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[Title VII - Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) - PL 102-240]
TITLE VII-AIR TRANSPORTATION
SEC. 7001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Metropolitan Washington Airports Act
Amendments of 1991''.
SEC. 7002. BOARD OF REVIEW.
(a) Composition.-Section 6007(f)(1) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(f)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Composition.-The board of directors shall be subject to review
of its actions and to requests, in accordance with this subsection, by
a Board of Review of the Airports Authority. The Board of Review shall
be established by the board of directors to represent the interests of
users of the Metropolitan Washington Airports and shall be composed of
9 members appointed by the board of directors as follows:
``(A) 4 individuals from a list provided by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
``(B) 4 individuals from a list provided by the President pro tempore
of the Senate.
``(C) 1 individual chosen alternately from a list provided by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and from a list provided by the President
pro tempore of the Senate.
In addition to the recommendations on a list provided under this paragraph,
the board of directors may request additional recommendations.''.
(b) Terms and Qualifications.-Section 6007(f)(2) of such Act is amended
to read as follows:
``(2) Terms, vacancies, and qualifications.-
``(A) Terms.-Members of the Board of Review appointed under paragraphs
(1)(A) and (1)(B) shall be appointed for terms of 6 years. Members of the
Board of Review appointed under paragraph (1)(C) shall be appointed for
terms of 2 years. A member may serve after the expiration of that member's
term until a successor has taken office.
``(B) Vacancies.-A vacancy in the Board of Review shall be filled in
the manner in which the original appointment was made. Any member appointed
to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which
the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the
remainder of such term.
``(C) Qualifications.-Members of the Board of Review shall be individuals
who have experience in aviation matters and in addressing the needs of
airport users and who themselves are frequent users of the Metropolitan
Washington Airports. A member of the Board of Review shall be a registered
voter of a State other than Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
``(D) Effect of more than 4 vacancies.-At any time that the Board of
Review established under this subsection has more than 4 vacancies and
lists have been provided for appointments to fill such vacancies, the Airports
Authority shall have no authority to perform any of the actions that are
required by paragraph (4) to be submitted to the Board of Review.''.
(c) Procedures.-Section 6007(f)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting
``and for the selection of a Chairman'' after ``proxy voting''.
(d) Review Procedure.-
(1) Actions subject to review.-Section 6007(f)(4)(B) of such Act is
amended-
(A) by inserting ``and any amendments thereto'' before the semicolon
at the end of clause (i);
(B) by inserting ``and an annual plan for issuance of bonds and any
amendments to such plan'' before the semicolon at the end of clause (ii);
(C) in clause (iv) by striking ``, including any proposal for land acquisition;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(D) by striking the period at the end of clause (v) and inserting a
semicolon; and
(E) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
``(vi) the award of a contract (other than a contract in connection
with the issuance or sale of bonds which is executed within 30 days of
the date of issuance of the bonds) which has been approved by the board
of directors of the Airports Authority;
``(vii) any action of the board of directors approving a terminal design
or airport layout or modification of such design or layout; and
``(viii) the authorization for the acquisition or disposal of land and
the grant of a longterm easement.''.
(2) Recommendations.-Section 6007(f)(4) of such Act is amended by striking
subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
``(C) Recommendations.-The Board of Review may make to the board of
directors recommendations regarding an action within either (i) 30 calendar
days of its submission under this paragraph; or (ii) 10 calendar days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and any day on which neither House of
Congress is in session because of an adjournment sine die, a recess of
more than 3 days, or an adjournment of more than 3 days) of its submission
under this paragraph; whichever period is longer. Such recommendations
may include a recommendation that the action not take effect. If the Board
of Review does not make a recommendation in the applicable review period
under this subparagraph or if at any time in such review period the Board
of Review decides that it will not make a recommendation on an action,
the action may take effect.
``(D) Effect of recommendation.-
``(i) Response.-An action with respect to which the Board of Review
has made a recommendation in accordance with subparagraph (C) may only
take effect if the board of directors adopts such recommendation or if
the board of directors has evaluated and responded, in writing, to the
Board of Review with respect to such recommendation and transmits such
action, evaluation, and response to Congress in accordance with clause
(ii) and the 60calendar day period described in clause (ii) expires.
``(ii) Nonadoption of recommendation.-If the board of directors does
not adopt a recommendation of the Board of Review regarding an action,
the board of directors shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the President of the Senate a detailed description of the action, the
recommendation of the Board of Review regarding the action, and the evaluation
and response of the board of directors to such recommendation, and the
action may not take effect until the expiration of 60 calendar days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and any day on which neither House of
Congress is in session because of an adjournment sine die, a recess of
more than 3 days, or an adjournment of more than 3 days) beginning on the
day on which the board of directors makes such transmission to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate.
``(E) Limitation on expenditures.-Unless an annual budget for a fiscal
year has taken effect in accordance with this paragraph, the Airports Authority
may not obligate or expend any money in such fiscal year, except for (i)
debt service on previously authorized obligations, and (ii) obligations
and expenditures for previously authorized capital expenditures and routine
operating expenses.''.
(3) Conforming amendment.-Section 6007(f)(4) of such Act is further
amended by striking ``Disapproval procedure.-'' and inserting ``Review
procedure.-''.
(e) Congressional Disapproval Procedure.-Section 6007(f) of such Act
is amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs
(6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph
(4) the following new paragraph:
``(5) Congressional disapproval procedure.-
``(A) In general.-This paragraph~~~ is~~~ enacted~~~ by Congress-
``(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, respectively, and as such these provisions are deemed
a part of the rule of each House, respectively, but applicable only with
respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of resolutions
described by this paragraph; and they supersede other rules only to the
extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
``(ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House
to change the rule (so far as relating to the procedure of that House)
at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of
any other rule of that House.
``(B) Resolution defined.-For the purpose of this paragraph, the term
`resolution' means only a joint resolution, relating to an action of the
board of directors transmitted to Congress in accordance with paragraph
(4)(D)(ii), the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows:
`That the Congress disapproves of the action of the board of directors
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority described as follows:
.', the blank space therein being appropriately filled. Such term does
not include a resolution which specifies more than one action.
``(C) Referral.-A resolution with respect to a board of director's action
shall be referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of
the House of Representatives, or the Committee on Commerce, Science and
Technology of the Senate, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
or the President of the Senate, as the case may be.
``(D) Motion to discharge.-If the committee to which a resolution has
been referred has not reported it at the end of 20 calendar days after
its introduction, it is in order to move to discharge the committee from
further consideration of that joint resolution or any other resolution
with respect to the board of directors action which has been referred to
the committee.
``(E) Rules with respect to motion.-A motion to discharge may be made
only by an individual favoring the resolution, is highly privileged (except
that it may not be made after the committee has reported a resolution with
respect to the same action), and debate thereon shall be limited to not
more than 1 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those
opposing the resolution. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and
it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is
agreed to or disagreed to. Motions to postpone shall be decided without
debate.
``(F) Effect of motion.-If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed
to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge
the committee be made with respect to any other resolution with respect
to the same action.
``(G) Senate procedure.-
``(i) Motion to proceed.-When the committee of the Senate has reported,
or has been discharged from further consideration of, a resolution, it
is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the
same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration
of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable.
An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
``(ii) Limitation on debate.-Debate in the Senate on the resolution
shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further
to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or motion to recommit,
the resolution is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider
the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or dis_agreed to.
``(iii) No debate on certain motions.-In the Senate, motions to postpone
made with respect to the consideration of a resolution and motions to proceed
to the consideration of other business shall be decided without debate.
``(iv) Appeals.-Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to
the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to
a resolution shall be decided without debate.
``(H) Effect of adoption of resolution by other house.-If, before the
passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of that House, that House receives
from the other House a joint resolution, then the following procedures
shall apply:
``(i) The joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred
to a committee and may not be considered in the House receiving it, except
in the case of final passage as provided in clause (ii)(I).
``(ii) With respect to a joint resolution described in clause (i) of
the House receiving the joint resolution-
``(I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no joint resolution
had been received from the other House; but
``(II) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of
the other House.
Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the other House,
it shall no longer be in order to consider the joint resolution that originated
in the receiving House.''.
(f) Conflicts of Interest; Removal for Cause.-Section 6007(f) of such
Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(10) Conflicts of interest.-In every contract or agreement to be made
or entered into, or accepted by or on behalf of the Airports Authority,
there shall be inserted an express condition that no member of a Board
of Review shall be admitted to any share or part of such contract or agreement,
or to any benefit to arise thereupon.
``(11) Removal.-A member of the Board of Review shall be subject to
removal only for cause by a twothirds vote of the board of directors.''.
(g) Limitation on Authority.-Section 6007(h) of such Act is amended
by inserting ``thereafter'' before ``shall have no''.
(h) Review of Contracts.-Section 6007 of such Act is further amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Review of Contracting Procedures.-The Comptroller General shall
review contracts of the Airports Authority to determine whether such contracts
were awarded by procedures which follow sound Government contracting principles
and are in compliance with section 6005(c)(4) of this title. The Comptroller
General shall submit periodic reports of the conclusions reached as a result
of such review to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate.''.
SEC. 7003. AMENDMENT OF LEASE.
The Secretary of Transportation may amend the lease entered into with
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority under section 6005(a) of
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Act of 1986 to secure the
Airports Authority's consent to the conditions relating to the new Board
of Review to be established pursuant to the amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 7004. TERMINATION OF EXISTING BOARD OF REVIEW AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF NEW BOARD OF REVIEW.
(a) Termination of Existing Board and Establishment of New Board.-Except
as provided in subsection (b), the Board of Review of the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority in existence on the day before the date of
the enactment of this Act shall terminate on such date of enactment and
the board of directors of such Airports Authority shall establish a new
Board of Review in accordance with the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Act of 1986, as amended by this Act.
(b) Protection of Certain Actions.-The provisions of section 6007(h)
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(h)) in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall apply
only to those actions specified in section 6007(f)(4)(B) of such Act that
would have been submitted to the Board of Review of the Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority on or after June 17, 1991, the date on which the Board
of Review of the Airports Authority was declared unable to carry out certain
of its functions pursuant to judicial order. Actions taken by the Airports
Authority and submitted to the Board of Review pursuant to section 6007(f)(4)
of such Act prior to June 17, 1991, and not disapproved, 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.
(c) Limitation on Authority of Airports Authority.-The Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority shall have no authority to perform any of
the actions that are required by section 6007(f)(4) of the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Act, as amended by this Act, to be submitted to the
Board of Review after the date of the enactment of this Act until the board
of directors of the Airports Authority establishes a new Board of Review
in accordance with such Act and appoints the 9 members of the Board of
Review.
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