text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Metropolitan Washington Airports Act 
  Amendments of 1995''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Section 6002(7) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 
  (49 U.S.C. App. 2451(7)) is amended--
              (1) by inserting ``declining'' after ``perceived''; and
              (2) by striking ``the growing local interest,'' and 
          inserting ``the increasing need for local planning and 
          management on a metropolitan statistical area basis,''.
  
  SEC. 3. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY.
  
      (a) Board of Directors.--Section 6007 of the Metropolitan 
  Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456) is amended by 
  striking subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) and inserting the 
  following:
      ``(e) Board of Directors.--
              ``(1) Appointment.--The Airports Authority shall be 
          governed by a board of directors of 11 members as follows:
                      ``(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Governor 
                  of Virginia.
                      ``(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Mayor of 
                  the District of Columbia.
                      ``(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Governor 
                  of Maryland.
                      ``(D) 2 members shall be appointed by the Virginia 
                  State legislature.
                      ``(E) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                  representatives from Virginia local governments who are 
                  on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
                  Washington Council of Governments.
                      ``(F) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                  representatives from the District of Columbia 
                  government who are on the Board of Directors of the 
                  Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
                      ``(G) 2 members shall be appointed by those 
                  representatives from Maryland local governments who are 
                  on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
                  Washington Council of Governments.
          The Chairman shall be appointed from among the members by a 
          majority vote of the members and shall serve until replaced by 
          a majority vote of the members.
              ``(2) Restrictions.--Members (A) shall serve without 
          compensation other than reasonable expenses incident to board 
          functions, and (B) must reside within the Washington Standard 
          Metropolitan Statistical Area.
              ``(3) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for terms of 4 
          years.
              ``(4) Required number of votes.--7 votes shall be required 
          to approve bond issues and the annual budget.
      ``(f) Airport Noise.--
              ``(1) Balanced environmental protection.--In order to 
          protect the public from the impact of aircraft noise and at the 
          same time provide for suitable air transportation service to 
          the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, a 
          proposed action of the board of directors which could result in 
          a change in the impact of aircraft noise in the vicinity of a 
          Metropolitan Washington Airport may not take unless, at least 
          60 days before the action is to take effect, the board of 
          directors--
                      ``(A) notifies, in writing, the Committee on Noise 
                  Abatement at National and Dulles Airports of the 
                  Washington Council of Governments of the action for the 
                  purpose of allowing such committee the opportunity to 
                  review, and submit comments on, the action; and
                      ``(B) submits, in writing, to such committee a 
                  response to any comment of such committee with respect 
                  to the action within 30 days after the date of receipt 
                  of such comment.''.
  
  SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the 
  amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on the date of 
  the enactment of this Act.
      (b) Limitation on Applicability.--Persons appointed as members of 
  the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
  Authority on the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to 
  serve on such board until their respective terms expire under former 
  section 6007(e).
      (c) Initial Appointments.--
              (1) Virginia appointments.--The Governor of Virginia shall 
          appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(A) a person to fill the 
          vacancy of the first member appointed by the Governor of 
          Virginia under former section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose term expires 
          after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Virginia State 
          legislature shall appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(D) 
          persons to fill the vacancies of the second and third members 
          appointed by the Governor under former section 6007(e)(1)(A) 
          whose terms expire after such date of enactment. 
          Representatives from Virginia local governments shall appoint 
          under new section 6007(e)(1)(E) persons to fill the vacancies 
          of the fourth and fifth members appointed by the Governor under 
          former section 6007(e)(1)(A) whose terms expire after such date 
          of enactment.
              (2) District of columbia appointments.--The Mayor of the 
          District of Columbia shall appoint under new section 
          6007(e)(1)(B) a person to fill the vacancy of the first member 
          appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia under former 
          section 6007(e)(1)(B) whose term expires after the date of the 
          enactment of this Act. Representatives from the District of 
          Columbia government shall appoint under new section 
          6007(e)(1)(F) persons to fill the vacancies of the second and 
          third such members appointed by the Mayor under former section 
          6007(e)(1)(B) whose terms expire after such date of enactment.
              (3) Maryland appointments.--The Governor of Maryland shall 
          appoint under new section 6007(e)(1)(C) a person to fill the 
          vacancy of the first member appointed by the Governor of 
          Maryland under former section 6007(e)(1)(C) whose term expires 
          after the date of the enactment of this Act. Representatives 
          from Maryland local governments shall appoint under new section 
          6007(e)(1)(G)--
                      (A) a person to fill the vacancy of the second 
                  member appointed by the Governor under former section 
                  6007(e)(1)(C) whose term expires after such date of 
                  enactment; and
                      (B) a person to fill the vacancy of the member 
                  appointed by the President under former section 
                  6007(e)(1)(D) when the term of such member expires 
                  after such date of enactment.
      (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
              (1) Former section 6007(e).--The term ``former section 
          6007(e)'' means section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington 
          Airports Act of 1986 as in effect on the day before the date of 
          the enactment of this Act.
              (2) New section 6007(e).--The term ``new section 6007(e)'' 
          means section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
          Act of 1986, as amended by section 3 of this Act.
target: Metropolitan Washington Airports Act Amendments of 1995 - Amends the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 to revise congressional findings with respect to the two federally owned airports in the Washington metropolitan area to declare a perceived declining limited need for a Federal role in the management of these airports and increasing need for local planning and management on a metropolitan statistical area basis. 
  (Sec. 3) Revises the composition of the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.  Repeals the mandate for and authority of a Board of Review of the Airports Authority, thus abolishing it. 
  Prohibits any proposed action of the Board of Directors which could result in a change in the impact of aircraft noise in the vicinity of a Metropolitan Washington Airport unless, at least 60 days before the action is to take effect, it:  (1) notifies the Committee on Noise Abatement at National and Dulles Airports of the Washington Council of Governments of the action to allow them an opportunity to review, and submit comments on, such action; and (2) submits to such committee a response to any committee comment with respect to such action. 
  (Sec. 4) Requires persons appointed as members of the Board upon the enactment of this Act to continue to serve until their original terms expire.  Provides for the appointment of persons to fill vacancies on the Board.
feat_title: Metropolitan Washington Airports Act Amendments of 1995