Item No.:  8d_supp
Date:   January 9, 2018
Draft 2018 Federal Legislative Agenda
Briefing to Port of Seattle Commission 
Pearse Edwards, Director, Government Relations, Port of Seattle
Eric Schinfeld, Sr. Manager, Federal Government Relations, Port of Seattle
Ryan McFarland, Manager, Federal Government Relations, Port of Seattle



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Overview
Priority Agenda Items  Port-wide, Aviation & Maritime
Additional Issues
Supporting or Engaging
Monitoring
Next steps
Seek Commission adoption at 1/9 meeting
Share approved federal priorities with key stakeholders

Questions?
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Priority Agenda Items  Port-wide
Welcoming and Competitive Immigration & Trade Policies: 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
"Travel ban" executive order
Comprehensive immigration policies that ensure the Port, its partner and its
customers have the workforce to succeed in the global economy.



Top Port Priorities
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Priority Agenda Items  Aviation 
Sufficient Infrastructure Funding and Flexibility: 
Long-term FAA Reauthorization
Federal infrastructure investment package.
Raise the PFC cap, maintaining Commission oversight
Efficient and Safe Airport Operations: 
Increase deployed TSA passenger screening canine teams
Allow airports to train canines for local TSA use
Preserve TSA funding for Law Enforcement Officer reimbursement grants
Increase CBP airport staffing

Top Port Priorities
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Priority Agenda Items  Aviation (con't) 
Increased Community Focus: 
Federal efforts to study regional air capacity
FAA direct engagement with local communities
Eligibility of airport-area public schools for FAA AIP noise insulation grant funding
Federal study on aviation activity and ultrafine particulate emissions
Greater flexibility for airports to address community needs: workforce & economic
development, Project Labor Agreements, and disadvantaged business contracting
Expanded Aviation Biofuels Deployment: 
Authority to use airport revenue to support fuel switching
Incentives for feedstock and production facilities
Top Port Priorities
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Priority Agenda Items  Maritime
Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) Reform: 
Reform the HMT to not disadvantage US ports and provide greater equity for donor ports
$50 million for the "donor port" HMT rebate program
Fishing Fleet Modernization: 
Reforms NOAA's Fisheries Finance Program (FFP) 
for fishing vessels
Increase the FFP loan authority
Seattle Harbor Deepening: 
Deepening of federal channels serving T-18, T-30 and T-5

Top Port Priorities
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Priority Agenda Items  Maritime (con't)
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Funding:
Funding for continued federal operation and maintenance of the locks
National Freight Policy and Funding: 
Funding for a strengthened national multimodal freight strategy
and related grant programs
Terminal 5 Modernization Project: 
Funding for the Terminal 5 Modernization Project
Safe and Efficient Cargo Screening: 
Adequate CBP staffing levels
Ensure the federal responsibility for funding CBP services, equipment and facility development
Puget Sound Restoration: 
Federal resources for Puget Sound restoration

Top Port Priorities
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Additional Priority Issue Areas: Port-wide
Sufficient Infrastructure Funding and Flexibility:
Tax reform that creates revenue to fund infrastructure programs,
reduce Port bond financing costs and addresses the HMT
Welcoming and Competitive Immigration & Trade Policies:
Trade policies that open new markets and level playing fields, while
protecting workers and the environment
Increased Community Focus:
Funding and policies for economic development, tourism
development and workforce development
Funding for emissions reduction and water quality programs
Improve human trafficking prevention and intervention efforts
Support and Engage
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Additional Priority Issue Areas: Aviation
Sufficient Infrastructure Funding and Flexibility:
Support for progress on current and future capital projects
Efficient and Safe Airport Operations:
Oppose ATC governance changes that negatively impact statewide airports, community needs or
long-term investment predictability
Increased systems and policies for safety management and airfield risk.
Increased Community Focus:
Support for innovative strategies to offset air quality
emissions associated with increased air traffic growth
Welcoming and Competitive Immigration & Trade Policies:
Reasonable timeframe for implementation of REAL ID
Support and Engage
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Additional Priority Issue Areas: Maritime 
Diesel Emissions Reductions and DERA:
Funding for the EPA DERA program
Pebble Mine at Bristol Bay
Oppose mining activity in the Bristol Bay watershed that put fisheries at risk.
Jones Act:
Support the Jones Act with limited flexibility to grant waivers


Support and Engage
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Additional Issues to Monitor 
Port-wide 
Increased Communities Focus: 
Support key federal priorities of our local partners
Aviation 
Efficient and Safe Airport Operations: 
Support PreCheck expansion and TSA innovation
Increased Community Focus: 
Review proposed changes to the 65 DNL noise mitigation standard
Goods Movement User Fees: 
Support freight infrastructure funding via strategic user fees

Support and Engage
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