PL-111-160 — 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.

Preamble

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.''.

Section 2 — RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR REPEAL

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

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 5 — EFFECTIVE DATE

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

Approved April 26, 2010.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S.J. Res. 25: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): Jan. 21, considered and passed Senate. Apr. 14, considered and passed House.

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