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President Signs S. 3477 [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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President Signs S. 3477 [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
AUGUST 14, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed S. 3477 which extends for three years until
August 31, 1977, the present subsidy for transportation of school
children in the District of Columbia.
In 1968 Public Law 90-605 authorized the District of Columbia Govern-
ment to pay to bus common carriers the difference between the reduced
fare for school children and the normal adult fare. These carriers are
required by law to offer reduced fares for school children, at a rate no
higher than one-half the lowest adult fare. The reduced fare for school
children is presently set at ten cents as compared to the adult fare of
forty cents.
Prior to the enactment of P. L. 90-605, adult fares were set high enough
to cover the cost of these reduced fares. That Act required that the cost
be borne by the community as a whole. It expires August 31, 1974.
S. 3477 extends P. L. 90-605 for three years to August 31, 1977. It also
provides that the District Government, under the D. C. Self Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act, can legislate changes to this sub-
sidy law after January 2, 1975. This provision was added in response to
that Government's request that P. L. 90-605 be amended to allow it,
rather than the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, to
set the fare for school children and to certify the amount of subsidy due
the transit companies every month.
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