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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 288

To abolish the Board of Review of the Metropolitan Washington Airports

Authority, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 26 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 1995

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. ROBB) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To abolish the Board of Review of the Metropolitan

Washington Airports Authority, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF BOARD OF REVIEW AND RELAT4 ED AUTHORITY.

5 (a) ABOLITION OF BOARD OF REVIEW.—Section

6 6007 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of

7 1986 (100 Stat. 1783–379) is amended—

8 (1) by striking subsections (f) and (h);

9 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub10 section (f); and
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1 (3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection

2 (g).

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

4 (1) RELATIONSHIP TO AND EFFECT OF OTHER

5 LAWS.—Section 6009(b) of the Metropolitan Wash6 ington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783–384)

7 is amended by striking ‘‘or by reason of the author8 ity’’ and all that follows through the end of the sub9 section and inserting a period.

10 (2) SEPARABILITY.—Section 6011 of the Met11 ropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100

12 Stat. 1783–385) is amended by striking ‘‘Except as

13 provided in section 6007(h), if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’.

14 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RESERVED PARKING AREAS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective 30 days after the date

16 of enactment of this Act, the Airports Authority—

17 (1) shall not provide any reserved parking areas

18 free of charge to Members of Congress, other Gov19 ernment officials, or diplomats at Washington Na20 tional Airport or Washington Dulles International

21 Airport; and

22 (2) shall establish a parking policy for such air23 ports that provides equal access to the public, and

24 does not provide preferential parking privileges to
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1 Members of Congress, other Government officials, or

2 diplomats.

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the

4 terms ‘‘Airports Authority’’, ‘‘Washington National Air5 port’’, and ‘‘Washington Dulles International Airport’’

6 have the same meanings as in section 6004 of the Metro7 politan Washington Airports Act of 1986.

8 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PERIMETER RULE WITH RESPECT

9 TO CERTAIN NONSTOP FLIGHTS.

10 (a) REPEAL.—Section 6012 of the Metropolitan

11 Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783–385)

12 is hereby repealed.

13 (b) PROHIBITION.—Section 6007 of the Metropolitan

14 Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783–379),

15 as amended by section 1, is amended by adding at the

16 end the following:

17 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF PERIMETER

18 RULE.—Effective on the date of enactment of this sub19 section, the Airports Authority may not impose any limita20 tion relating to the maximum distance over which an air

21 carrier may operate an aircraft nonstop in air transpor22 tation between Washington National Airport and any

23 other airport.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW.

2 Any reference in any Federal law, Executive order,

3 rule, regulation, or delegation of authority to the Board

4 of Review of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au5 thority or the provisions of law repealed under this Act

6 is hereby repealed.

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