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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 517

To eliminate the Board of Review for the Metropolitan Washington Airports

Authority and increase the number of Presidential appointees to the

Authority, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 8 (legislative day, MARCH 6), 1995

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

A BILL

To eliminate the Board of Review for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and increase the number of

Presidential appointees to the 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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Metropolitan Washing5 ton Airports Authority Amendments Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF BOARD OF REVIEW.

2 Section 6007 of the Metropolitan Washington Air3 ports Act of 1986 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2456) is

4 amended—

5 (1) by striking subsection (f); and

6 (2) by striking subsection (h) and redesignating

7 subsection (i) as (h).

8 SEC. 3. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIALLY-AP9 POINTED MEMBERS OF BOARD.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6007(e) of the Metropoli11 tan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (formerly 49 U.S.C.

12 App. 2456(e)) is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘one member’’ in paragraph

14 (1)(D) and inserting ‘‘7 members’’; and

15 (2) by striking ‘‘Seven’’ in paragraph (5) and

16 inserting ‘‘10’’.

17 (b) SEPARABILITY.—Section 6011 of that Act (for18 merly 49 U.S.C. App. 2460) is amended by striking ‘‘Ex19 cept as provided in section 6007(h), if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’.

20 (c) STAGGERING TERMS FOR PRESIDENTIAL AP21 POINTEES.—Of the members first appointed by the Presi22 dent after the date of enactment of this Act—

23 (1) one shall be appointed for a term that ex24 pires simultaneously with the term of the member of

25 the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

26 board of directors serving on that date (or, if there
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1 is a vacancy in that office, the member appointed to

2 fill the existing vacancy and the member to which

3 this paragraph applies shall be appointed for 2

4 years);

5 (2) two shall be appointed for terms ending 2

6 years after the term of the member to which para7 graph (1) applies expires; and

8 (3) three shall be appointed for terms ending 4

9 years after the term of the member to which para10 graph (1) applies expires.

11 SEC. 4. PRESERVATION OF ACTIONS BY PREVIOUS BOARD.

12 Any action taken by the Board of Review under sec13 tion 6007(f) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act

14 of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(f)) as such section was in

15 effect before its amendment by this Act is hereby ratified

16 and deemed valid.

17 SEC. 5. RECONSTITUTED BOARD TO FUNCTION WITHOUT

18 INTERRUPTION.

19 Notwithstanding any provision of State law, including

20 those provisions establishing, providing for the establish21 ment of, or recognizing the Metropolitan Washington Air22 ports Authority, and based upon the Federal interest in

23 the continued functioning of the Metropolitan Washington

24 Airports Authority (as defined in section 6004(4) of the

25 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Act of 1986
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1 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2451(4)), the board of directors

2 of such Authority, including any members appointed

3 under the amendments made by section 3, shall continue

4 to meet and act after the date of enactment of this Act

5 until such time as any necessary conforming changes in

6 State law are made in the same manner as if those con7 forming changes had been enacted on the date of enact8 ment of this Act.

9 SEC. 6. STATUS UNAFFECTED.

10 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this

11 Act, shall affect the treatment of the Metropolitan Wash12 ington Airports Authority under Federal, State, or local

13 tax law.

14 SEC. 7. ADVISORY GROUP TO REVIEW LEASE PAYMENTS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6007 of the Metropolitan

16 Washington Airports Authority Act of 1986 (formerly 49

17 U.S.C. App. 2456) is amended by adding at the end there18 of the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(i) ADVISORY GROUP TO REVIEW LEASE.—

20 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary shall ap21 point an advisory group of 3 individuals not other22 wise employed by the United States Government to

23 review—

24 ‘‘(A) the lease arrangements under section

25 6005; and
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1 ‘‘(B) any renegotiation of that lease or any

2 portion of it, including subleases, including any

3 change in the terms or conditions of that lease,

4 and including the amount of any payments

5 made or received under it.

6 ‘‘(2) TERMS; QUALIFICATIONS.—

7 ‘‘(A) Members of the advisory group shall

8 serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

9 ‘‘(B) Members of the advisory group shall

10 be chosen on the basis of their experience in

11 aviation matters and in addressing the needs of

12 airport users.

13 ‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—Mem14 bers of the advisory group shall serve without com15 pensation but shall be reimbursed by the Airports

16 Authority for expenses actually incurred in carrying

17 out their responsibilities under this Act.’’.

18 (b) CHANGE IN DISPOSITION OF LEASE PAY19 MENTS.—Section 6005(b)(1) of that Act (formerly 49

20 U.S.C. App. 2454(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘general

21 fund of the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘the Airport and Air22 way Trust Fund’’.

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