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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 836

To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to provide

for reorganization of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

and for local review of proposed actions of the Airports Authority affecting aircraft noise.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 6, 1995

Mrs. MORELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986

to provide for reorganization of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and for local review of proposed actions of the Airports Authority affecting aircraft

noise.

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 Act Amendments of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Section 6002(7) of the Metropolitan Washington Air3 ports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2451(7)) is amended—

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘declining’’ after ‘‘perceived’’;

5 and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘the growing local interest,’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘the increasing need for local planning and

8 management on a metropolitan statistical area

9 basis,’’.

10 SEC. 3. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.

11 (a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Section 6007 of the

12 Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C.

13 App. 2456) is amended by striking subsections (e), (f),

14 (g), and (h) and inserting the following:

15 ‘‘(e) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—

16 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Airports Authority

17 shall be governed by a board of directors of 11 mem18 bers as follows:

19 ‘‘(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the

20 Governor of Virginia.

21 ‘‘(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the

22 Mayor of the District of Columbia.

23 ‘‘(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the

24 Governor of Maryland.

25 ‘‘(D) 2 members shall be appointed by the

26 Virginia State legislature.
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1 ‘‘(E) 2 members shall be appointed by

2 those representatives from Virginia local gov3 ernments who are on the Board of Directors of

4 the Metropolitan Washington Council of Gov5 ernments.

6 ‘‘(F) 2 members shall be appointed by

7 those representatives from the District of Co8 lumbia government who are on the Board of Di9 rectors of the Metropolitan Washington Council

10 of Governments.

11 ‘‘(G) 2 members shall be appointed by

12 those representatives from Maryland local gov13 ernments who are on the Board of Directors of

14 the Metropolitan Washington Council of Gov15 ernments.

16 The Chairman shall be appointed from among the

17 members by a majority vote of the members and

18 shall serve until replaced by a majority vote of the

19 members.

20 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Members (A) shall serve

21 without compensation other than reasonable ex22 penses incident to board functions, and (B) must re23 side within the Washington Standard Metropolitan

24 Statistical Area.
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1 ‘‘(3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for

2 terms of 4 years.

3 ‘‘(4) REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES.—7 votes

4 shall be required to approve bond issues and the an5 nual budget.

6 ‘‘(f) AIRPORT NOISE.—

7 ‘‘(1) BALANCED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC8 TION.—In order to protect the public from the im9 pact of aircraft noise and at the same time provide

10 for suitable air transportation service to the Wash11 ington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, a

12 proposed action of the board of directors which could

13 result in a change in the impact of aircraft noise in

14 the vicinity of a Metropolitan Washington Airport

15 may not take unless, at least 60 days before the ac16 tion is to take effect, the board of directors—

17 ‘‘(A) notifies, in writing, the Committee on

18 Noise Abatement at National and Dulles Air19 ports of the Washington Council of Govern20 ments of the action for the purpose of allowing

21 such committee the opportunity to review, and

22 submit comments on, the action; and

23 ‘‘(B) submits, in writing, to such commit24 tee a response to any comment of such commit-
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1 tee with respect to the action within 30 days

2 after the date of receipt of such comment.’’.

3 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections

5 (b) and (c), the amendments made by sections 2 and 3

6 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

7 (b) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—Persons ap8 pointed as members of the board of directors of the Metro9 politan Washington Airports Authority on the date of the

10 enactment of this Act shall continue to serve on such

11 board until their respective terms expire under former sec12 tion 6007(e).

13 (c) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—

14 (1) VIRGINIA APPOINTMENTS.—The Governor

15 of Virginia shall appoint under new section

16 6007(e)(1)(A) a person to fill the vacancy of the

17 first member appointed by the Governor of Virginia

18 under former section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose term ex19 pires after the date of the enactment of this Act.

20 The Virginia State legislature shall appoint under

21 new section 6007(e)(1)(D) persons to fill the vacan22 cies of the second and third members appointed by

23 the Governor under former section 6007(e)(1)(A)

24 whose terms expire after such date of enactment.

25 Representatives from Virginia local governments
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1 shall appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(E) per2 sons to fill the vacancies of the fourth and fifth

3 members appointed by the Governor under former

4 section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose terms expire after such

5 date of enactment.

6 (2) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPOINTMENTS.—

7 The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall appoint

8 under new section 6007(e)(1)(B) a person to fill the

9 vacancy of the first member appointed by the Mayor

10 of the District of Columbia under former section

11 6007(e)(1)(B) whose term expires after the date of

12 the enactment of this Act. Representatives from the

13 District of Columbia government shall appoint under

14 new section 6007(e)(1)(F) persons to fill the vacan15 cies of the second and third such members appointed

16 by the Mayor under former section 6007(e)(1)(B)

17 whose terms expire after such date of enactment.

18 (3) MARYLAND APPOINTMENTS.—The Governor

19 of Maryland shall appoint under new section

20 6007(e)(1)(C) a person to fill the vacancy of the

21 first member appointed by the Governor of Maryland

22 under former section 6007(e)(1)(C) whose term ex23 pires after the date of the enactment of this Act.

24 Representatives from Maryland local governments

25 shall appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(G)—
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1 (A) a person to fill the vacancy of the sec2 ond member appointed by the Governor under

3 former section 6007(e)(1)(C) whose term ex4 pires after such date of enactment; and

5 (B) a person to fill the vacancy of the

6 member appointed by the President under

7 former section 6007(e)(1)(D) when the term of

8 such member expires after such date of enact9 ment.

10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi11 nitions apply:

12 (1) FORMER SECTION 6007(e).—The term

13 ‘‘former section 6007(e)’’ means section 6007(e) of

14 the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986

15 as in effect on the day before the date of the enact16 ment of this Act.

17 (2) NEW SECTION 6007(e).—The term ‘‘new sec18 tion 6007(e)’’ means section 6007(e) of the Metro19 politan Washington Airports Act of 1986, as amend20 ed by section 3 of this Act.

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