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House Calendar No. 53
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1086
[Report No. 105–153]
To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and
to improve the United States Code.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1997
Mr. HYDE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
JUNE 25, 1997
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered
to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 17, 1997]
A BILL
To codify without substantive change laws related to
transportation and to improve the United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITLE 26, INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.
Section 9503(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
9503(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘such Acts are in effect’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the paragraph and substituting ‘‘section 5338 (a)(1)
or (b)(1) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
were in effect on December 18, 1991’’.
SECTION 2. TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 49, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In the item related to subchapter I in the analysis for chapter
5, strike—
‘‘DUTIES AND’’.
(2) In the heading for subchapter I of chapter 5, strike—
‘‘AND’’.
(3) In section 5108(f), strike ‘‘section 522(f)’’ and substitute ‘‘section
552(b)’’.
(4) Section 5303(c) is amended as follows:
(A) In paragraph (1), insert ‘‘and sections 5304–5306 of this
title’’ after ‘‘this section’’.
(B) In paragraph (4)(A), strike ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘paragraph (5)’’.
(C) In paragraph (5)(A), insert ‘‘and sections 5304–5306 of
this title’’ after this section’’.
(5) In item 155 in the subtitle analysis for subtitle IV, strike ‘‘AND
TARIFFS’’.
(6) In section 11904(a)(2), strike ‘‘a person’’ and substitute ‘‘per-
son’’.
(7) In section 11906, strike ‘‘of this title’’ and substitute ‘‘of this
part’’.
(8) In section 13506(a)(5), strike ‘‘1141j(a))’’ and substitute
‘‘1141j(a)))’’.
(9) In section 13703(a)(2), strike ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and substitute
‘‘paragraph (1)’’.
(10) In section 13905(e)(1), strike ‘‘31144,’’ and substitute ‘‘31144’’.
(11) In section 14123(c)(2)(B), insert ‘‘in’’ before ‘‘no event’’.
(12) In section 14903(a), insert ‘‘a’’ before ‘‘civil penalty of not
more than’’.
(13) In section 15101(a), strike ‘‘oversee of ’’ and substitute ‘‘over-
see’’.
(14) In the item related to section 15904 in the analysis for chapter
159, strike ‘‘certain’’ and substitute ‘‘pipeline’’.
(15) In section 15904(c)(1), strike ‘‘section 11501(b)’’ and substitute
‘‘15901(b)’’.
(16) In section 16101, redesignate subsection (d) as (c).
(17) In item 305 in the subtitle analysis for subtitle VI, strike ‘‘NA-
TIONAL AUTOMOBILE TITLE INFORMATION SYSTEM’’ and substitute ‘‘NA-
TIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE INFORMATION SYSTEM’’.
(18) In section 30305(b)—
(A) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by section 207(b) of the
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–324, 110
Stat. 3908), strike ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and substitute ‘‘subsection (a)
of this section’’; and
(B) redesignate paragraph (8), as redesignated by section
502(b)(1) of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–264, 110 Stat. 3262), as paragraph (9).
(19) In section 32706(c), strike ‘‘subchapter II of chapter 105’’ and
substitute ‘‘subchapter I of chapter 135’’.
(20) In the analysis of subtitle VII, strike the item related to part
D and substitute
‘‘PART D—PUBLIC AIRPORTS
‘‘491.
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS ...............................................
49101’’.
(21) In the item related to section 41502 in the analysis for chapter
415, strike ‘‘common’’.
(22) The catchline for section 41502 is amended by striking ‘‘com-
mon’’.
(23) In section 41713(b)(4)(B)(ii), strike ‘‘10102’’ and substitute
‘‘13102’’.
(24) In section 41714(d)(1), strike ‘‘sections 6005(c)(5) and 6009(e)
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986’’ and substitute
‘‘sections 49104(a)(5) and 49111(e) of this title’’.
(25) In section 44936(f)(1)(C), strike ‘‘section 30305(b)(7)’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘section 30305(b)(8) of this title’’.
(26) Insert after part C of subtitle VII the following:
‘‘PART D—PUBLIC AIRPORTS
‘‘CHAPTER 491—METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
AIRPORTS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘49101. Findings.
‘‘49102. Purpose.
‘‘49103. Definitions.
‘‘49104. Lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports.
‘‘49105. Capital improvements, construction, and rehabilitation.
‘‘49106. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
‘‘49107. Federal employees at Metropolitan Washington Airports.
‘‘49108. Limitations.
‘‘49109. Nonstop flights.
‘‘49110. Use of Dulles Airport Access Highway.
‘‘49111. Relationship to and effect of other laws.
‘‘49112. Separability and effect of judicial order.
‘‘§ 49101. Findings
‘‘Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the 2 federally owned airports in the metropolitan area of the
District of Columbia constitute an important and growing part of the
commerce, transportation, and economic patterns of Virginia, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the surrounding region;
‘‘(2) Baltimore/Washington International Airport, owned and oper-
ated by Maryland, is an air transportation facility that provides service
to the greater Metropolitan Washington region together with the 2 feder-
ally owned airports, and timely Federal-aid grants to Baltimore/Wash-
ington International Airport will provide additional capacity to meet
the growing air traffic needs and to compete with other airports on a
fair basis;
‘‘(3) the United States Government has a continuing but limited in-
terest in the operation of the 2 federally owned airports, which serve the
travel and cargo needs of the entire Metropolitan Washington region as
well as the District of Columbia as the national seat of government;
‘‘(4) operation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports by an inde-
pendent local authority will facilitate timely improvements at both air-
ports to meet the growing demand of interstate air transportation occa-
sioned by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–504; 92
Stat. 1705);
‘‘(5) all other major air carrier airports in the United States are
operated by public entities at the State, regional, or local level;
‘‘(6) any change in status of the 2 airports must take into account
the interest of nearby communities, the traveling public, air carriers,
general aviation, airport employees, and other interested groups, as well
as the interests of the United States Government and State governments
involved;
‘‘(7) in recognition of a perceived limited need for a Federal role
in the management of these airports and the growing local interest, the
Secretary of Transportation has recommended a transfer of authority
from the Federal to the local/State level that is consistent with the man-
agement of major airports elsewhere in the United States;
‘‘(8) an operating authority with representation from local jurisdic-
tions, similar to authorities at all major airports in the United States,
will improve communications with local officials and concerned residents
regarding noise at the Metropolitan Washington Airports;
‘‘(9) a commission of congressional, State, and local officials and
aviation representatives has recommended to the Secretary that transfer
of the federally owned airports be as a unit to an independent authority
to be created by Virginia and the District of Columbia; and
‘‘(10) the Federal interest in these airports can be provided through
a lease mechanism which provides for local control and operation.
‘‘§ 49102. Purpose
‘‘(a) GENERAL.—The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the transfer
of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Wash-
ington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other re-
lated facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority cre-
ated by Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local con-
trol, management, operation, and development of these important transpor-
tation assets.
‘‘(b) INCLUSION OF BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
NOT PRECLUDED.—This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and
Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington Inter-
national Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms agreed
to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the
District of Columbia, and Maryland.
§ 49103. Definitions
‘‘In this chapter—
‘‘(1) ‘Airports Authority’ means the Metropolitan Washington Air-
ports Authority, a public authority created by Virginia and the District
of Columbia consistent with the requirements of section 49106 of this
title.
‘‘(2) ‘employee’ means any permanent Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration personnel employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports on
June 7, 1987.
‘‘(3) ‘Metropolitan Washington Airports’ means Washington Na-
tional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
‘‘(4) ‘Washington Dulles International Airport’ means the airport
constructed under the Act of September 7, 1950 (ch. 905, 64 Stat. 770),
and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Right-of-way, in-
cluding the extension between Interstate Routes I–495 and I–66.
‘‘(5) ‘Washington National Airport’ means the airport described in
the Act of June 29, 1940 (ch. 444, 54 Stat. 686).
‘‘§ 49104. Lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports
‘‘(a) GENERAL.—The lease between the Secretary of Transportation and
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority under section 6005(a) of the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority under section 6005(a) of the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–500, 100 Stat.
1783–375, Public Law 99–591, 100 Stat. 3341–378), for the Metropolitan