[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 288 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 288

To abolish the Board of Review of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
                   Authority, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

   Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Robb) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To abolish the Board of Review of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
                   Authority, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF BOARD OF REVIEW AND RELATED AUTHORITY.

    (a) Abolition of Board of Review.--Section 6007 of the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-379) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (f) and (h);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and
            (3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (g).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Relationship to and effect of other laws.--Section 
        6009(b) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 
        (100 Stat. 1783-384) is amended by striking ``or by reason of 
        the authority'' and all that follows through the end of the 
        subsection and inserting a period.
            (2) Separability.--Section 6011 of the Metropolitan 
        Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-385) is amended 
        by striking ``Except as provided in section 6007(h), if'' and 
        inserting ``If''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RESERVED PARKING AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Effective 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Airports Authority--
            (1) shall not provide any reserved parking areas free of 
        charge to Members of Congress, other Government officials, or 
        diplomats at Washington National Airport or Washington Dulles 
        International Airport; and
            (2) shall establish a parking policy for such airports that 
        provides equal access to the public, and does not provide 
        preferential parking privileges to Members of Congress, other 
        Government officials, or diplomats.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms 
``Airports Authority'', ``Washington National Airport'', and 
``Washington Dulles International Airport'' have the same meanings as 
in section 6004 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PERIMETER RULE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN NONSTOP 
              FLIGHTS.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 6012 of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-385) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Prohibition.--Section 6007 of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-379), as amended by section 1, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Prohibition on Imposition of Perimeter Rule.--Effective on 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Airports Authority may 
not impose any limitation relating to the maximum distance over which 
an air carrier may operate an aircraft nonstop in air transportation 
between Washington National Airport and any other airport.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW.

    Any reference in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, 
regulation, or delegation of authority to the Board of Review of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority or the provisions of law 
repealed under this Act is hereby repealed.
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