Joint resolution authorizing the President to designate the calendar month of September 1972 as ""National Voter Registration Month""
PL 92-350 (S.J.Res.245), enacted 07/13/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-350-JULY 13, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
80 Stat. 1350. 
D.C. Code 
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acquired by it with regard to wages, salaries, hours, working condi-
tions, sick leave, health and welfare and pension or retirement provi-
sions for employees. It shall assume the provisions of any collective 
bargaining agreement between such acquired transportation system 
and the representatives of its employees. The Authority and the 
employees, through their representatives for collective bargaining 
purposes, shall take whatever action may be necessary to have pension 
trust funds presently under the joint control of the acquired transpor-
tation system and the participating employees through their repre-
sentative transferred to the trust fund to be established, maintained and 
administered jointly by the Authority and the participating employees 
through their representatives. No employee of any acquired transpor-
tation system who is transferred to a position with the Authority 
shall by reason of such transfer be placed in any woi^© position with 
respect to workmen's compensation, pension, seniority, wages, sick 
leave, vacation, health and welfare insurance or any other benefits, 
than he enjoyed as an employee of such acquired transportation 
system." 
(8) Section 79 of article XVI is amended to read as follows: 
"Eeduced Fares 
"79. The District of Columbia, the Northern Virginia Transporta-
tion District, the Washington Suburban Transit District and the com-
ponent governments thereof, may enter into contracts or agreements 
with the Authority to make equitable payments for fares lower than 
those established by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of article 
X I I I hereof for any specified class or category of riders." 
(b) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized 
and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of 
Columbia amendments, substantially as set forth in subsection (a), 
to title I I I of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Eegulation 
Compact with the States of Virginia and Maryland. 
Approved July 13, 1972. 
Public Law 92-350 
July 13, 1972 
[S. J . Res. 245] 
National Voter 
Registration 
Month. 
Designation 
authorization. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing tlie President to designate the calendar month of September 1972 as 
"National Voter Registration Month". 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the 
importance of Congress promotion and encouragement of voter regis-
tration by all qualified citizens, especially those newly enfranchised by 
the twenty-sixth amendment to the Constitution, the President is 
authorized and directed to proclaim the period beginning September 1, 
1972, and ending September 30,1972, as "National Voter Registration 
Month", and to call upon the people of the United States to observe 
such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved July 13, 1972.