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Federal Legislative Summary

Transportation

• Support legislation creating a new surface transportation program
• Support additional federal funding for the Kansas City Area Intelligent Transportation System

Tax and Finance

• Support legislation promoting the collection of remote sales tax
• Support efforts to preserve the use of municipal bonds for local infrastructure financing

Environmental Policy

• Support continued eligibility for Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) funding
• Support continued funding for Local Energy Efficiency and Conservation Efforts

Telecommunications

• Support a balanced approach to telecommunications policy that allows new and existing technologies to flourish while preserving traditional local regulatory authority to protect the public health, safety and welfare of their residents through land use planning and zoning and collect just and fair compensation for the use of the public right-of-way
• Support legislation clarifying the ability of cities to partner with private business in an effort to improve and extend public fiber networks