PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Congress urges the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to improve, build, and repair facilities at Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at the same time. When possible, it should finish the projects the Secretary of Transportation proposed at both airports within 5 years after March 30, 1988. The Secretary must help the 3 airports serving the Washington, D.C., area plan operational and capital improvements and must speed up review of federal funding requests from whichever of the 3 needs more airside capacity.

Title 49, §49105

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(a)Sense of Congress.—

It is the sense of Congress that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority—

(1)should pursue the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the facilities at Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport simultaneously; and

(2)to the extent practicable, should cause the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation proposed by the Secretary of Transportation to be completed at Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport within 5 years after March 30, 1988.

(b)Secretary’s Assistance.—

The Secretary shall assist the 3 airports serving the District of Columbia metropolitan area in planning for operational and capital improvements at those airports and shall accelerate consideration of applications for United States Government financial assistance by whichever of the 3 airports is most in need of increasing airside capacity.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 49105(a)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6006(a), 100 Stat. 1783–378. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6006(a), 100 Stat. 3341–381. 49105(b)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6006(b), 100 Stat. 1783–379. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6006(b), 100 Stat. 3341–382.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 49105 was renumbered section 50105 of this title.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 105–154 substituted “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport” for “Washington National Airport”.

§49105 Capital Improvements, Construction, and Rehabilitation