{"id":3159,"date":"2021-11-18T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2021-12-09T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:08:13","slug":"nov-22-aapa-to-host-briefing-on-funding-provisions-in-h-r-3684-and-build-back-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/nov-22-aapa-to-host-briefing-on-funding-provisions-in-h-r-3684-and-build-back-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 22: AAPA to Host Briefing on Funding Provisions in H.R. 3684 and Build Back Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AAPA is hosting an information briefing on provisions in both the newly-enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) and the Build Back Better Act that Congress is expected to take up soon. Join AAPA on Monday, November 22, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific) for the&nbsp;<em>Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: What\u2019s In It For You?<\/em>&nbsp;virtual briefing.&nbsp;To participate, contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dmiller@aapa-ports.org\">Derek Miller<\/a>, AAPA government relations manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As President Biden signed H.R. 3684 into law on Monday, AAPA is honored to have taken part in the ceremony of this momentous, bipartisan bill&#8217;s enactment. Chris Connor, AAPA president and CEO, and Mario Cordero, chairman of AAPA&#8217;s Board of Directors and executive director of the Port of Long Beach, were invited by the White House and attended the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman Cordero also testified yesterday in a hearing before the House of Representatives&#8217; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about supply chain challenges. Cordero&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aapa.cms-plus.com\/files\/Mario%20Cordero%20Written%20TI%20Comm.%20Testimony%2011.17.21%20FINAL%20PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testimony acknowledges<\/a>&nbsp;the dedicated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aapa-ports.org\/Federal%20Funding%20for%20Ports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal funding for ports<\/a>&nbsp;in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make the critical investments needed for a more resilient supply chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPA is hosting an information briefing on provisions in both the newly-enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) and the Build Back Better Act that Congress is expected to take up soon. Join AAPA on Monday, November 22, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific) for the&nbsp;Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: What\u2019s In It &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":3150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}