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PUBLIC LAW 89-774-NOV. 6, 1966

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Public Law 89-774 November 6, 1966 [S.3488]

40 USC 651 note. 40 USC 681 note.

40 USC 71 note.

D. e. e o d e 11410 to 1-1416. D. e. e o d e 11410a and note.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, amendment.

AN ACT To grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment for the District of Columbia.

Whereas Congress heretofore has declared in the National Capital Transportafion Act of 1960 (Public Law 86-669, 74 Stat. 537) and in the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-173, 79 Stat. 663) that a coordinated system of rail rapid transit, bus transportation service, and highways is essential in the National Capital Region for the satisfactory movement of people and goods, the alleviation of present and future traffic congestion, the economic welfare and vitality of all parts of the Region, the effective performance of the functions of the United States Government located within the Region, the orderly growth and development of the Region, the comfort and convenience of the residents and visitors to the R ^ i o n, and the preservation of the beauty and dignity of the Nation's Capital and that such a system should be developed cooperatively by the Federalj State, and local governments of the National Capital Region^ With the costs of the necessary facilities financed, as far as possible, by persons using or benefiting from such facilities and the remaining costs shared equitably among the Federal, State, and local governments; Whereas in furtherance of this policy. Congress, in title III of the National Capital Transportation Act of 1960, authorized the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland to negotiate a Compact for the establishment of an organization, empowered, inter alia, to provide regional transportation facilities; Whereas, it is the sense of the Congress that the Mass Transit Plan authorized by the Compact and this Act shall conform to the fullest extent practicable with the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital and the general plan for the development of the National Capital Region prepared pursuant to the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (Public Law 82-592, 66 Stat. 781); and Whereas, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, with a representative of the United States appointed by the President, have negotiated such a Compact, known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact, which amends the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, heretofore consented to by the Congress (Public Law 86-794, 74 Stat. 1031, as amended by Public Law 87-767, 76 Stat. 764), by adding thereto a title III and said Compact has been enacted by Maryland (Ch. 869, Acts of General Assembly 1965) and in substantially the same language by Virginia (Ch. 2, 1966 Acts of Assembly): Now, therefore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress hereby consents to, adopts and enacts for the District of Columbia an amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, for which Congress heretofore has granted its consent (Public Law 86-794, 74 Stat. 1031, as amended by Public Law 87-767, 76 Stat. 764) by adding thereto title III, known as the Washington

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