tory by the Constitution of such signatory, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision or provisions upon the Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction shall remain in the signatory and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this compact becomes effective. Such agency, however, in order to achieve the objective of this compact to effectuate the regulation of mass transit on a unified and coordinated basis throughout the Metropolitan District, shall refer to the Commission for its recommendations all matters arising under this Title so reserved to such signatory and all matters exempted from this Title pursuant to the proviso clause of Section 1 (b) of this Title. The recommendations of the Commission with respect to such matters shall be advisory only.

Existing Rules, Regulations, Orders, and Decisions

21. All rules, regulations, orders, decisions, or other action prescribed, issued, made, or taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, the Public Service Commission of Maryland, or the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, and which are in force at the time this section takes effect, with respect to transportation or persons subject to this Act, shall remain in effect, and be enforceable under this Act and in the manner specified by this Act, according to their terms, as though they had been prescribed, issued, made, or taken by the Commission pursuant to this Act, unless and until otherwise provided by such Commission in the exercise of its powers under this Act.

Transfer of Records

22. The Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, and the Public Service Commission of Maryland shall transfer or make available to the Commission such of their records as pertain to matters which by this Act are placed under the jurisdiction of the latter Commission.

Pending Actions or Proceedings

23. (a) No suit, action, or other judicial proceeding commenced prior to the date this Act takes effect by or against the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Public Service Commission of Maryland, or the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, or any officer of any such commission in his official capacity or in relation to his discharge of official duties, shall be affected by the enactment of this compact and same shall be prosecuted and determined in accordance with the law applicable at the time such proceeding was commenced.

(b) To the extent that the Commission determines such action to be necessary or appropriate in the exercise of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon it by this Act, such Commission shall continue and carry to a conclusion any proceeding, hearing, or investigation which, at the time this compact takes effect, is pending before the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Public Service Commission of Maryland, or the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. In the event the Commission assumes jurisdiction in any such case, it shall be governed by the provisions of this compact and not by the provisions of law applicable at the time the proceedings were instituted.

Annual Report of the Commission

24. The Commission shall make an annual report for each fiscal year ending June Thirtieth, to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of Maryland, and to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia as soon as practicable after June thirtieth, but no later than the 1st day of January of each year, which shall contain, in addition to a report of the work performed under this Act, such other information and recommendations concerning passenger transporation within the Metropolitan District, as the Commission deems advisable.

NOW, THEREFORE, we, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Millard Tawes, Governor of the State of Maryland, and Walter N.

Tobriner, F. J. Clarke, Brigadier General, U. S. Army and John B. Duncan, Members of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia do hereby execute the foregoing amended Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Pursuant to the Joint Resolution approved October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87-767, 76 Stat. 764) and to the Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, done at Washington, D. C., this 29th day of March, 1963.

MARYLAND

Pursuant to Chapter 114, Acts of General Assembly of Maryland, 1962, done at Annapolis, Maryland, this 29th day of March, 1963.

Pursuant to Chapter 67, 1962 Acts of Assembly of Virginia, done at Richmond, Virginia, this 29th day of March,

Mr. DAWSON. We appreciate the opportunity of appearing before this committee and realize the privilege that we have.

Let me make it clear at the very outset, however, that D.C. Transit is in favor of the general purposes of this legislation.

You gentlemen are to be commended on your leadership in proceeding to its fruition. When the Visitor Center is completed, it will be a monument to your vision and your hard work, a very constructive monument.

Any sightseer who has ever tried to park his car in the Mall area, the chief tourist attraction here, will wholeheartedly support the proposed construction of a parking facility adjacent to the Visitor Center for parking.

As operator of the primary public transportation system in the Capital, Mr. Chalk desires that I assure you that a special minibus service, or any other needed service, offering frequent departures, will be provided by D.C. Transit System from such parking facility to and through the Mall area to encourage visitors to leave their cars at the National Visitor Center, thereby reducing the growing traffic congestion in downtown Washington.

Let me say that we are in perfect agreement with Mr. Wright's suggestion and the chairman's suggestion that any form of transportation be of a distinguished and distinguishing character and that we are ready to provide such type of transportation whenever the authority is granted.

For example, D.C. Transit today has 25 new buses that are being delivered for service in the city of Washington.

I want to say also, Mr. Chairman, that we were all ready to provide this service.

Mr. Schwengel, we applied for authority to give such service as the Secretary wanted to give as early as April of this year in a temporary application. We filed our request for permanent certification in May. There has been no action on either of those applications.

Mr. GRAY. Let me interrupt you there. You are referring now to the Commission?

Mr. DAWSON. Yes, sir.

Mr. GRAY. You filed an application with the Commission both for temporary and permanent permit to operate?

Mr. DAWSON. Yes, sir. If those applications had been expeditiously acted upon, the services would be performed today as the Secretary might desire.

Mr. GRAY. So this is not a matter, as Mr. Avery pointed out, "that gets expeditious handling"?

You have to admit that, would you not?

Mr. DAWSON. The record will have to speak for itself.

Mr. GRAY. Applied in April and this is October. I think that is quite a long period.

Mr. SCHWENGEL. You mean you filed in April and the Commission has not yet acted?

Mr. DAWSON. That is correct.

Mr. GRAY. That is the very point I was trying to establish.

You may proceed.

Mr. DAWSON. Now, we must say also that D.C. Transit System is seriously concerned about section 5 of the bill. Now, this section has no