TEA-21: Outreach Session on New Federal Credit Programs

	TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century *Moving Americans into the 21st Century*

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Federal Highway Administration
Office of Budget and Finance, HFS-40, Room 4310
400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington DC 20590 tel (202) 366-0973
fax (202) 366-7493

DOT Focus Group Outreach Session on New Federal Credit Programs

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public officials, potential project sponsors, the financial community, and other interested parties to attend a public meeting to share comments with DOT concerning how best to administer two new Federal credit programs -- the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program and the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program -- that were authorized in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21, Public Law 105-178).

When: Monday, September 14, 1998, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Host: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Where: The Oval Room, One World Trade Center, 43rd Floor, New York, NY

Agenda

9:30 - 10:00 Coffee / Refreshments

10:00 - 10:30 Introductory Remarks (DOT Deputy Secretary Mortimer Downey)

10:30 - 11:00 TIFIA Overview (presented by FHWA)

11:00 - 12:30 Open Discussion on TIFIA

Program Administration
Application Process
Project Evaluation / Selection
Rating Requirement

12:30 - 1:45 Lunch (on your own)

1:45 - 2:15 RRIF Overview (presented by FRA)

2:15 - 3:45 Open Discussion on RRIF

Credit Risk Premium
Priority Projects
Public Notice Comments Received
Program Implementation

3:45 - 4:30 General Questions / Program Comparison

Attendees are requested to RSVP to the Federal Highway Administration to the above address/fax number and to arrive early with photo identification to facilitate clearance into the meeting facility.

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