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ginia and Maryland, and the Department of Public
Works of the District of Columbia.
(8) No funds received nor debt issued by the
Corporation may be used to finance costs related to
the replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Bridge.
(b) INTERSTATE COMPACT OR AGREEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 1
or more of the metropolitan Washington region ju-
risdictions may enter into an interstate compact or
agreement to finance and implement one or more of
the projects from the long-range plan of the Board,
if consent is granted by—
(A) the department of transportation of
each State that enters into the compact or
agreement; and
(B) if the District of Columbia enters into
the compact or agreement, the Department of
Public Works of the District of Columbia.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The interstate compact
or agreement shall—
(A) include a list of regional transportation
projects and a regional funding mechanism to
fund the projects; and
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(B) include a time limit of not more than
2 years for approval by the metropolitan Wash-
ington region jurisdictions.
(3) 
EXPEDITED
APPROVAL.—An 
interstate
compact or agreement described in paragraph (1)
shall be deemed to have the consent of Congress un-
less Congress enacts a law denying consent to the
compact or agreement within 60 days after the date
of approval of the compact or agreement by the Sig-
natories.
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives—
(1) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, an interim report on the
progress of the Board in developing cooperative
transportation plans and regional funding mecha-
nisms to meet transportation needs in the metropoli-
tan Washington region; and
(2) not later than 3 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a final report on the results of
the actions of the Board in developing cooperative
transportation plans and regional funding mecha-
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nisms to meet transportation needs in the metropoli-
tan Washington region.
SEC. 7. MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING AND EFFORT.
The funding provided under any regional transpor-
tation program developed under this subtitle shall supple-
ment (and not supplant) other Federal, State, and local
transportation funding for the metropolitan Washington
region jurisdictions. In using funds provided under this
subtitle, a metropolitan Washington region jurisdiction
shall maintain the expenditures of the jurisdiction for
transportation in the metropolitan Washington region, at
a level equal to not less than the level of the expenditures
maintained by the jurisdiction for the fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which the funds are received.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $300,000 for
each of fiscal years 1998 through 2000, of which not less
than—
(1) $100,000 shall be used by the Board for
salaries and administrative expenses of experts in fi-
nancing and developing interstate compacts or
agreements; and
(2) $200,000 shall be used by the Board to
support a collaborative planning process, to dissemi-
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nate information to the public, and to pay the sala-
ries and administrative expenses of public outreach
staff.
(b) INCENTIVE GRANTS.—There is authorized to be
appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2002 to provide as much as 25 percent of the
cost of regional projects agreed to by the Signatories
under section 6(b).
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