[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 288 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 222

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 288

                          [Report No. 104-166]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                            November 2, 1995

                       Reported with an amendment
                                                       Calendar No. 222
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 288

                          [Report No. 104-166]

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

                            November 2, 1995

              Reported by Mr. Pressler, with an amendment
 [Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in 
                                italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF BOARD OF REVIEW AND RELATED 
              AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Abolition of Board of Review.--Section 6007 of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-379) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking subsections (f) and (h);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
        (f); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
        (g).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RESERVED PARKING AREAS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Effective 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Airports Authority--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PERIMETER RULE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
              NONSTOP FLIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Repeal.--Section 6012 of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 1783-385) is hereby repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

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 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2456) 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 
        (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2458(b)) 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 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2460) 
        is amended by striking ``Except as provided in section 6007(h), 
        if'' and inserting ``If''.
    (c) Protection of Certain Actions.--Any action taken by the 
Airports Authority and submitted to the Board of Review pursuant to 
section 6007(f)(4) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 
before April 1, 1995, shall remain in effect and shall not be set aside 
solely by reason of a judicial order invalidating certain functions of 
the Board of Review.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the Airports Authority--
            (1) should 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) should 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.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN OTHER LAW.

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

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) 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; and
            (2) the term ``Board of Review'' means the Board of Review 
        of the Airports Authority.

SEC. 5. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIALLY-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF 
              BOARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Act of 1986 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``11 members,'' in paragraph (1) and 
        inserting ``13 members'';
            (2) by striking ``one member'' in paragraph (1)(D) and 
        inserting ``3 members''; and
            (3) by striking ``Seven'' in paragraph (5) and inserting 
        ``Eight''.
    (b) Staggering Terms for Presidential Appointees.--Of the members 
first appointed by the President after the date of enactment of this 
Act--
            (1) one shall be appointed for a term that expires 
        simultaneously with the term of the member of the Metropolitan 
        Washington Airports Authority board of directors serving on 
        that date (or, if there is a vacancy in that office, the member 
        appointed to fill the existing vacancy and the member to whom 
        this paragraph applies shall be appointed for 2 years);
            (2) one shall be appointed for a term ending 2 years after 
        the term of the member (or members) to whom paragraph (1) 
        applies expires; and
            (3) one shall be appointed for a term ending 4 years after 
        the term of the member (or members) to whom paragraph (1) 
        applies expires.

SEC. 6. RECONSTITUTED BOARD TO FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

    Notwithstanding any provision of State law, including those 
provisions establishing, providing for the establishment of, or 
recognizing the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, and based 
upon the Federal interest in the continued functioning of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports (as defined in section 6004(4) of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Act of 1986 (formerly 49 
U.S.C. App. 2451(4)), the board of directors of such Authority, 
including any members appointed under the amendments made by section 5, 
shall continue to meet and act after the date of enactment of this Act 
until such time as any necessary conforming changes in State law are 
made in the same manner as if those conforming changes had been enacted 
on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. STATUS UNAFFECTED.

    Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall 
affect the treatment of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 
under Federal, State, or local tax law.

SEC. 8. OPERATIONAL SLOTS AT NATIONAL AIRPORT.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect the number or distribution of 
operational slots at National Airport.