I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 836
To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to provide
for reorganization of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
and for local review of proposed actions of the Airports Authority affect-
ing aircraft noise.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1995
Mrs. MORELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986
to provide for reorganization of the Metropolitan Wash-
ington Airports Authority and for local review of pro-
posed actions of the Airports Authority affecting aircraft
noise.
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 ‘‘Metropolitan Washing-
ton Airports Act Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 6002(7) of the Metropolitan Washington Air-
ports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2451(7)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘declining’’ after ‘‘perceived’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘the growing local interest,’’ and
inserting ‘‘the increasing need for local planning and
management on a metropolitan statistical area
basis,’’.
SEC. 3. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.
(a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Section 6007 of the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C.
App. 2456) is amended by striking subsections (e), (f),
(g), and (h) and inserting the following:
‘‘(e) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Airports Authority
shall be governed by a board of directors of 11 mem-
bers as follows:
‘‘(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Governor of Virginia.
‘‘(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia.
‘‘(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the
Governor of Maryland.
‘‘(D) 2 members shall be appointed by the
Virginia State legislature.
‘‘(E) 2 members shall be appointed by
those representatives from Virginia local gov-
ernments who are on the Board of Directors of
the Metropolitan Washington Council of Gov-
ernments.
‘‘(F) 2 members shall be appointed by
those representatives from the District of Co-
lumbia government who are on the Board of Di-
rectors of the Metropolitan Washington Council
of Governments.
‘‘(G) 2 members shall be appointed by
those representatives from Maryland local gov-
ernments who are on the Board of Directors of
the Metropolitan Washington Council of Gov-
ernments.
The Chairman shall be appointed from among the
members by a majority vote of the members and
shall serve until replaced by a majority vote of the
members.
‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS.—Members (A) shall serve
without compensation other than reasonable ex-
penses incident to board functions, and (B) must re-
side within the Washington Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area.
‘‘(3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for
terms of 4 years.
‘‘(4) REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES.—7 votes
shall be required to approve bond issues and the an-
nual budget.
‘‘(f) AIRPORT NOISE.—
‘‘(1) BALANCED
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTEC-
TION.—In order to protect the public from the im-
pact of aircraft noise and at the same time provide
for suitable air transportation service to the Wash-
ington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, a
proposed action of the board of directors which could
result in a change in the impact of aircraft noise in
the vicinity of a Metropolitan Washington Airport
may not take unless, at least 60 days before the ac-
tion is to take effect, the board of directors—
‘‘(A) notifies, in writing, the Committee on
Noise Abatement at National and Dulles Air-
ports of the Washington Council of Govern-
ments of the action for the purpose of allowing
such committee the opportunity to review, and
submit comments on, the action; and
‘‘(B) submits, in writing, to such commit-
tee a response to any comment of such commit-