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 104 STAT. 1300 PUBLIC LAW 101-505—NOV. 3, 1990 Public Law 101-505 101st Congress Joint Resolution Nov. 3, 1990 Granting the consent of Congress to amendments to the Washington Metropolitan [H.J. Res. 520] Area Transit Regulation Compact. Whereeis the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia entered into and executed the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact on December 22, 1960; Whereas Congress gave its consent under Public Law 86-794 (74 Stat. 1031) to the entry into the Compact by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, and authorized and directed the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to enter into and execute the Compact on behalf of the United States for the District of Columbia; Whereas Congress gave its consent under Public Law 87-767 (76 Stat. 764) to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland to effectuate certain amendments to the Compact, and authorized and directed the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to effectuate those amendments on behalf of the United States for the District of Columbia; Whereas the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact Review Committee, a review committee appointed by the signatories to the Compact, has recommended that the Compact be amended; and Whereas the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia have adopted identical amendments to the Compact: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State listing. States of America in Congress assembled. SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT.— The consent of Congress is hereby given to the Commonwecilth of Virginia, the State of Mary- land, and the District of Columbia to effectuate the amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact adopted by such States and the District under which the Compact is amended to read as follows: "TITLE I " GENERAL COMPACT PROVISIONS "ARTICLE I "There is created the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit District, referred to as the Metropolitan District, which shall include: the District of Columbia; the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Arlington County and Fairfax County of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the political subdivisions located within those counties, and that portion of

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