BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SEC. 903. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) Appointment of Additional Members.— Section 6007(e)(1) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)(1)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking “11” and inserting “13”; (2) in subparagraph (D) by striking “one member” and inserting “three members”. (b) Restrictions.— Section 6007(e)(2) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)(2)) is amended by striking “except that” and all that follows through the period and inserting “except that the members appointed by the President shall be registered voters of States other than Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia.”. (c) Terms.— Section 6007(e)(3) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986(49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking “and” at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(D) by the President after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 1 shall be appointed for 4 years. A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has taken office.”. (d) Vacancies.— Section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) Vacancies.— A vacancy in the board of directors shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term”. (e) Political Parties of Presidential Appointees.— Section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4), as inserted by subsection (d) of this section, the following: “(5) Political parties of presidential appointees.— Not more than 2 of the members of the board appointed by the President may be of the same political party.”. (f) Duties of Presidential Appointees.— Section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5), as inserted by subsection (e) of this section, the following: “(6) Duties of presidential appointees.—In carrying out their duties on the board, members of the board appointed by the President shall ensure that adequate consideration is given to the national interest.”. (g) Deadline for Presidential Appointments.— Section 6007(e) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (6), as inserted by subsection (f) of this section, the following: “(7) Deadline for presidential appointments.— “(A) Deadline.— The members to be appointed to the board by the President under section 6007(e)(1)(D) shall be appointed on or before September 30, 1997. 110 STAT. 3276 “(B) Applicability of limitations.— If the deadline of subparagraph (A) is not met, the Secretary and the Airports Authority shall be subject to the limitations described in subsection (i) for the period beginning on October 1, 1997, and ending on the first day on which all of the members referred to in subparagraph (A) have been appointed.”. (h) Required Number of Votes.— Section 6007(e)(9) of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2456(e)(9)), as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section, is amended by striking “Seven” and inserting “Eight”.