budgetary limits for FY10
– Determines actual funding of individual
departments, agencies and programs
• $1.09T for 12 FY10 spending bills
– $10B less than Obama request
• Projects $1.2T deficit for FY10
• No Republican support
Highlights: FY10 Budget Resolution
Energy
$5.7B, including civilian energy and environmental programs of DOE
Natural Resources and the Environment
$35.1B, including funding for environmental protection, recreation and management programs of
the Agriculture, Commerce, Interior and Transportation departments, as well as the Army Corps of
Engineers and EPA.
Agriculture
$6.1B, including research and education programs, economics and statistics services,
administration, and inspection.
Commerce and Housing
$13.4B for the commerce and housing credit function, and other advancement of commerce
programs.
Transportation
$31.4B, including USDOT programs, such as the FHWA, FTA, FAA, Amtrak and other programs.
Community & Regional Development
$15.9B, including economic and community development programs in both urban and rural areas
– CDBG, federal commissions, USDA rural development, the FEMA and other disaster-related
and community-related programs.
Education, Training, Employment & Social Services
$89.4B, including funding for Dept of Education, social services programs within the HHS, and
employment and training programs within the DOL and other programs.
Highlights: FY10 Budget Resolution
Reserve Funds:
• Creates many deficit-neutral funds to adjust spending levels to
accommodate legislation covered by the funds
• No money set aside
• Creates bipartisan congressional sunset commission to review
federal programs and establish a process for eliminating “obsolete
and duplicative” programs
Energy
• Tax incentives to expand offshore oil and gas production
• Production of renewable energy and green jobs
• Investment in clean energy technology and GHG reductions
Infrastructure – investment in infrastructure projects
Economic Stabilization – revitalize and strengthen the domestic
manufacturing, tax relief, housing assistance, overhaul the internal
revenue code, changes to trade policy and unemployment mitigation
“This budget builds on the steps…to
move this economy from recession to
recovery and ultimately to prosperity.
We have to lay a new foundation for
growth…that will strengthen our
economy and help us compete in the
21st century.”
- President Barack Obama
FY10 President’s Budget Request
• TOTAL = $3.6T spending plan
• Critical investments:
– Education
– Healthcare reform
– Public safety
— Renewable energy
— Affordable housing
— Transportation
• $17B in cuts from 120 programs
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$25M DOT Rail Line Relocation Grants
$15M EPA California Diesel Emissions Reduction Grants program
5% off Army Corps of Engineers budget
$11.5B from the Appropriations Committees’ discretionary
spending pots
• CBO estimates $1.7T deficit (11.9% of GDP) this year
– $1.1 trillion deficit (7.9% of GDP) next year
– the largest deficits as a share of GDP since 1945
FY10 Proposed Discretionary Spending
Figures in millions
From Congressional Quarterly
Federal Agency: USDA
FY10 Budget = $25.7B
FY09 Enacted = $24.1B
• $61M Rural economic development &infrastructure
• $1.3B Rural broadband and telecommunications
services (loans and grants)
• $250M Rural renewable energy (loans and grants)
• $70M Rural revitalization, education, and land
grant programs
• $68M increase to protect national forests
• $120M Land and Water Conservation Fund
• $876M Conservation Operations
• $40M Watershed Rehabilitation
USDA - $28B in ARRA
Federal Agency: DOC
FY10 Budget = $13.8B
FY09 Enacted = $9.3B
• $246M for EDA Economic Assistance Programs
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(+$11.2M)
$16.5M Global Climate Change (+$1.3M)
Mix of Increases &
$72.8 Public Works grants (-$60M)
Decreases for Federal
$31M Planning grants (level)
data activities under
$13M Technical Assistance grants (+$3.6M) U.S. Census
$2M Research and Evaluation (+$1.5M)
$15.8M Trade Adjustment Assistance (level)
$125M Economic Adjustment Assistance (+$90M)
funding includes:
$50M Regional innovation clusters
(new)
Increases for Federal
climate activities
• Regional planning and matching grants
• to leverage a region’s existing competitive strengths and boost job
creation and economic growth.
$50M New businesses in distressed areas to create a nationwide
network of public-private business incubators (new)
DOC - $7.9B in ARRA
Federal Agency: DOE
FY10 Budget = $26.4B
FY09 Enacted = $26B
• $2.3B Energy Efficiency, Alternatives & Renewables
– $301M Weatherization Assistance (+$50M)
– Lots of R&D money
– No funding for EECBG
• $174M Smart Grid Modernization
General Priorities:
- Science, Discovery & Innovation
- Clean, Secure Energy
- National Security
DOE - $38.7B in ARRA
- Lowering GHG emissions
- Economic Prosperity
Federal Agency: DHS
FY10 Budget = $42.7B
FY09 Enacted = $40B
• $3.9B FEMA State & Local Programs
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$666M for Urban Area Security Initiative (+$37M)
$35M Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants (level)
$15M Citizen Corps Program (level)
$315M Emergency Management Performance Grants (level)
$250M Public Transportation Grants (level)
$250M Port Security Grants (level)
$50M Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
(-$20M)
– $137M State and Local Training Programs (-$59M)
– $150M Pre Disaster Mitigation Grants
• $2B Disaster Relief Fund
DHS - $3.5B in ARRA
Federal Agency: HUD
FY10 Budget = $43.7B
FY09 Enacted = $40.7B
• $4.5B Community Development Block Grants (+$540m)
– $150M Sustainable Communities Initiative-integrate (new)
housing/transportation & reform zoning and land use
• $100M Regional Planning Grants for MPOs/HUD block grant corsortia
• $40M Metropolitan Challenge Grants to encourage sustainable growth
• $25M Rural Innovation fund-competitive grants for promoting innovative
approaches to improving rural housing (new)
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$1.825B HOME Investment Partnerships program (+$125M)
$17.8B rental assistance programs
$1B Affordable Housing Trust Fund (new)
$250M New Choice Neighborhood Initiative-extreme poverty areas (new)
$100M energy-efficiency construction grants (innovation fund) (new)
$10M HUD-DOT strategies for public housing and transportation
accessibility (new)
No funding: Sec. 108, Brownfields EDI, or EZ or RC, NSP or Rural Housing
HUD - $13.6B in ARRA
Federal Agency: DOI
FY10 Budget = $12B
FY09 Enacted = $11B
• $50.1M clean energy future (renewables) on Federal
lands and waters
• $133M impacts of climate change
• $46M Water Conservation ($26M in competitive grants for localities)
• $420M Land and Water Conservation Fund ($30M for
States, local and tribal governments)
• $2.5B Indian Affairs
USDA rec’d $3B in ARRA
Federal Agency: DOL
FY10 Budget = $13.3B
FY09 Enacted = $12.9B
• $3.8B Workforce Development
– $2.9B for WIA
• $50M Green Jobs Innovation Fund (new)
– competitive grants for green industry workers job training
• $15M Workforce Data Quality Initiative (new)
– competitive grants to integrate education and workforce data
• $135M Career Pathways Innovation Fund (new)
– competitive grants to community colleges to develop/expand career
pathway programs
DOL - $40B in ARRA
Federal Agency: DOT
FY10 Budget = $73.3B
FY09 Enacted = $71.5B
• $3.5B Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
(level)
• $175M Essential Air Service (EAS) program (+$52M)
• $1B Capital Assistance High Speed Rail Corridors &
Intercity Passenger Rail Service (+$970M)
• $36.1B Federal-Aid Highways** (-$4.7B)
• $1.8B Transit Capital Investment grants ** (+$1.8B)
• $1.5B Amtrak Subsidies (+$14M)
• $5B National Infrastructure Bank (new)
**Baseline numbers that do not take into account transportation
authorization.
No funding: Small Community Air Service program, Rail Line Relocation Grant
Program and Surface Transportation Priority earmarks
DOT - $48.1B in ARRA
Federal Agency: EPA
FY10 Budget = $10.5B
FY09 Enacted = $7.6B
• $2.4B Clean Water SRF (+$1.7B); $1.5B Drinking Water DRF
(+$671M)
– Encourages efficient water delivery and green infrastructure
– Will work with state and local partners to develop sustainability policy
• $19M Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions inventory
(new)
– Supports developing energy and climate change plan
– Supports strengthening climate partnership programs
– Supports GHG Rule implementation and data reporting
• $106M Public Water Systems Supervision Grants
• $229.3M Water Pollution Control Grants
• $100M Brownfields Projects
(+$10.8M)
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• $1.8M Land Preservation and Restoration
• $43.1M Environmental R&D
EPA - $7.22B in ARRA
(+$6.6M)
Regional Commissions
• $76M Appalachian Regional Commission
(ARC) (+$1M)
• $13M Delta Regional Authority (DRA) (level)
• $11.9M Denali Commission (+$165,000)
No funding: Northern Border, Southeast Crescent, Southwest Border or Northern Great
Plains regional commissions.
Commissions - $50M in ARRA
How does this impact you?
• Appropriations
• Transportation Authorization –
SAFETEA-LU expires September 2009
• Climate Change – Waxman-Markey bill
• EDA Reauthorization
• Livable Communities initiative
• Water & Wastewater bill(s)
Important Local & Regional
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