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8A Page 8 • Air Cargo Explosive Screening: $78 million to double the arr�oun#of cargo screened on passenger aircraft. • Secure Flight Certifica#ion: Requires the head of TSA ta certify thaf no security risks are raised by TSA's Secure Flight plans that would fimit screening of airiine passenger names only against a subset of the fu11 terrorisf watch list. Customs and Border Protection:$8.8 billion, $50 miflian above the request and$797 million above 2007. $'I billion is provided for border security fencing and tactical infrastructure and 3,Q00 additional border patrol agents are funded. The committee mark adds$27 million for 254 additional Customs and Border Patrol Officers for commerciaf operations and C-TPAT va[idation-verifying that"trusted shippers"have in place necessary security measures-as mandated in the SAFE Port Act. US-VISIT: $462 million, $99 million above 2007 and matching the presidenYs reques#,for tracking foreign visitors to the U.S. $230 million is withhefd until the Department af Ffomefand Security (DHSj provides a compfete schedule for the exit program or a certification that it cannot be implemented within five years, as well as a detailed accounting of operafions and maintenance and contractor costs. Infrastructure Protection: $272 million,$32 million above the presidenYs request and$44 million above 2007 to identify critical infrastruc#ure, and assess securi#y vulnerabifities. FEMA Management:$685 million, $17 million above the presidenYs request and$T5� million above 2007, including funding for regional o�ices tasked with helping sfate and locals prepare for and respond to disasters.This includes improvements to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's(FEMA) management operation called for after Katrina such as knowing where resources are located or tracking who applies for assistance and whether or not they qualify. Qisaster Relisf Fund: $1.7 billian, equal to the presidenYs request and$200 million above 2007, #ar assistance to state and local governments following a declared disaster or emergency, Flood Map Modernization: $230 million, $35 million above the president's request and$31 million above 2007,to modernize and digitize over 100,000 flood maps used to determine rafes for the IVational F1ood lnsurance Program. Pre-Disaster Mitigation: $12d million, $20 million above the presidenYs request and 2007,for projects that reduce#he risks associated with disasters, infrastrucfiure Bond Impiementatian Update Below is an updafe on the implementation af each of the infrastructure bonds passed in November 2006. This update wil!be run periodically in Priority Focus as new developments with each bond occur. Proposition 1 B: $19.92 billion on various transportatian projects to rebuifd California. Of this total amount,$1 billion is allocated for cities and $1 biflion for counties for local streets and roads improvement projects. Sipnificant potential oaen issues: Allocation schedule of$1 billion for cities for local streets and raads; developmenE of$2 billion State-Local Partnership Program; development of$3,1 biflion "yoo�is movement"and air quaiity progearns; aliocstioi�schecfule of$4 biflion far�u�1ic tra��sit, intercity and commuter raii and waterborne fransit. Current update: The allocation of the Prop. 1 B local streets and road funds has been held as an open item in the 8uctget Conference Committee. This means that it will require further debate before a decision is made. The League is sponsoring S8 286 with the Califarnia Sfate Association of Counties (CSAC}. This legislafion establishes accountability and oversight for the 4