This is the fourth report made by the commission originally created pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No.15 of 1971 and continued by Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 of 1972, Senate Joint Resolution No. 131 of 1973 and Senate Joint Resolution No.6 of 1974. Initially the Commission was created in response to the annual budget message to the Congress by the President of the United States. Included in the message was the proposal that the Dulles International and Washington National Airports be sold in order to promote economy in the operation of the federal government. At that time there existed no clearly defined guidelines as to the basis on which the ownership of these airports would be transferred; however, it was thought that a possibility of Virginia's coming into possession of these two tremendous transportation facilities might be realized. The text of the study directive under which Commission is currently operation is Senate Joint Resolution 6.