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TITLE VI—CAPITAL AND PREVENTIVE 
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS FOR WASH-
INGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRAN-
SIT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION FOR CAPITAL AND PREVENTIVE MAINTE-
NANCE PROJECTS FOR WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN 
AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of 
this section, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
make grants to the Transit Authority, in addition to the con-
tributions authorized under sections 3, 14, and 17 of the 
National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (sec. 9–1101.01 
et seq., D.C. Official Code), for the purpose of financing in 
part the capital and preventive maintenance projects included 
in the Capital Improvement Program approved by the Board 
of Directors of the Transit Authority. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(A) the term ‘‘Transit Authority’’ means the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority established 
under Article III of the Compact; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Compact’’ means the Washington Metro-
politan Area Transit Authority Compact (80 Stat. 1324; 
Public Law 89–774). 
(b) USE
OF FUNDS.—The Federal grants made pursuant to 
the authorization under this section shall be subject 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 involved, and shall be provided 
in cash from sources other than Federal funds or revenues 
from the operation 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 depre-
ciation funds or reserves available in cash, or new capital. 
(3) Such Federal grants may be used only for the mainte-
nance and upkeep of the systems of the Transit Authority 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act and may not 
be used to increase the mileage of the rail system. 
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF REQUIREMENTS FOR MASS TRANSPOR-
TATION CAPITAL PROJECTS RECEIVING FUNDS UNDER FEDERAL 
TRANSPORTATION LAW.—Except as specifically provided in this sec-
tion, 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 require-
ments are inconsistent with the purposes of this section.
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(d) AMENDMENTS TO COMPACT.—No amounts may be provided 
to the Transit Authority pursuant to the authorization under this 
section until the Transit Authority notifies the Secretary of 
Transportation that each of the following amendments to the Com-
pact (and any further amendments which may be required to imple-
ment such amendments) have taken effect: 
(1)(A) An amendment requiring that all payments by the 
local signatory governments for the Transit Authority for the 
purpose of matching any Federal funds appropriated in any 
given year authorized under subsection (a) for the cost of oper-
ating and maintaining the adopted regional system are made 
from amounts derived from dedicated funding sources. 
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘dedicated 
funding source’’ means any source of funding which is ear-
marked or required under State or local law to be used to 
match Federal appropriations authorized under this division 
for payments to the Transit Authority. 
(2) An amendment establishing an Office of the Inspector 
General of the Transit Authority. 
(3) An amendment expanding the Board of Directors of 
the Transit Authority to include 4 additional 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 pas-
senger and customer of the bus or rail service of the Transit 
Authority. 
(e) ACCESS
TO WIRELESS SERVICE
IN METRORAIL SYSTEM.— 
(1) REQUIRING TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO 
SERVICE.—No amounts may be provided to the Transit 
Authority pursuant to the authorization under this section 
unless the Transit Authority ensures that customers of the 
rail service of the Transit Authority have access within the 
rail system to services provided by any licensed wireless pro-
vider that notifies the Transit Authority (in accordance with 
such procedures as the Transit Authority may adopt) of its 
intent to offer service to the public, in accordance with the 
following timetable: 
(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in the 20 underground rail station plat-
forms with the highest volume of passenger traffic. 
(B) Not later than 4 years after such date, throughout 
the rail system. 
(2) ACCESS
OF
WIRELESS
PROVIDERS
TO
SYSTEM
FOR 
UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE.—No amounts may be provided 
to the Transit Authority pursuant to the authorization under 
this section unless the Transit Authority ensures that each 
licensed wireless provider who provides service to the public 
within the rail system pursuant to paragraph (1) has access 
to the system on an ongoing basis (subject to such restrictions 
as the Transit Authority may impose to ensure that such access 
will not unduly impact rail operations or threaten the safety 
of customers or employees of the rail system) to carry out 
emergency repairs, routine maintenance, and upgrades to the 
service. 
(3) PERMITTING REASONABLE AND CUSTOMARY CHARGES.— 
Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit the 
Transit Authority from requiring a licensed wireless provider
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to pay reasonable and customary charges for access granted 
under this subsection. 
(4) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and each of the 3 years thereafter, 
the Transit Authority shall submit to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report on the implementation of this 
subsection. 
(5) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘licensed 
wireless provider’’ means any provider of wireless services who 
is operating pursuant to a Federal license to offer such services 
to the public for profit. 
(f) AMOUNT.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Transportation for grants under this section an aggre-
gate amount not to exceed $1,500,000,000 to be available in incre-
ments over 10 fiscal years beginning in fiscal year 2009, or until 
expended. 
(g) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization under this section shall remain available until 
expended. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.