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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 
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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-
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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 
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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.— 
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(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-
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