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[S.J. Res. 25 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.J.Res.25

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                            Joint Resolution


 
Granting the consent and approval of Congress to amendments made by the 
  State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of 
Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.

Whereas the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the 
  District of Columbia entered into the Washington Metropolitan Area 
  Transit Regulation Compact in 1960 with the consent of Congress in 
  Public Law No. 86-794, 74 Stat. 1031;

Whereas the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the 
  District of Columbia amended titles I and II of the Compact in 1962 
  and 1990 with the consent of Congress in Public Law No. 87-767, 76 
  Stat. 764, and Public Law No. 101-505, 104 Stat. 1300, respectively;

Whereas legislation enacted by the State of Maryland (2008 Md. Laws c. 
  32 and 2009 Md. Laws c. 76) the Commonwealth of Virginia (2007 Va. 
  Acts c. 378 and 2009 Va. Acts c. 540) and the District of Columbia 
  (D.C. Act 17-622) contain amendments to article III of title I of the 
  Compact regarding appointment of members to the Washington 
  Metropolitan Area Transit Commission; and

Whereas the consent of Congress is required in order to implement such 
  amendments: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO COMPACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Consent.--Consent of Congress is given to the amendments of the 
State of Maryland, the amendments of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 
the amendments of the District of Columbia to article III of title I of 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.
    (b) Amendments.--The amendments referred to in subsection (a) are 
substantially as follows:
        (1) Section 1(a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Commission shall be composed of 3 members, 1 member 
appointed by the Governor of Virginia from the Department of Motor 
Vehicles of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1 member appointed by the 
Governor of Maryland from the Maryland Public Service Commission, and 1 
member appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia from a 
District of Columbia agency with oversight of matters relating to the 
Commission.''.
        (2) Section 1 is amended by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(d) An amendment to section 1(a) of this article shall not affect 
any member in office on the amendment's effective date.''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR REPEAL.

    The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY.

    It is intended that the provisions of this compact shall be 
reasonably and liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. 
If any part or application of this compact, or legislation enabling the 
compact, is held invalid, the remainder of the compact or its 
application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.

SEC. 4. INCONSISTENCY OF LANGUAGE.

    The validity of these amendments to the compact shall not be 
affected by any insubstantial differences in its form or language as 
adopted by the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia and District 
of Columbia.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.