[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 517 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 517

   To eliminate the Board of Review for the Metropolitan Washington 
 Airports Authority and increase the number of Presidential appointees 
               to the Authority, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 8 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

 Mr. Hollings (for himself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. Kerry) 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 eliminate the Board of Review for the Metropolitan Washington 
 Airports Authority and increase the number of Presidential appointees 
               to the 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. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION 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 subsection (f); and
            (2) by striking subsection (h) and redesignating subsection 
        (i) as (h).

SEC. 3. 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 ``one member'' in paragraph (1)(D) and 
        inserting ``7 members''; and
            (2) by striking ``Seven'' in paragraph (5) and inserting 
        ``10''.
    (b) Separability.--Section 6011 of that Act (formerly 49 U.S.C. 
App. 2460) is amended by striking ``Except as provided in section 
6007(h), if'' and inserting ``If''.
    (c) 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 which 
        this paragraph applies shall be appointed for 2 years);
            (2) two shall be appointed for terms ending 2 years after 
        the term of the member to which paragraph (1) applies expires; 
        and
            (3) three shall be appointed for terms ending 4 years after 
        the term of the member to which paragraph (1) applies expires.

SEC. 4. PRESERVATION OF ACTIONS BY PREVIOUS BOARD.

    Any action taken by the Board of Review under section 6007(f) of 
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 
2456(f)) as such section was in effect before its amendment by this Act 
is hereby ratified and deemed valid.

SEC. 5. 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 Authority (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 3, 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. 6. 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. 7. ADVISORY GROUP TO REVIEW LEASE PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6007 of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Authority Act of 1986 (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2456) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Advisory Group To Review Lease.--
            ``(1) Appointment.--The Secretary shall appoint an advisory 
        group of 3 individuals not otherwise employed by the United 
        States Government to review--
                    ``(A) the lease arrangements under section 6005; 
                and
                    ``(B) any renegotiation of that lease or any 
                portion of it, including subleases, including any 
                change in the terms or conditions of that lease, and 
                including the amount of any payments made or received 
                under it.
            ``(2) Terms; qualifications.--
                    ``(A) Members of the advisory group shall serve at 
                the pleasure of the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Members of the advisory group shall be chosen 
                on the basis of their experience in aviation matters 
                and in addressing the needs of airport users.
            ``(3) Reimbursement of expenses.--Members of the advisory 
        group shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed 
        by the Airports Authority for expenses actually incurred in 
        carrying out their responsibilities under this Act.''.
    (b) Change in Disposition of Lease Payments.--Section 6005(b)(1) of 
that Act (formerly 49 U.S.C. App. 2454(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
``general fund of the Treasury'' and inserting ``the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund''.
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