[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 496 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 496

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

              March 3 (legislative day, February 22), 1995

 Mr. Warner (for himself 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''.
    (c) Protection of Certain Actions.--Actions 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.
    (d) Amendment of Lease.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
amend the lease entered into with the Airports Authority under section 
6005(a) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to secure 
the Airports Authority's consent to the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 2. 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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