the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Author-
ity Compact (Public Law 89–774). 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 
shall be appointed by the vote of a majority of the 
Board of Directors of the Transit Authority, and 
shall be appointed without regard to political affili-
ation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis-
tration, or investigations, as well as familiarity or 
experience with the operation of transit systems. 
(2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 
shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual 
serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 
not more than 2 additional terms. 
(3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 
removed from office prior to the expiration of his 
term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem-
bers of the Board of Directors of the Transit Au-
thority, and the Board shall communicate the rea-
sons for any such removal to the Governor of Mary-
land, the Governor of Virginia, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia, the chair of the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, and the chair of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) DUTIES.—
(1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL
OF
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
ESTABLISH-
MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 
same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 
Transit Authority as an Inspector General of an es-
tablishment carries out with respect to an establish-
ment under section 4 of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same terms 
and conditions which apply under such section. 
(2) CONDUCTING ANNUAL AUDIT OF FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS.—The Inspector General shall be re-
sponsible for conducting the annual audit of the fi-
nancial accounts of the Transit Authority, either di-
rectly or by contract with an independent external 
auditor selected by the Inspector General. 
(3) REPORTS.—
(A) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General shall pre-
pare and submit semiannual reports summa-
rizing the activities of the Office in the same 
manner, and in accordance with the same dead-
lines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector
General of an establishment under section 5 of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 5). For purposes of applying section 5 of 
such Act to the Inspector General, the Board of 
Directors of the Transit Authority shall be con-
sidered the head of the establishment, except 
that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 
General Manager of the Transit Authority a 
copy of any report submitted to the Board pur-
suant to this paragraph. 
(B) ANNUAL REPORTS TO LOCAL SIGNA-
TORY
GOVERNMENTS
AND
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than January 15 of each year, the Inspec-
tor General shall prepare and submit a report 
summarizing the activities of the Office during 
the previous year, and shall submit such reports 
to the Governor of Maryland, the Governor of 
Virginia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, 
the chair of the Committee on Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives, and the 
chair of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(4) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM-
PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.—
(A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
may receive and investigate complaints or infor-
mation from an employee or member of the 
Transit Authority concerning the possible exist-
ence of an activity constituting a violation of 
law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, 
gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a 
substantial and specific danger to the public 
health and safety. 
(B) 
NONDISCLOSURE.—The 
Inspector 
General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 
or information from an employee or member, 
disclose the identity of the employee or member 
without the consent of the employee or member, 
unless the Inspector General determines such 
disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 
the investigation. 
(C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em-
ployee or member of the Transit Authority who 
has authority to take, direct others to take, rec-
ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall 
not, with respect to such authority, take or 
threaten to take any action against any em-
ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 
complaint or disclosing information to the In-
spector General, unless the complaint was made 
or the information disclosed with the knowledge 
that it was false or with willful disregard for its 
truth or falsity. 
(5) INDEPENDENCE
IN
CARRYING
OUT
DU-
TIES.—Neither the Board of Directors of the Tran-
sit Authority, the General Manager of the Transit 
Authority, nor any other member or employee of the 
Transit Authority may prevent or prohibit the In-
spector General from carrying out any of the duties 
or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General 
under this section. 
(d) POWERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 
exercise the same authorities with respect to the 
Transit Authority as an Inspector General of an es-
tablishment may exercise with respect to an estab-
lishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than para-
graphs (7), (8), and (9) of such section. 
(2) STAFF.—
(A) ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERALS AND 
OTHER
STAFF.—The Inspector General shall 
appoint and fix the pay of—
(i) an Assistant Inspector General for 
Audits, who shall be responsible for coordi-
nating the activities of the Inspector Gen-
eral relating to audits; 
(ii) an Assistant Inspector General for 
Investigations, who shall be responsible for 
coordinating the activities of the Inspector 
General relating to investigations; and 
(iii) such other personnel as the In-
spector General considers appropriate. 
(B) 
INDEPENDENCE
IN
APPOINTING 
STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 
the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 
the individual is appointed by the Inspector 
General, or provides services procured by the 
Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 
Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 
to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 
into a contract or other arrangement for the 
provision of services under this section. 
(C) APPLICABILITY
OF
TRANSIT
SYSTEM 
PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the regulations 
governing the appointment and pay of employ-
ees of the Transit System shall apply with re-
spect to the appointment and compensation of
the personnel of the Office, except to the extent 
agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing in 
the previous sentence may be construed to af-
fect subparagraphs (A) through (B). 
(3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The General 
Manager of the Transit Authority shall provide the 
Office with appropriate and adequate office space, 
together with such equipment, supplies, and commu-
nications facilities and services as may be necessary 
for the operation of the Office, and shall provide 
necessary maintenance services for such office space 
and the equipment and facilities located therein. 
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—To the extent that 
any office or entity in the Transit Authority prior to the 
appointment of the first Inspector General under this sec-
tion carried out any of the duties and responsibilities as-
signed to the Inspector General under this section, the 
functions of such office or entity shall be transferred to 
the Office upon the appointment of the first Inspector 
General under this section. 
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN PROP-
ERTIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON DISPOSITION
OF CERTAIN 
PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Transit Authority’’) may not sell, 
lease, or otherwise convey or dispose of the property 
described in paragraph (2) unless the Transit Au-
thority meets each of the following conditions: 
(A) The Transit Authority has held a sepa-
rate, additional public hearing after October 20, 
2005, regarding the disposition of the property 
at which members of the general public had the 
opportunity to comment. 
(B) The Transit Authority has submitted a 
report to the Committee on Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate on the costs and 
benefits associated with the disposition of the 
property, the impact of the disposition on park-
ing facilities available at the Vienna Metrorail 
station, and the effect of the disposition on the 
capacity of the Vienna Metrorail station and 
the entire Metrorail system. 
(2) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property de-
scribed in this subsection consists of approximately 
3.75 acres located in Fairfax County, Virginia, and
is contained in all or part of the following parcels on 
the Fairfax County tax map: 
(A) Parcel 48—1((1)), 90 Portion. 
(B) Parcel 48—1((1)), 91B Portion. 
(C) Parcel 48—1((6)), 7A. 
(D) Parcel 48—1((6)), 8B. 
(E) Parcel 48—1((24)), 38A. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR DISPOSITION
OF CERTAIN 
PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Transit Authority may 
not sell, lease, or otherwise convey or dispose of the 
property described in paragraph (2) unless the 
Transit Authority meets each of the following condi-
tions: 
(A) The Transit Authority has met with 
the Mayor and members of the Council of the 
City of Takoma Park, Maryland, and commu-
nity representatives to discuss each of the fol-
lowing issues related to the disposition of such 
property: 
(i) The movement of buses and other 
vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles to and 
from the Takoma Park Metrorail station. 
(ii) The provision of bus bays, based 
on recommendations of the Transit Au-
thority and the Maryland Transit Adminis-
tration’s Ride-On program. 
(iii) The enhancement of public green 
space on the property, based on the Cen-
tral District Plan for Takoma DC. 
(B) The Transit Authority will work with 
residents and elected officials of Takoma Park, 
Maryland, and the Takoma area of the District 
of Columbia throughout the planning phase of 
the development of such property. 
(C) The Transit Authority has submitted a 
statement to the Committee on Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate certifying that the 
Transit Authority has met the conditions de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property de-
scribed in this paragraph consists of Lots 820, 821, 
822, 823, 829, 831, 832, 833, 839, 840, 841, 845, 
846, 847, 848, 849, 850, and 851 in Square 3352 
and Lots 811, 812, and 813 in Square 3353 of the 
District of Columbia Real Property Assessment 
Database.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN 
PROPERTIES.—
(1) RESTRICTION.—The Transit Authority may 
not sell, lease, or otherwise convey any of the real 
property described in paragraph (2) other than in 
accordance with a development plan for the property 
which meets the following requirements: 
(A) The plan shall require that any portion 
of the property used for residential purposes 
shall be used only for owner-occupied, multi-
family dwellings. 
(B) The plan must provide for the use of 
a portion of the property for commercial pur-
poses. 
(C) The plan shall be developed in con-
sultation with appropriate representatives of the 
local governments and communities for the area 
in which the property is located. 
(2) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property de-
scribed in this paragraph is any real property of the 
Transit Authority which is located within one mile 
of the Largo Town Center Metro Rail Station. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Except 
as specifically provided, nothing in this section may be 
construed to affect any law, rule, or regulation governing
the development or disposition of real property of the 
Transit Authority. 
SEC. 5. STUDY AND REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 
a study on the use of the funds provided under section 
18 of the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 
(as added by this Act). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate on the study conducted under subsection (a).
Passed the House of Representatives July 17, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.