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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5105 
To ensure that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority includes 
board members who have certified expertise in certain areas, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2016 
Mr. DELANEY (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mrs. COMSTOCK) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority includes board members who have certified 
expertise in certain areas, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘WMATA Governance 
Reform Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WMATA BOARD APPOINTMENTS. 
(a) FEDERAL APPROVAL.—The Government shall not 
approve an amendment to the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority Compact (an interstate compact 
created effective February 20, 1967), unless the signato-
ries of the compact, the District of Columbia, the State 
of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, certify 
that beginning after the date of implementation of the 
amended compact and thereafter, that each signatory will 
appoint an absolute majority of the Board of Directors 
of the Authority with the expertise described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) AREAS OF EXPERTISE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The expertise of an absolute 
majority of Directors referred to in subsections (a) 
and (c) shall include 1 or more of the following 
qualifications: 
(A) A certified transit expert who has 
served in a senior executive capacity, or the 
equivalent, of a transit authority in the United 
States. 
(B) A certified management expert who is 
currently or has previously served for 5 or more 
years and has in his or her capacity managed, 
directly or indirectly, more than 1,000 full-time 
employees— 
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(i) as a president, chief operating offi-
cer, chief executive officer, chairman, or 
managing partner of an equivalent position 
of a qualifying business or nonprofit entity; 
or 
(ii) as the president or most senior 
manager of a division of a qualifying busi-
ness. 
(C) A certified financial expert who meets 
the standards of an audit committee financial 
expert under New York Stock Exchange rules. 
(D) A certified safety expert who has a 
minimum of 5 years of experience as a chair-
man, director, senior investigator or equivalent 
position of a transportation or transit safety 
board in the United States. 
(2) OTHER SIGNATORY APPOINTMENTS.—If a 
signatory appoints an individual to the Board of Di-
rectors who does not meet the qualifications of sub-
section (b), the signatory shall provide the Board 
with an explanation of the individual’s qualifications 
and why such qualifications will be beneficial to the 
Board. 
(c) FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS.— 
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