[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 836 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 836

 To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to provide 
 for reorganization of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 
  and for local review of proposed actions of the Airports Authority 
                       affecting aircraft noise.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 1995

 Mrs. Morella introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to provide 
 for reorganization of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 
  and for local review of proposed actions of the Airports Authority 
                       affecting aircraft noise.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Metropolitan Washington Airports Act 
Amendments of 1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Section 6002(7) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 
(49 U.S.C. App. 2451(7)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``declining'' after ``perceived''; and
            (2) by striking ``the growing local interest,'' and 
        inserting ``the increasing need for local planning and 
        management on a metropolitan statistical area basis,''.

SEC. 3. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.

    (a) Board of Directors.--Section 6007 of the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456) is amended by 
striking subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(e) Board of Directors.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Airports Authority shall be 
        governed by a board of directors of 11 members as follows:
                    ``(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Governor 
                of Virginia.
                    ``(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Mayor of 
                the District of Columbia.
                    ``(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Governor 
                of Maryland.
                    ``(D) 2 members shall be appointed by the Virginia 
                State legislature.
                    ``(E) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                representatives from Virginia local governments who are 
                on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
                Washington Council of Governments.
                    ``(F) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                representatives from the District of Columbia 
                government who are on the Board of Directors of the 
                Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
                    ``(G) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                representatives from Maryland local governments who are 
                on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
                Washington Council of Governments.
        The Chairman shall be appointed from among the members by a 
        majority vote of the members and shall serve until replaced by 
        a majority vote of the members.
            ``(2) Restrictions.--Members (A) shall serve without 
        compensation other than reasonable expenses incident to board 
        functions, and (B) must reside within the Washington Standard 
        Metropolitan Statistical Area.
            ``(3) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for terms of 4 
        years.
            ``(4) Required number of votes.--7 votes shall be required 
        to approve bond issues and the annual budget.
    ``(f) Airport Noise.--
            ``(1) Balanced environmental protection.--In order to 
        protect the public from the impact of aircraft noise and at the 
        same time provide for suitable air transportation service to 
        the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, a 
        proposed action of the board of directors which could result in 
        a change in the impact of aircraft noise in the vicinity of a 
        Metropolitan Washington Airport may not take unless, at least 
        60 days before the action is to take effect, the board of 
        directors--
                    ``(A) notifies, in writing, the Committee on Noise 
                Abatement at National and Dulles Airports of the 
                Washington Council of Governments of the action for the 
                purpose of allowing such committee the opportunity to 
                review, and submit comments on, the action; and
                    ``(B) submits, in writing, to such committee a 
                response to any comment of such committee with respect 
                to the action within 30 days after the date of receipt 
                of such comment.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the 
amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Limitation on Applicability.--Persons appointed as members of 
the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Authority on the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to 
serve on such board until their respective terms expire under former 
section 6007(e).
    (c) Initial Appointments.--
            (1) Virginia appointments.--The Governor of Virginia shall 
        appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(A) a person to fill the 
        vacancy of the first member appointed by the Governor of 
        Virginia under former section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose term expires 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Virginia State 
        legislature shall appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(D) 
        persons to fill the vacancies of the second and third members 
        appointed by the Governor under former section 6007(e)(1)(A) 
        whose terms expire after such date of enactment. 
        Representatives from Virginia local governments shall appoint 
        under new section 6007(e)(1)(E) persons to fill the vacancies 
        of the fourth and fifth members appointed by the Governor under 
        former section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose terms expire after such date 
        of enactment.
            (2) District of columbia appointments.--The Mayor of the 
        District of Columbia shall appoint under new section 
        6007(e)(1)(B) a person to fill the vacancy of the first member 
        appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia under former 
        section 6007(e)(1)(B) whose term expires after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act. Representatives from the District of 
        Columbia government shall appoint under new section 
        6007(e)(1)(F) persons to fill the vacancies of the second and 
        third such members appointed by the Mayor under former section 
        6007(e)(1)(B) whose terms expire after such date of enactment.
            (3) Maryland appointments.--The Governor of Maryland shall 
        appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(C) a person to fill the 
        vacancy of the first member appointed by the Governor of 
        Maryland under former section 6007(e)(1)(C) whose term expires 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act. Representatives 
        from Maryland local governments shall appoint under new section 
        6007(e)(1)(G)--
                    (A) a person to fill the vacancy of the second 
                member appointed by the Governor under former section 
                6007(e)(1)(C) whose term expires after such date of 
                enactment; and
                    (B) a person to fill the vacancy of the member 
                appointed by the President under former section 
                6007(e)(1)(D) when the term of such member expires 
                after such date of enactment.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Former section 6007(e).--The term ``former section 
        6007(e)'' means section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington 
        Airports Act of 1986 as in effect on the day before the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
            (2) New section 6007(e).--The term ``new section 6007(e)'' 
        means section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
        Act of 1986, as amended by section 3 of this Act.
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