A bill to grant the consent of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area transit regulation compact to permit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to eliminate any requirement of additional authentication of manual signature of bonds guaranteed by the United States.

Grants the consent of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to permit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to provide for the execution and authentication of bonds by the manual, lithographed, or printed facsimile signature of members of the board, and by additional authentication by a trustee or fiscal agent appointed by the board, except that one of such signatures shall be manual.