A joint resolution granting the consent of the Congress to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.
PL 100-285 (H.J.Res.480), enacted 04/07/1988

102 STAT. 82 
PUBLIC LAW 100-285—APR. 7, 1988 
Public Law 100-285 
100th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Apr. 7, 1988 
[H.J. Res. 480] 
Securities. 
Safety. 
Banks and 
banking. 
Granting the consent of the Congress to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, 
and the District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Regulation Compact. 
Whereas the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 
the District of Columbia have adopted amendments to the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact relat-
ing to public hearing requirements, investment 
flexibility, 
procurement, and public safety; and 
Whereas the Congress has reviewed such amendments and is willing 
to consent to such amendments: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1
. 
CONSENT 
OF 
CONGRESS 
TO 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
COMPACT. 
The Congress consents to the amendments of the State of Mary-
land (chapters 674 and 675, 1984 Acts of the Maryland General 
Assembly), the amendments of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
(chapter 610, 1984 Acts of Assembly of Virginia; chapter 112, 1987 
Acts of Assembly of Virginia), and the amendments of the District of 
Columbia (D.C. Law 5-122) to sections 62(a), 69(a), 69(b), 73, 76(a), 
and 76(c) of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation 
Compact. Such amendments are substantially as follows: 
(1) Section 62(a) is amended to read as follows: 
"62.(a) The Board shall not make or change any fare or rate, nor 
establish or abandon any service except after holding a public 
hearing with respect thereto, except for service changes required by 
an emergency; minor service changes as defined by regulations 
promulgated by the Board; experimental service established to test 
the effect of such service, and in effect for not more than six months; 
and fare and service changes established for special events.". 
(2) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 69 are amended to read as 
follows: 
"69.(a) The Board may provide for the creation and administration 
of such funds as may be required. The funds shall be disbursed in 
accordance with rules established by the Board and all payments 
from any fund shall be reported to the Board. Moneys in such funds 
and other moneys of the Authority shall be deposited, as directed by 
the Board, in any branch or subsidiary of any state or national bank 
which has operations within the Zone, and having a total paid-in 
capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The trust depart-
ment of any state or national bank may be designated as a deposi-
tary to receive any securities acquired or owned by the Authority. 
The restriction with respect to paid-in capital may be waived for any 
such bank which agrees to pledge federal securities to protect the 
funds and securities of the Authority in such amounts and pursuant 
to such arrangements as may be acceptable to the Board. 
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"(b) Any moneys of the Authority may, in the discretion of the 
Board and subject to any agreement or covenant between the 
Authority and the holders of any of its obligations limiting or 
restricting classes of investments, be invested in: 
"(1) Direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the 
United States of America; 
"(2) Bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebted-
ness issued by agencies of the United States of America, includ-
ing but not limited to the following: Bank for Cooperatives; 
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks; Federal Home Loan Bank 
System; Export-Import Bank of the United States; Federal Land 
Banks; Federal National Mortgage Association; Student Loan 
Marketing 
Association; 
Government 
National 
Mortgage 
Association; Tennessee Valley Authority; or United States 
Postal Service; 
"(3) Securities that qualify as lawful investments and may be 
accepted as security for iEiduciary, trust and public funds under 
the control of the United States or any officer or officers 
thereof, or securities eligible as collateral for deposits of moneys 
of the United States, including United States Treasury tax and 
loan accounts; 
"(4) Domestic and Eurodollar certificates of deposits; and 
"(5) Bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebted-
ness issued by a domestic corporation, such as a corporation 
organized under the laws of one of the States of the United 
States, provided that such obligations are nonconvertible and at 
the time of their purchase are rated in the highest rating 
categories by a nationally recognized bond rating agency.". 
(3) Section 73 is amended to read as follows: 
"73. Contracts for the construction, reconstruction or improve-
ment of any facility when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-
five thousand dollars ($25,000) and contracts for the purchase of 
supplies, equipment and materials when the expenditure required 
exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be advertised and let 
upon sealed bids to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting 
such bids shall be published in a manner reasonably likely to attract 
prospective bidders, which publication shall be made at least ten 
days before bids are received and in at least two newspapers of 
general circulation in the Zone. The Board may reject any and all 
bids and readvertise in its discretion. If after rejecting bids the 
Board determines and resolves that, in its opinion, the supplies, 
equipment and materials may be purchased at a lower price in the 
open market, the Board may give each responsible bidder an oppor-
tunity to negotiate a price and may proceed to purchase the sup-
plies, equipment and materials in the open market at a negotiated 
price which is lower than the lowest rejected bid of a responsible 
bidder, without further observance of the provisions requiring bids 
or notice. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations to provide for 
purchasing from the lowest responsible bidder when sealed bids, 
notice and publication are not required by this section. The Board 
may suspend and waive the provisions of this section requiring 
competitive bids whenever: 
"(a) the purchase is to be made from or the contract is to be 
made with the Federal or any State government or any agency 
or political subdivision thereof or pursuant to any open-end 
bulk-purchase contract of any of them; 
Banks and 
banking. 
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
Regulations. 
State and 
local 
governments. 
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Law 
enforcement 
and crime. 
Law 
enforcement 
and crime. 
"(b) the public exigency requires the immediate delivery of 
the articles; 
"(c) only one source of supply is available; or 
"(d) the equipment to be purchased is of a technical nature 
and the procurement thereof without advertising is necessary in 
order to assure standardization of equipment and interchange-
i 
ability of parts in the public interest.". 
(4) Section 76(a) is amended to read as follows: 
"76.(a) The Authority is authorized to establish and maintain a 
regular police force, to be known as the Metro Transit Police, to 
provide protection for its patrons, personnel, and transit facilities. 
The Metro Transit Police shall have the powers and duties and shall 
be subject to the limitations set forth in this section. It shall be 
composed of both uniformed and plainclothes personnel and shall be 
charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of the signatories, and 
the laws, ordinances and regulations of the political subdivisions 
thereof in the Transit Zone, and the rules and regulations of the 
Authority. The jurisdiction of the Metro Transit Police shall be 
limited to all the transit facilities (including bus stops) owned, 
controlled or operated by the Authority, but this restriction shall 
not limit the power of the Metro Transit Police to make arrests in 
the Transit Zone for violations committed upon, to or against such 
transit facilities committed from within or outside such transit 
facilities, while in hot or close pursuit or to execute traffic citations 
and criminal process in accordance with subsection (c) below. The 
members of the Metro Transit Police shall have concurrent jurisdic-
tion in the performance of their duties with the duly constituted law 
enforcement agencies of the signatories and of the political subdivi-
sions thereof in which any transit facility of the Authority is located 
or in which the Authority operates any transit service. Nothing 
contained in this section shall either relieve any signatory or politi-
cal subdivision or agency thereof from its duty to provide police, fire 
and other public safety service and protection, or limit, restrict or 
interfere with the jurisdiction of or the performance of duties by the 
existing police, fire and other public safety agencies. For purposes of 
this section, 'bus stop' means that area within 150 feet of a metrobus 
bus stop sign, excluding the interior of any building not owned, 
controlled, or operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority.". 
(5) Section 76(c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Members of the Metro Transit Police shall have power to 
execute on the transit facilities owned, controlled, or operated by the 
Authority any traffic citation or any criminal process issued by any 
court of any signatory or of any political subdivision of a signatory, 
for any felony, misdemeanor, or other offense against the laws, 
ordinances, rules, or regulations specified in subsection (a). How-
ever, with respect to offenses committed upon, to, or against the 
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transit facilities owned, controlled, or operated by the Authority, the 
Metro Transit Police shall have power to execute criminal process 
within the Transit Zone.". 
SEC. 2. RESERVATION BY THE CONGRESS. 
The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolu-
tion is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved April 7, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 480: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-521 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
Mar. 21, considered and passed House. 
Mar. 23, considered and passed Senate.