National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007

A bill to amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for other purposes.

10/3/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to provide additional funding through grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to finance in part the capital and preventive maintenance projects included in the Capital Improvement Program. Subjects such grants to specified limitations and conditions. Prohibits funding to the WMATA until it notifies the Secretary that certain amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact have taken effect, including:
(1) requiring that all local payments for the cost of operating and maintaining the adopted regional rail system are made from dedicated funding sources (i.e., funding which is earmarked or required under state or local law to be used to match federal appropriations authorized under this Act for payments to the WMATA);
(2) establishing the Office of the Inspector General of WMATA; and
(3) expanding the WMATA Board of Directors to include four additional Directors appointed by the Administrator of General Services. Authorizes appropriations in increments over ten fiscal years beginning in FY2009. Establishes within WMATA the Office of Inspector General. Requires the Inspector General to make specified reports on Office activities:
(1) semiannually, to the WMATA Board of Directors and General Manager who shall transmit reports to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress; and
(2) annually, to the Governors of Maryland and Virginia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and Congress. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the use of funds provided under this Act.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. John Warner [R, VA]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
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Committees

• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• 1 more
  • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Amendments

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Amendments to S.1446

Number	Status	Purpose
S.Amdt.3205	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 22, 2007

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• Oct 04, 2007: Star Print ordered on Report 110-188.
• Added to calendar on Oct 03, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402..
• Oct 03, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. With written report No. 110-188.
• Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-342. 10:00 a.m.
• Jun 06, 2007: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
• May 22, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
• May 22, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6473)
• Introduced on May 22, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.401

Related Issue Areas:

• Transportation
• Auditing
• Budgets
• Congress
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• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• District of Columbia
• Federal aid to transportation
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Governmental investigations
• Infrastructure
• Inspectors general
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations
• Interstate compacts
• Local finance
• Local laws
• Maintenance and repair
• Maryland
• Mass rapid transit
• Metropolitan areas
• Motor buses
• Politics and government
• Railroad engineering
• State and local government
• State finance
• State laws
• Subways
• Urban affairs
• Urban transportation
• Virginia
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October 16, 2007 Washington Metro Needs Reform, Not a Federal Bailout

Titled the "National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007," both the Senate version (S. 1446) and the House version (HR 401) have been reported out ...

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