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[CITE: 40USC819]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
     CHAPTER 18--NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER FACILITIES; UNION STATION 
                  REDEVELOPMENT; CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
 
                       SUBCHAPTER I--UNION STATION
 
                   Part B--Union Station Redevelopment
 
Sec. 819. Waiver or release of obligations under other 
        provisions
        

(a) Release of Washington Terminal Company from its obligation to 
        construct a new railroad passenger station

    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized, on such terms and 
conditions as he may prescribe, to release the Washington Terminal 
Company from any or all of its obligations under agreements and leases 
entered into under part A of this subchapter, including, without 
limitation, the obligation to construct a new railroad passenger station 
as provided in section 802(a)(4) of this title.

(b) Waiver of statutory and contractual restrictions on the use of the 
        parking facility

    The Secretary of Transportation shall waive such statutory or 
contractual restrictions on the use of the parking structure and 
associated ramps described in section 818 of this title as would 
otherwise be required or imposed because funds for such construction 
were or are provided under chapter 53 of title 49.

(c) Use of funds appropriated under other provisions without matching 
        funds requirement

    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use funds 
appropriated under section 24909(a)(2)(A) of title 49 to carry out the 
purposes of this part without regard to the matching funds requirement 
of section 24902(c)(1) \1\ of title 49. Funds appropriated under section 
24909 of title 49 may not be used for design, construction, or operation 
of a heliport at or near Union Station.
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(d) Architect of Capitol authorized to supply steam or chilled water to 
        the Union Station complex

    The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to enter into agreements 
with the Secretary of Transportation or his designee or assign to 
furnish steam or chilled water or both from the Capitol Power Plant to 
the Union Station complex, at no expense to the legislative branch.

(Pub. L. 90-264, title I, Sec. 119, as added Pub. L. 97-125, Sec. 3(3), 
Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1672; amended Pub. L. 102-240, title III, 
Sec. 3003(b), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2088.)

                       References in Text

    Section 24902(c) of title 49, referred to in subsec. (c), was 
repealed and subsec. (f) of that section was redesignated (c) by Pub. L. 
105-134, title IV, Sec. 405(b)(1)(A), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2586. 
Provisions relating to matching funds requirement no longer appear in 
section 24902.

                          Codification

    In subsecs. (b) and (c), ``chapter 53 of title 49'' substituted for 
``the Federal Transit Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)'', 
``section 24909(a)(2)(A) of title 49'' substituted for ``section 
704(a)(2) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976 (45 U.S.C. 854(a)(2))'', ``section 24902(c)(1) of title 49'' 
substituted for ``section 703(1)(B) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 853(1)(B))'', 
and ``section 24909 of title 49'' substituted for ``section 704(a) of 
such Act'' on authority of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1378, the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V 
to X of Title 49, Transportation.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-240 substituted ``Federal Transit 
Act'' for ``Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964''.
