I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 907 
To authorize project development for projects to extend Metrorail service 
in Northern Virginia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize project development for projects to extend Met-
rorail service in Northern Virginia, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Virginia Met-
rorail Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority (Metro) maintains the second largest rail 
network in the Nation. 
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(2) Local and State governments in the Na-
tional Capital Region have led efforts to extend Met-
rorail service, and any future Metrorail extension 
will be provided only with their collaboration, con-
sistent with local planning objectives. 
(3) In the most recent draft strategic plan, Mo-
mentum: The Next Generation of Metro, Metro iden-
tifies future expansion opportunities, including the 
Orange Line in Virginia from Vienna to Centreville 
and the Blue Line in Virginia from Franconia- 
Springfield to Prince William. 
(4) More than 120,000 Federal employees ride 
Metro to work, accounting for more than 40 percent 
of the morning rush-hour ridership. 
(5) More than half of Metro’s current stations 
are located on Federal property. 
(6) The Federal government has partnered with 
the State and local governments to provide $300 
million, consisting of $150 million in Federal funds 
to match $50 million each from Virginia, Maryland, 
and the District of Columbia (Public Law 110–432), 
over a 10-year period for safety and other capital 
improvements throughout the Metro system. 
(7) Metro takes 580,000 cars off the road each 
day, eliminates the need for 1,400 lane miles of 
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highway, reduces gas consumption by 75 million gal-
lons annually, and eliminates more than 10,000 tons 
of greenhouse gas emissions annually. 
(8) Metrorail stations encourage transit-ori-
ented development, which is critical to protecting 
open space throughout the region. 
(9) Metro stimulates economic and job growth, 
and real estate near Metrorail stations is worth in 
excess of $25 billion. 
(10) The Virginia Department of Transpor-
tation and the Department of Rail and Public Tran-
sit completed a Major Investment Study that con-
cluded that a multimodal transportation strategy is 
required to accommodate projected travel demand in 
Virginia along Interstate Route 66 from Interstate 
Route 495 to the Centreville and Haymarket com-
munities, areas which would be served by the pro-
posed Orange Line extension. 
(11) The population of the area to be served by 
the proposed Orange Line extension is expected to 
be 681,000 individuals by 2025, while employment 
in the area is projected to increase to 362,000 indi-
viduals. 
(12) The population of the area to be served by 
the proposed Blue and Yellow Line extensions grew 
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by 120,000 people between 2000 and 2010, and con-
tinued growth of another 100,000 people is expected 
by 2020. 
(13) The Comprehensive Plans for both Fairfax 
and Prince William counties identify the need to de-
velop alternative transit concepts, including an ex-
tension of the existing Metrorail lines. 
(14) As a result of military base realignments 
and closures, thousands of national defense-related 
Federal and civilian jobs will shift from the area of 
Crystal City, Virginia, which is served by Metrorail, 
to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and the Engineer Proving 
Ground in southern Fairfax, neither of which is cur-
rently served by Metro. 
(15) Department of Defense analysis shows 
many of those employees are coming from points 
south and west. 
(16) Additional jobs growth along the Rich-
mond Highway (Route 1) corridor and Interstate 
Route 95 in both Fairfax and Prince William coun-
ties, including communities like Mount Vernon, 
Woodbridge, and Potomac Mills, adds further ur-
gency to the need to expand Metro service in North-
ern Virginia. 
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(17) To ensure the regional transportation net-
work can accommodate projected growth, it is crit-
ical that extensions of transit service are coordinated 
with local land use planning, including the use of 
smart growth principles and transit-oriented develop-
ment. 
SEC. 3. NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL PROJECTS, NORTH-
ERN VIRGINIA. 
The following projects are deemed to have entered the 
project development phase under section 5309(d)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code: 
(1) Northern Virginia—Extension of Metrorail 
Blue Line to include the Engineer Proving Ground 
and the Interstate Route 95 corridor in Fairfax and 
Prince William counties. 
(2) Northern Virginia—Extension of Metrorail 
Orange Line to Centreville. 
(3) Northern Virginia—Extension of Metrorail 
Yellow Line to the Richmond Highway (Route 1) 
corridor in Fairfax and Prince William counties. 
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