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.

SA 2817. Ms. MIKULSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2812 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) 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)(1) Notwithstanding section 601(d)(3) of the Passenger
Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of
Public Law 110-432; 122 Stat. 4969) and section 1(b)(1) of
Public Law 111-62 (123 Stat. 1998), hereafter the Secretary
of Transportation shall have sole authority to appoint
Federal Directors to the Board of Directors of the Transit
Authority.
(2) The signatory parties to the Compact shall amend the
Compact as necessary in accordance with paragraph (1).
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