An Act to provide for acquisition by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority of the muse transit bits system engaged fu scheduled regular route operations In the National Capital area, and for other purposes
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classification of pesticides under the provisions of this Act and there-
after shall register all new applications under such provisions. 
(2) After two years but within four years after the enactment of 
this Act the Administrator shall register and reclassify pesticides 
registered under the provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Eodenticide Act prior to the effective date of the regulations 
promulgated under subsection (c) (1). 
(3) Any requirements that a pesticide be registered for use only 
by a certified applicator shall not be effective until four years from 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(4) A period of four years from date of enactment shall be provided 
for certification of applicators. 
(A) One year after the enactment of this Act the Administrator 
shall have prescribed the standards for the certification of 
applicators. 
(B) Within three years after the enactment of this Act each 
State desiring to certify applicators shall submit a State plan 
to the Administrator for the purpose provided by section 4(b). 
(C) As promptly as possible but in no event more than one 
year after submission of a State plan, the Administrator shall 
approve the State plan or disapprove it and indicate the reasons 
for disapproval. Consideration of plans resubmitted by States 
shall be expedited. 
(5) One year after the enactment of this Act the Administrator shall 
have promulgated and shall make effective regulations relating to the 
registration of establishments, permits for experimental use, and the 
keeping of books and records under the provisions of this Act. 
(d) No person shall be subject to any criminal or civil penalty 
imposed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 
as amended by this Act, for any act (or failure to act) occurring before 
the expiration of 60 days after the Administrator has published effec-
tive regulations in the Federal Register and taken such other action as 
may be necessary to permit compliance with the provisions under which 
the penalty is to be imposed. 
(e) For purposes of determining any criminal or civil penalty or 
liability to any third person in respect of any act or omission occurring 
before the expiration of the periods referred to in this section, the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Eodenticide Act shall be treated 
as continuing in effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 
Approved October 21, 1972. 
61 Stat. 163. 
7 u s e 135 
note. 
Public Law 92-517 
AN ACT 
To provide for acquisition by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Author-
ity of tlie mass transit bus systems engaged in scheduled regular route opera-
tions in the National Capital area, and for other purposes. 
October 21, 1972 
[S.4062] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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S H O R T 
T I T L E 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as "National Capital Area Transit 
Act of 1972": 
STATEMENT OE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES 
SEC. 2. The Congress finds that (1) an adequate and economically 
sound transportation system or systems, including bus and rail rapid 
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transit, serving the Washington metropolitan area is essential to com-
merce among the several States, and among such States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and to the health, welfare, and safety of the public; 
(2) economies and improvement of service will result from the unifica-
tion of bus transit and rail transit operations as well as from integra-
, rrr . nti^ if 
tion of bus transit facilities within the Washington metropolitan area; 
(3) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a body 
corporate and politic organized pursuant to interstate compact among 
the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, 
with the consent of Congress, to plan, develop, finance, and operate 
improved transit facilities in the Washington metropolitan area transit 
zone; (4) an appropriate solution to the current bus transportation 
emergency is public ownership and operation of bus transit facilities 
within the Washington metropolitan area; (5) the cost of such public 
ownership should be shared by the Federal and local governments 
in the Washington metropolitan area in accordance with the matching 
formula authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 
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^^^ U.S.C. 1601-1612); and (6) to these ends it is necessary to enact 
the provisions hereinafter set forth. 
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TITLE I 
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CONSENT TO COMPACT AMENDMENT 
Washington 
§^0. 101. (a) The Congress hereby consents to amendments to 
Trinsu° Auth^u^ articles X I I and XVI of title I I I of the Washington Metropolitan 
Compact, amend- 
Area Trauslt Regulation Compact (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1431 note) sub-
""80*Stat. 1342 
stautially as follows: 
1347. 
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(1) Section 56 of article X I I is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(e) The Authority may acquire the capital stock or transit facili-
ties of any private transit company and may perform transit service, 
including service by bus or similar motor vehicle, with transit facili-
ties so acquired, or with transit facilities acquired pursuant to article 
80 Stat. 1333. 
VII, sectiou 20. Upon acquisition of the capital stock or the transit 
facilities of an^ private transit company, the Authority shall under-
take the acquisition as soon as possible of the capital stock or the tran-
sit facilities of each of the other private transit companies within the 
zone requesting such acquisition. Lack of such request, however, shall 
not be construed to preclude the Authority from acquiring the capital 
stock or the transit facilities of any such company pursuant to section 
80 Stat. 1350. 
82 of articlc XVI." 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 82 of article XVI is amended by 
deleting "or by a private transit company" at the end of such sub-
section and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "whenever 
such property cannot be acquired by negotiated purchase at a price 
satisfactory to the Authority". 
(b) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized 
and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of 
sic^o iiwit^fs,;-! 
Columbia amendments, substantially as set forth above, to title I I I 
of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact 
with the States of Virginia and Maryland. 
D.C. Code 1 
1431 note 
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ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE BUS COMPANIES OPERATING W I T H I N T H E 
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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
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SEC. 102. (a) Based on the findings set fortli in section 2 of this 
Act, it is the sense of the Congress that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
"Transit Authority") should initiate negotiations as soon as possible 
with the ownership of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated (and its 
subsidiary, the Washington, Virginia, and Maryland Coach Com-
pany), the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit Com-
pany, and the WMA Transit Company for acquisition by the Transit 
Authority of capital stock or facilities, plant, equipment, real and 
personal property of such bus companies of whatever nature, whether 
owned directly or indirectly, used or useful for mass transportation 
by bus of passengers within the Washington metropolitan area. It 
is further the sense of the Congress that representatives of the Transit 
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Authority should participate in any labor contract negotiations 
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undertaken prior to acquisition by the Transit Authority of such 
bus companies. 
(b) The franchise to operate a system of mass transportation of 
D.C. Transit 
passengers for hire granted to D.C. Transit System, Incorporated, by fran''cMsi?cancei-
the Act of July 24,1956 (70 Stat. 598) is hereby canceled, effective upon lation. 
the date immediately preceding the date on which the Transit Author-
ity acquires the transit facilities of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated. 
(c) (1) The Transit Authority, and any transit company owned or 
controlled by the Transit Authority, may operate charter service by 
bus in accordance with title I I I of the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Regulation Compact only between any point within the 
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transit zone and any point in the State of Maryland or Virginia, or 1431 note°. ^ 
a point within 250 miles of the Zero Mile Stone located on the Ellipse. 
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "transit zone" 
"Transit 
means the area designated in section 3 of title I I I of the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact. 
(d) D.C. Transit System, Incorporated, a corporation of the Dis- 
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trict of Columbia, may— 
(1) continue to exist as such a corporation and amend its charter 
in any manner provided under the laws of the District of 
Columbia; 
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(2) avail itself of the provisions of the District of Columbia 
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Business Corporation Act in respect to a change of its name; and 
(3) become incorporated or reincorporated in any manner pro-
vided under the laws of the District of Columbia. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to cause or require the 
corporate dissolution of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated. 
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81 Stat. 339; 
84 Stat. 1930. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is 
authorized to contract with the Transit Authority for payment to 
it of the District's share of the cost to the Transit Authority of 
acquiring— 
(1) the private bus companies referred to in section 102(a) 
of this Act; and 
(2) any rolling stock, real estate, or other capital resources 
required for the operation of bus service in the District of Colum-
bia either at the time of acquisition of such bus companies or at 
some future time. 
(b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act of June 6, 1958 
(D.C. Code, sec. 9-220) (relating to the borrowing authority of the 
District of Columbia), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
"(5) Loans may be made under this subsection to carry out the 
purposes of section 210(a) of the National Capital Area Transit Act of 
1972." 
TITLE I I I 
78 Stat. 303; 
84 Stat. 962. 
49 use 1602. 
49 u s e 1601 
note. 
80 Stat. 715. 
49 u s e 1609. 
FINANCING 
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SEC. 301. The Transit Authority, for the purpose of effecting the 
acquisition of the mass transit bus system or systems as contemplated 
by this Act, together with such improvements or replacement of 
acquired equipment and facilities as may be found necessary or desir-
able by the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter in this title 
referred to as the "Secretary") in conjunction with such acquisition 
and within a reasonable time thereafter, not to exceed six months, is 
eligible for capital grant assistance pursuant to section 3 of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964. For this purpose, the Transit 
Authority shall be considered a "local public body" within the mean-
ing of that section and, accordingly, the Secretary may authorize and 
approve capital grant assistance to the Transit Authority in the max'i-
mum amount provided for in the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 
1964 toward tne cost of acquisition of such bus system or systems, 
including the cost of improvements to or replacement of acquired 
equipment and facilities approved by the Secretary in conjunction 
with such acquisition. Such assistance shall be provided from funds 
available to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the 
Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 302. (a) If the Secretary should determine that immediate 
action is urgently required to protect the public interest in the 
Na;tional Capital area, he may waive any or all provisions of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (except section 13(c) thereof), and 
immediately grant to the Transit Authority from funds available to 
the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department 
of Transportation such sums as are contemplated under section 301. 
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(b) The Secretary, after determining that immediate action is neces-
sary in the public interest in accordance with subsection (a) of this 
section, may, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, advance 
from funds available to the Urban Mass Transportation Admin-
istration of the Department of Transportation such funds as he 
determines to be necessary for payment to the Transit Authority to 
provide temporary financing for that portion of the cost of acquisition 
of the mass transit bus system or systems contemplated by this Act, 
together with associated improvements to or replacement of acquired 
equipment and facilities, which are not provided for by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 301 of this Act. For this purpose, such advance 
shall not be construed as a loan made under section 3 of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Funds advanced pursuant to this 
section shall be considered as "other than Federal funds" within the 
meaning of section 4(a) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. 
(c) The Secretary shall not advance funds under this section until 
he has determined that the Transit Authority has the capacity and 
ability to arrange for repayment of such advance in accordance with 
section 303 of this Act. 
SEC. 303. The advance authorized under section 302(b) shall be 
repaid by the Transit Authority to the Urban Mass Transportation 
Administration of the Department of Transportation from contribu-
tions by the District of Columbia and other local government juris-
dictions or from other non-Federal sources as may be available to the 
Transit Authority and which were not estimated to be available for 
financing the mass transit rail rapid system authorized by the National 
Capital Transportation Act of 1969. Eepayment of such advance may 
be deferred by the Secretary of Transportation, at the request of the 
Transit Authority, but not beyond the end of the fiscal year following 
the fiscal year in which the advance was made. Repayment shall be 
made with interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in sec-
tion 3(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Principal 
and interest repaid pursuant to this section shall be credited to the 
Urban Mass Transportation Fund and shall be considered a restoration 
of obligational authority available to the Secretary under section 
4 (c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. (a) The United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia shall have complete and exclusive jurisdiction over any 
proceedings by the Transit Authority for the condemnation of prop-
erty, wherever situated, of D.C. Transit System, Incorporated 
(including its subsidiary, the Washington, Virginia, and Maryland 
Coach Company), the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit 
Company, and the WMA Transit Company. Such proceedings shall 
be instituted and maintained in accordance with the provisions of 
this section and the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 13 of 
title 16, District of Columbia Code, except that the court may appoint 
a commission in accordance with rule 71A (h) of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure in connection with the issue of compensation arising 
out of any such proceedings. 
(b) Any such condemnation proceedings shall be commenced by the 
Attorney General of the L'nited States, upon the request of the Transit 
Acquisition, 
temporary financ« 
ing advance. 
78 Stat. 303; 
84 Stat. 962. 
49 u s e 1602. 
84 Stat. 965. 
49 u s e 1603. 
Repayment. 
Repayment. 
83 Stat. 320. 
D.e. eode 1-
1441 note. 
Condemnation 
proceedings, 
jurisdiction. 
77 Stat. 577. 
D.e. Code 16-
1351. 
28 u s e app. 
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Proceedings, 
transfer. 
Authority, by filing with the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia a complaint and declaration of taking containing 
a description of the land and other assets to be taken, together with a 
sum of money deposited with the registrar of such court in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of law set forth in subsection (a) of 
this section. Upon such filing and deposit, title to the possession of 
the assets described in any such complaint and declaration of taking 
shall pass to the Transit Authority and the value of the assets so 
acquired shall be determined as of that date. 
(c) The trial of any such condemnation proceedings shall be a 
preferred cause and shall be commenced at the earliest date convenient 
to the court. 
(d) Any proceeding brought by the Transit Authority under this 
section against the Alexandria, Barcroft, and Washington Transit 
Company shall be transferred, upon motion made by such Transit 
Company, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, and such district court shall have, upon such transfer, 
complete and exclusive jurisdiction over such proceeding. Any action 
brought by the Transit Authority under this section against the 
WMA Transit Company, shall be transferred, upon motion made by 
the WMA Transit Company, to the United States District Court for 
the District of Maryland, and such district court shall have, upon such 
transfer, complete and exclusive jurisdiction over such proceeding. 
TITLE V 
AUDIT AND REVIEW 
SEC. 501. The Comptroller General of the United States shall have^ 
access to all books, records, papers, and accounts and operations of 
the Transit Authority, and any company with which the Transit 
Authority is conducting negotiations under this Act, and any com-
pany eligible to receive or receiving any funds authorized by this Act. 
The Comptroller General is authorized to inspect any facility or real 
or personal property of the Transit Authority or of such companies. 
TITLE VI 
Ante, p. 464. 
D.C. Code 1-
1441 note. 
Appropriation, 
D.C. Code 1-
1442. 
ARLINGTON CEMETERY AND SMITHSONIAN STATIONS 
SEC. 601. The National Capital Transportation Act of 1969, 
approved December 9,1969 (83 Stat. 320) as amended, is hereby fur-
ther amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section : 
"SEC. 13. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make payments 
to the Transit Authority in such amounts as may be requisitioned 
from time to time by the Transit Authority sufficient, in the aggregate, 
to finance the cost of designing, constructing, and equipping (1) a rail 
rapid transit station partially under Memorial Drive designed to 
serve the Arlington Cemetery with two entrances surfacing adjacent to 
the sidewalks north and south of Memorial Drive and east of Jefferson 
Davis Highway, and (2) an additional entrance in the vicinity of the 
northeast end of the Smithsonian Station surfacing on the Mall south 
of Adams Drive; except that the aggregate amount of such payments 
shall not exceed $7,385,000. 
"(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation, without fiscal year limitation, not to exceed $7,385,000 
to carry out the purposes of this section. The appropriations authorized 
in this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act 
requiring contributions by the local governments and shall be in addi-
tion to the appropriations authorized by section 3(c) thereof." 
Approved October 21, 1972. 
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Public Law 92-518 
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AN ACT 
October 21, 1972 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 to increase 
[H.R. 15965] 
salaries, to provide certain revisions in the retirement benefits of public school 
teachers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
D.C. 
TITLE I—SALARY INCREASES FOR DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS 
Teachers, 
salary increase. 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "District of Columbia 4^^"^*'°" °^ 
Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1972". 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary 
Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501) is amended to read as follows: 
e^ stat. 521; 
"SECTION 1. The following is the salary schedule for teachers, school *
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officers, and certain other employees of the Board of Education whose 
positions are covered under this Act: