7 1 (b) Section 5 (a) of the Act of September 8, 1965 2 (Public Law 89-173; 76 Stat. 665), is amended by striking 3 the phrase "authorized in section 3 hereof" and inserting in 4 lieu thereof the following: "of the adopted regional system". 91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 11193 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 13, 1969 Mr. FUQUA (for himself, Mr. NELSEN, Mr. BROYHILL of Virginia, Mr. HAGAN, Mr. FRASER, Mr. HORTON, Mr. ADAMS, Mr. CABELL, Mr. GUDE, and Mr. HOGAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia A BILL To authorize a Federal contribution for the effectuation of a transit development program for the National Capital region, and to further the objectives of the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 663) and Public Law 89-774 (80 Stat. 1324). 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. That this Act may be cited as the "National 5 Capital Transportation Act of 1969". 1 (a) "Transit Authority" means the Washington Metro2 politan Area Transit Authority established by title III of the 3 Washington metropolitan area transit regulation compact (80 4 Stat. 1324). 5 (b) "Adopted Regional System" means that system 6 described in the Transit Authority's report entitled "Adopted 7 Regional Rapid Rail Transit Plan and Program, March 1, 8 1968 (Revised February 7, 1969)", as the same may here9 after be altered, revised, or amended in accordance with Pub10 lic Law 89-774 (80 Stat. 1324). 11 12 AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS SEC. 3. (a) In order to provide for the Federal share of 13 the cost of the Adopted Regional System, which System 14 supersedes that heretofore authorized by the Congress in the 15 National Capital Transportation Act of 1965, as amended, 16 the Secretary of the Department of Transportation is author17 ized to make annual contributions to the Transit Authority 18 under this section in amounts sufficient to finance in part the 19 construction of the Adopted Regional System by the Transit 20 Authority: Provided, That the aggregate amount of such 21 Federal contributions shall not exceed the lower amount of 22 $1,047,044,000, or two-thirds of the net project cost of the 23 Adopted Regional System less the $100,000,000 authorized 24 to be appropriated in section 5 (a) (1) of the Act of Septem25 ber 8, 1965 (Public Law 89-173; 79 Stat. 663). 3 1 (b) Such Federal contributions shall be subject to the 2 following limitations and conditions: 3 (1) The work for which appropriations are authorized 4 herein shall be subject to the provisions of Public Law 5 89-774 and shall be carried out substantially in accordance 6 with the plans and schedules for the Adopted Regional 7 System. 8 (2) The aggregate amount of such Federal contributions 9 11 on or prior to the last day of any given fiscal year shall be 10 matched by the local participating governments by payment of the local share of capital contributions required for the 12 period ending with the last day of such year in a total amount 13 not less than 50 per centum of the amount of such Federal 14 contributions. 15 SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated 16 to the Department of Transportation, without fiscal year 17 limitation, not to exceed $1,047,044,000 to carry out the 18 purposes of this Act: Provided, That the appropriations 19 authorized herein shall be in addition to the appropriations 20 authorized in section 5 (a) (1) of the National Capital Trans 21 23 22* 24 portation Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 665). CONSTRUCTION APPROVALS SEC. 5. (a) No portion of any rail rapid transit line or related facility authorized hereunder shall be constructed 25 within the United States Capitol Grounds except upon ap 4 1 proval of the Commission for Extension of the United States 2 Capitol. 3 (b) All construction pursuant to this Act in, on, under, 4 or over public space in the District of Columbia under the 5 jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia 6 shall, in the interest of public convenience and safety, be 7 performed in accordance with schedules agreed upon be8 tween the Transit Authority and the Commissioner of the 9 District of Columbia, to the end that such construction work 10 will be coordinated with other construction work in such 11 public space, and the Commissioner shall so exercise his 12 jurisdiction and control over such public space as to facilitate 13 the Transit Authority's use and occupation thereof for the 14 purposes of this Act. 15 16 REPAYMENT FROM EXCESS REVENUES SEC. 6. To the extent that revenues or other receipts 17 derived from or in connection with the ownership or opera18 tion of the Adopted Regional System (other than service 19 payments under transit service agreements executed be20 tween the Transit Authority and local political subdivisions, 21 the proceeds of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; 22 and capital contributions received by the Transit Authority), are excess to the amounts necessary to make all payments 24 and deposits, including debt service, operating and maintenance expenses, and deposits in reserves, required or per 23 25 |