Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Na-
tional Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Metro, the public transit system of the Wash-
ington metropolitan area, is essential for the contin-
ued and effective performance of the functions of the 
Federal Government, and for the orderly movement of 
people during major events and times of regional or 
national emergency. 
(2) On 3 occasions, Congress has authorized ap-
propriations for the construction and capital im-
provement needs of the Metrorail system. 
(3) Additional funding is required to protect 
these previous Federal investments and ensure the 
continued functionality and viability of the original 
103-mile Metrorail system. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS 
FOR 
WASHINGTON 
METROPOLITAN 
AREA 
TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
The National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (sec. 
9–1111.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION 
FOR CAPITAL AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS 
‘‘SEC. 18. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the suc-
ceeding provisions of this section, the Secretary of Trans-
portation is authorized to make grants to the Transit Au-
thority, in addition to the contributions authorized under 
sections 3, 14, and 17, 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. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Federal grants made pur-
suant 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 per-
cent of the net project cost of the project involved, and 
shall be provided in cash from sources other than Fed-
eral funds or revenues from the operation of public 
mass transportation systems. Consistent with the 
terms of the amendment to the Compact described in 
subsection (d)(1), any funds so provided shall be sole-
ly from undistributed cash surpluses, replacement or 
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depreciation funds or reserves available in cash, or 
new capital. 
‘‘(3) Such Federal grants may be used only for 
the maintenance and upkeep of the systems of the 
Transit Authority as of the date of the enactment of 
the National Capital Transportation Amendments 
Act of 2007 and may not be used to increase the mile-
age of the rail system. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR MASS 
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROJECTS RECEIVING FUNDS 
UNDER FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION LAW.—Except as spe-
cifically provided in this section, the use of any amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this sec-
tion shall be subject to the requirements applicable to cap-
ital 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. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS TO COMPACT.—No amounts may 
be provided to the Transit Authority pursuant to the au-
thorization under this section until the Transit Authority 
notifies the Secretary of Transportation that each of the fol-
lowing amendments to the Compact (and any further 
amendments which may be required to implement such 
amendments) have taken effect: 
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‘‘(1)(A) An amendment requiring that all pay-
ments by the local signatory governments for the 
Transit Authority for the purpose of matching any 
Federal funds appropriated in any given year au-
thorized under subsection (a) for the cost of operating 
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 fund-
ing which is earmarked or required under State or 
local law to be used to match Federal appropriations 
authorized under this Act for payments to the Transit 
Authority. 
‘‘(2) An amendment establishing the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Transit Authority in accord-
ance with section 3 of the National Capital Transpor-
tation Amendments Act of 2007. 
‘‘(3) An amendment expanding the Board of Di-
rectors of the Transit Authority to include 4 addi-
tional 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 passenger and 
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customer of the bus or rail service of the Transit Au-
thority. 
‘‘(e) ACCESS TO WIRELESS SERVICES IN METRORAIL 
SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRING TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO PRO-
VIDE ACCESS TO SERVICE.—No amounts may be pro-
vided to the Transit Authority pursuant to the au-
thorization under this section unless the Transit Au-
thority ensures that customers of the rail service of the 
Transit Authority have access within the rail system 
to services provided by any licensed wireless provider 
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 enactment of the National Capital Transpor-
tation Amendments Act of 2007, in the 20 un-
derground rail station platforms 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 SYS-
TEM
FOR
UPGRADES
AND
MAINTENANCE.—No 
amounts may be provided to the Transit Authority 
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