Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission

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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission or WMATC is a regulatory agency established by the Washington Metropolitan Area Regulation Compact, an interstate compact established between the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, and consented to by Congress under Public Law 86–794 in 1960^[1] to regulate passenger common carriers operating within the District of Columbia, and the suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.