109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3496
AN ACT 
To amend the National Capital Transportation Act 
of 1969 to authorize additional Federal contribu-
tions for maintaining and improving the transit 
system of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority, and for other purposes.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3496
AN ACT 
To amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 
to authorize additional Federal contributions for main-
taining and improving the transit system of the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 
2006’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Metro, the public transit system of the 
Washington metropolitan area, is essential for the 
continued and effective performance of the functions 
of the Federal Government, and for the orderly 
movement of people during major events and times 
of regional or national emergency. 
(2) On 3 occasions, Congress has authorized 
appropriations for the construction and capital im-
provement needs of the Metrorail system. 
(3) Additional funding is required to protect 
these previous Federal investments and ensure the 
continued functionality and viability of the original 
103-mile Metrorail system.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS 
FOR 
WASHINGTON 
METROPOLITAN 
AREA 
TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
The National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 
(sec. 9–1111.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CONTRIBU-
TION FOR CAPITAL AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE 
PROJECTS 
‘‘SEC. 18. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the suc-
ceeding provisions of this section, the Secretary of Trans-
portation is authorized to make grants to the Transit Au-
thority, in addition to the contributions authorized under 
sections 3, 14, and 17, for the purpose of financing in 
part the capital and preventive maintenance projects in-
cluded in the Capital Improvement Program approved by 
the Board of Directors of the Transit Authority. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Federal grants made pur-
suant to the authorization under this section shall be sub-
ject to the following limitations and conditions: 
‘‘(1) The work for which such Federal grants 
are authorized shall be subject to the provisions of 
the Compact (consistent with the amendments to the 
Compact described in subsection (d)). 
‘‘(2) Each such Federal grant shall be for 50 
percent of the net project cost of the project in-
volved, and shall be provided in cash from sources 
other than Federal funds or revenues from the oper-
ation of public mass transportation systems. Con-
sistent with the terms of the amendment to the 
Compact described in subsection (d)(1), any funds 
so provided shall be solely from undistributed cash 
surpluses, replacement or depreciation funds or re-
serves available in cash, or new capital. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR MASS 
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROJECTS RECEIVING FUNDS 
UNDER FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION LAW.—Except as 
specifically provided in this section, the use of any 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under 
this section shall be subject to the requirements applicable 
to capital projects for which funds are provided under 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, except to the 
extent that the Secretary of Transportation determines 
that the requirements are inconsistent with the purposes 
of this section. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS TO COMPACT.—No amounts may 
be provided to the Transit Authority pursuant to the au-
thorization under this section until the Transit Authority 
notifies the Secretary of Transportation that each of the 
following amendments to the Compact (and any further
amendments which may be required to implement such 
amendments) have taken effect: 
‘‘(1) An amendment requiring all payments 
made by the local signatory governments for the 
Transit Authority and for the cost of operating and 
maintaining the adopted regional system are made 
from amounts derived from dedicated funding 
sources. For purposes of this paragraph, a ‘dedi-
cated funding source’ is any source of funding which 
is earmarked and required under State or local law 
to be used for payments to the Transit Authority. 
‘‘(2) An amendment establishing the Office of 
the Inspector General of the Transit Authority in 
accordance with section 3 of the National Capital 
Transportation Amendments Act of 2006. 
‘‘(3) An amendment expanding the Board of 
Directors of the Transit Authority to include 4 addi-
tional Directors appointed by the Administrator of 
General Services, of whom 2 shall be nonvoting and 
2 shall be voting, and requiring one of the voting 
members so appointed to be a regular passenger and 
customer of the bus or rail service of the Transit 
Authority. 
‘‘(e) AMOUNT.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for grants under this section such sums as are
made available to the Secretary of Treasury to make pay-
ments to the Transit Authority pursuant to section 9(k) 
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1338). 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization under this section—
‘‘(1) shall remain available until expended; and 
‘‘(2) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, 
amounts available to the Transit Authority under 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, or any 
other provision of law.’’. 
SEC. 3. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AU-
THORITY INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority (hereafter referred to as 
the ‘‘Transit Authority’’) shall establish in the Tran-
sit Authority the Office of the Inspector General 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Of-
fice’’), headed by the Inspector General of the Tran-
sit Authority (hereafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Inspector General’’). 
(2) 
DEFINITION.—In 
paragraph 
(1), 
the 
‘‘Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’’ 
means the Authority established under Article III of