A joint resolution granting the consent and approval of Congress to amendments made by the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.
PL 111-62 (S.J.Res.19), enacted 08/19/2009

123 STAT. 1998 
PUBLIC LAW 111–62—AUG. 19, 2009 
Public Law 111–62 
111th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Granting the consent and approval of Congress to amendments made by the State 
of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact. 
Whereas Congress in title VI of the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (section 601, Public Law 110– 
432) authorized the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 
to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority subject 
to certain conditions, including that no amounts may be provided 
until specified amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Regulation Compact have taken effect; 
Whereas legislation enacted by the State of Maryland (Chapter 
111, 2009 Laws of the Maryland General Assembly), the Common-
wealth of Virginia (Chapter 771, 2009 Acts of Assembly of Vir-
ginia), and the District of Columbia (D.C. Act 18–0095) contain 
the amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Regulation Compact specified by the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (section 601, Public Law 110– 
432); and 
Whereas the consent of Congress is required in order to implement 
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 COMPACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CONSENT.—Consent of Congress is given to the amendments 
of the State of Maryland, the amendments of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, and the amendments of the District of Columbia to 
sections 5, 9 and 18 of title III of the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Regulation Compact. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—The amendments referred to in subsection 
(a) are substantially as follows: 
(1) Section 5 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) The Authority shall be governed by a Board of eight Direc-
tors consisting of two Directors for each Signatory and two for 
the federal government (one of whom shall be a regular passenger 
and customer of the bus or rail service of the Authority). For 
Virginia, the Directors shall be appointed by the Northern Virginia 
Transportation Commission; for the District of Columbia, by the 
Council of the District of Columbia; for Maryland, by the Wash-
ington Suburban Transit Commission; and for the Federal Govern-
ment, by the Administrator of General Services. For Virginia and 
Maryland, the Directors shall be appointed from among the mem-
bers of the appointing body, except as otherwise provided herein, 
Aug. 19, 2009 
[S.J. Res. 19] 
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123 STAT. 1999 
PUBLIC LAW 111–62—AUG. 19, 2009 
and shall serve for a term coincident with their term on the 
appointing body. A Director for a Signatory may be removed or 
suspended from office only as provided by the law of the Signatory 
from which he was appointed. The nonfederal appointing authorities 
shall also appoint an alternate for each Director. In addition, the 
Administrator of General Services shall also appoint two nonvoting 
members who shall serve as the alternates for the federal Directors. 
An alternate Director may act only in the absence of the Director 
for whom he has been appointed an alternate, except that, in 
the case of the District of Columbia where only one Director and 
his alternate are present, such alternate may act on behalf of 
the absent Director. Each alternate, including the federal nonvoting 
Directors, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. 
In the event of a vacancy in the Office of Director or alternate, 
it shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment. 
‘‘(b) Before entering upon the duties of his office each Director 
and alternate Director shall take and subscribe to the following 
oath (or affirmation) of office or any such other oath or affirmation, 
if any, as the constitution or laws of the Government he represents 
shall provide: ‘I, , hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will 
support and defend the Constitution of the United States and 
the Constitution and laws of the state or political jurisdiction from 
which I was appointed as a director (alternate director) of the 
Board of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and will 
faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about 
to enter.’ ’’. 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 9 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) The officers of the Authority, none of whom shall be mem-
bers of the Board, shall consist of a general manager, a secretary, 
a treasurer, a comptroller, an inspector general, and a general 
counsel and such other officers as the Board may provide. Except 
for the office of general manager, inspector general, and comptroller, 
the Board may consolidate any of such other offices in one person. 
All such officers shall be appointed and may be removed by the 
Board, shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall perform 
such duties and functions as the Board shall specify. The Board 
shall fix and determine the compensation to be paid to all officers 
and, except for the general manager who shall be a full-time 
employee, all other officers may be hired on a full-time or part- 
time basis and may be compensated on a salary or fee basis, 
as the Board may determine. All employees and such officers as 
the Board may designate shall be appointed and removed by the 
general manager under such rules of procedure and standards 
as the Board may determine.’’. 
(3) Section 9 is further amended by inserting new sub-
section (d) to read as follows (and by renumbering all subse-
quent paragraphs of section 9): 
‘‘(d) The inspector general shall report to the Board and head 
the Office of the Inspector General, an independent and objective 
unit of the Authority that conducts and supervises audits, program 
evaluations, and investigations relating to Authority activities; pro-
motes economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Authority activities; 
detects and prevents fraud and abuse in Authority activities; and 
keeps the Board fully and currently informed about deficiencies 
in Authority activities as well as the necessity for and progress 
of corrective action.’’. 
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123 STAT. 2000 
PUBLIC LAW 111–62—AUG. 19, 2009 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 19: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 
July 28, considered and passed Senate. 
July 31, considered and passed House. 
(4) Section 18 is amended by adding a new section 18(d) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1) All payments made by the local Signatory governments 
for the Authority for the purpose of matching federal funds appro-
priated in any given year as authorized under title VI, section 
601, Public Law 110–432 regarding funding of capital and preventa-
tive maintenance projects of 1 the Authority shall be made from 
amounts derived from dedicated funding sources. 
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this paragraph (d), a ‘dedicated funding 
source’ means any source of funding that is earmarked or required 
under State or local law to be used to match Federal appropriations 
authorized under title VI, section 601, Public Law 110–432 for 
payments to the Authority.’’. 
SEC. 2. RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR REPEAL. 
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. The consent granted by this Act shall not be construed 
as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction 
of the United States in and over the region that forms the subject 
of the compact. 
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY. 
It is intended that the provisions of this compact shall be 
reasonably and liberally construed to effectuate the purposes 
thereof. If any part or application of this compact, or legislation 
enabling the compact, is held invalid, the remainder of the compact 
or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected. 
SEC. 4. INCONSISTENCY OF LANGUAGE. 
The validity of this compact shall not be affected by any 
insubstantial differences in its form or language as adopted by 
the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia and District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Approved August 19, 2009. 
Definition. 
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