WMATA Improvement Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/16/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
WMATA Improvement Act of 2017
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide additional grants for each of FY2018-FY2028 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for financing approved capital and preventive maintenance projects.
No grants may be provided until:
- the WMATA Board of Directors certifies that amendments have been made to the existing collective bargaining agreement between WMATA and a collective bargaining unit allowing WMATA to implement necessary operational changes required to provide a high level of service, reliability, and safety as well as lower costs through competitive bidding for certain capital improvements; and
- the WMATA Compact includes amendments requiring WMATA Board members to have a primary fiduciary obligation to WMATA, newly appointed Board members to have at least one of specified expert qualifications, and the Board to be composed of nine voting members, including the CEO of the Transit Authority and two appointed by each of the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and the Secretary of Transportation.
Congressional consent for the Compact shall be withdrawn if Compact signatories (the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland) fail to enact such amendments.
Subjects
- Corporate finance and management
- District of Columbia
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor-management relations
- Maryland
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Transportation employees
- Transportation programs funding
- Virginia
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