NASCO Webinar Leslie Blakey, President Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors.

NASCO WebinarLeslie Blakey, President

Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors

What is CAGTC?• Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade

Corridors: Founded in 2001 as a national advocacy organization for freight infrastructure

• Mission:  Raise public recognition and Congressional awareness of the nation’s freight needs and to promote sufficient funding in federal legislation for our multimodal goods movement system

• Composition: 60+ member organizations that are geographically and politically diverse from the public & private sectors

Freight Fact Sheets

Follow that Freight Brochure Series

Digital & hard copies available

CAGTC Principles

• Make national freight transportation policy multimodal and designate a national, multimodal freight network;

• Authorize dedicated, sustainable funding for multimodal freight PNRS or a similar competitive freight infrastructure grant program;

• Ensure robust public investment in all modes;• Promote and expedite the development and delivery of

projects that improve and facilitate the efficient movement of goods; and

• Commit to exploring sustainable sources of revenue across all modes – a minimum annual investment of $2 billion in additional funding is needed.

Freight Can’t Wait

Freight Can’t Wait

Freight Can’t Wait

At the request of Congressional staff, CAGTC developed a paper to highlight the infrastructure needs of U.S. road border crossings in view of increasing trade volumes with our neighbors to the north and south.

The NAFTANEXT SummitNAFTANEXT: Energizing Sustainable Trade Corridors Across North America

Where: Chicago, IL

When: April 22 – 25, 2014

What: Tri-national forum for public and private sectors to develop a long-term

vision for freight transportation, encompassing mobility, energy, and the environment.

www.NAFTANEXT.com

Coming Soon…

• Expand Follow that Freight brochure series

• Expand Freight Can’t Wait booklet• Develop infographic on the effects of

congestion on private businesses and commerce

• Organize next NAFTANEXT

Freight Dynamics• Rebounding economy & consumer

demand• Introduction of megaships & changes in

ocean service• Reshoring & nearshoring• Low-cost energy & byproducts• Energy movement impacts on rail capacity• Panama Canal• Manpower shortage & regulatory issues

• Two-year bill, funded at $52/ yr• Developed first-ever National Freight

Policy and other freight provisions• Expired 9/30/14, extended through

7/31/15

Present Landscape

Freight Proposals• Administration’s GROW AMERICA Act

– Six year bill, valued at $478 billion. $18 billion for freight over six years, divided evenly between a formula and a discretionary program.

– Dedicated funding source: Short-term repatriation tax & long-term corporate tax restructuring

Freight ProposalsHouse T&I Committee’s Six-Month Special Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation

– Establish a multimodal freight policy

and network;– Robust investment in all modes;– Authorize funding for multimodal

freight PNRS; and– Call on Administration to identify and

recommend sustainable multimodal revenue.

Freight Proposals

Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)Economy in Motion: The National Multimodal

and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act

• Forms Freight Trust Fund• Establishes 1% waybill fee on goods movement

costs - estimated to raise about $8 billion/ yr• Develops Freight Formula – 50% • Creates Competitive Grant Program – 50%

Freight Proposals

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-CA)The National Freight Network

Trust Fund Act of 2015

• Forms Freight Trust Fund• Directs 5% of currently-

collected import duties – estimated to deposit about $1.9 billion/yr

• Creates Competitive Grant Program tied to the Primary Freight Network

Administration Initiatives• DOC Advisory Committee on Supply Chain

Competitiveness– Recommendations call for increased funding

distributed through a freight-specific competitive grant program; requested minimum investment of $2 billion/yr.

• DOT National Freight Advisory Committee– Recommendations call for increased funding

distributed through a freight-specific competitive grant program. Minimum annual investment not designated.

Speculation

• Money: HTF will run dry in August. Funding possibilities: gas tax increase, General Fund transfer, tax reform, various repatriation methods.

• Pressure: 2016 elections, rotating leadership, stakeholders.

• What’s Next? – EPW – scheduled markup for June 24– T&I – waiting for guaranteed funding– Commerce – writing strong freight title– Ways & Means – planning revenue hearing

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