An Act granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut-New York Railroad Passenger Transportation Compact
PL 91-159 (S.2734), enacted 12/24/1969

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PUBLIC LAW 91-159-DEC. 24, 1969 
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" T H E STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA 
"By NILS A. BOE, Governor 
"Dated: Sept. 26,1966 
"Attest: ALMA LAKSON, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF TENNESSEE 
"By FRANK G . CLEMENT, Governor 
"Dated: 4-18-66 
"Attest: JOE C. CAKE, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF TEXAS 
"By JOHN CONNALLY, Governor 
"Dated: October 11,1965 
"Attest: CRAWFORD C. MARTIN, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF UTAH 
"By CALVIN L . RAMPTON, Governor 
"Dated: 4/11/66 
"Attest: CLYDE L . MILLER, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
"By HULETT C . SMITH, Governor 
"Dated: July 14,1966 
"Attest: ROBERT D . BAILEY, Secretary of State (Seal) 
" T H E STATE OF WYOMING 
"By CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Governor 
"Dated: Jan. 18, 1966 
"Attest: THYRA THOMSON, Secretary of State" (Seal) 
SEC. 2. The Attorney General of the United States shall continue ^„^^f *° 
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to make an annual report to Congress, as provided m section 2 oi 
Public Law 185, Eighty-fourth Congress, for the duration of the 69stat. 391. 
Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas as to whether or not the 
activities of the States under the provisions of such compact have 
been consistent with the purposes as set out in article V of such 
compact. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of the 
first section of this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
Public Law 91-159 
AN ACT 
December 24, 1969 
Granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut-New York Railroad 
[s. 2734] 
Passenger Transportation Compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the consent Ne^Tork*^''"'' 
of Congress is hereby given to the Connecticut-New York Railroad Railroad 
Passenger Transportation Compact in substantially the following: Passenger 
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Consent of 
"CONNECTICUT-NEW YORK RAILROAD PASSENGER 
Congress. 
TRANSPORTATION COMPACT 
"ARTICLE I 
"For the purpose of continuing and improving the railroad passenger 
service of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (and its 
successors) between the city of New Haven in the state of Connecticut 
and the city of New York in the state of New York, including branch 
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lines which are tributary to the main line of that railroad between the 
said cities; Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a governmental 
corporation of the state of New York, and Connecticut Transportation 
Authority, an agency of the state of Connecticut, acting individually, 
but in cooperation with each other, or as co-venturers where they deem 
it advisable and practical, are hereby authorized to do the following 
w^here permissible under the enabling laws of their respective states: 
"(a) to acquire through eminent domain proceedings, or by gift, 
purchase, lease or otherwise, the ownership interest in or the right 
to use all of those assets of the said railroad (or of any successor 
in interest to such assets), be they real property, personal property 
or a'combination of the two (including rights arising out of con-
tract, franchise or otherwise), which are or may reasonably be 
expected to become necessary, convenient or desirable for the 
continuation or improvement of such service; 
"(b) to repair and rehabilitate such assets, or to acquire by 
gift, purchase, lease, or otherwise, such new or additional assets 
and rights as they deem necessary, convenient or desirable for 
such continuation or improvement; 
"(c) to dispose of any such assets, new and additional assets and 
rights, or of the right to the use of the same, by conveyance, lease 
or otherwise (including, without limitation, the grant of trackage 
rights) when and to the extent that they are not needed for such 
service by the said agencies; and to abandon or discontinue por-
tions of such service when advisable; and/or 
"(d) to operate such service, or to contract for the operation 
of the whole or any part of such service by others. 
"To accomplish the foregoing objectives, the said agencies are author-
ized, individually and jointly, to apply for aid, federal, state or local, 
to supplement those funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to them under the laws of the party states. 
"ARTICLE 
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"The provisions of this compact shall be construed liberally to effec-
tuate the purposes thereof. Amendments and supplements to this com-
pact to implement the purposes thereof may be adopted by concurrent 
legislation of the party states. 
"ARTICLE 
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"This compact shall be of no force and effect unless and until the 
congress of the United States of America, on or before December 
thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, has consented thereto." 
SEC. 2. The consent herein granted does not constitute consent in 
advance for any amendments or supplements to the compact which 
may be adopted by concurrent legislation of the party States pursuant 
to article I I of the compact. 
SEC. 3. The right is hereby reserved by the Congress or any of its 
standing committees to require the disclosure and the furnishing of 
such information and data by or concerning the Metropolitan Trans-
portation Authority and the Connecticut Transportation Authority 
in their operation under the compact as is deemed appropriate by the 
Congress or such committee. 
SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
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disclosure, etc.