[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2093 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2093

    To provide that the Secretary of Transportation shall have sole 
authority to appoint Federal Directors to the Board of Directors of the 
            Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2015

   Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that the Secretary of Transportation shall have sole 
authority to appoint Federal Directors to the Board of Directors of the 
            Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

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

SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
              TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Compact'' means the Washington Metropolitan 
        Area Transit Authority Compact (Public Law 89-774; 80 Stat. 
        1324);
            (2) the term ``Federal Director'' means--
                    (A) a voting member of the Board of Directors of 
                the Transit Authority who represents the Federal 
                Government; and
                    (B) a nonvoting member of the Board of Directors of 
                the Transit Authority who serves as an alternate for a 
                member described in subparagraph (A); and
            (3) the term ``Transit Authority'' means the Washington 
        Metropolitan Area Transit Authority established under Article 
        III of the Compact.
    (b) Appointment by Secretary of Transportation.--
            (1) In general.--For any appointment made on or after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
        shall have sole authority to appoint Federal Directors to the 
        Board of Directors of the Transit Authority.
            (2) Amendment to compact.--The signatory parties to the 
        Compact shall amend the Compact as necessary in accordance with 
        paragraph (1).
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