Union Calendar No. 376

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2636

[Report No. 104–368, Parts I and II]

A BILL

To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Fedlumbia, and for other purposes. eral real property located in the District of CoJULY 26, 1996

Reported from the Committee on Resources with an

printedHouse on the State of the Union, and ordered to beamendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
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Union Calendar No. 376

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2636

[Report No. 104–368, Parts I and II]

To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real property located

in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 15, 1995

Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Government Reform and Oversight, for a

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

NOVEMBER 28, 1995

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

JULY 26, 1996

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight discharged

JULY 26, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mr. MATSUI and Mr. KING

JULY 26, 1996

Reported from the Committee on Resources with an amendment, committed

to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and

ordered to be printed

[Omit the part struck through]
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A BILL

To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real

property located in the District of Columbia, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

4 It is the purpose of this Act—

5 (1) to assist in the effort to timely establish

6 within the District of Columbia a national memorial

7 to Japanese American patriotism in World War II;

8 and

9 (2) to improve management of certain parcels

10 of Federal real property located within the District

11 of Columbia,

12 by transferring jurisdiction over such parcels to the Archi13 tect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Interior, and the

14 Government of the District of Columbia.

15 SEC. 2. TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact17 ment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision

18 of law, jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop19 erty described in subsection (b) is transferred without ad20 ditional consideration as provided by subsection (b).

21 (b) SPECIFIC TRANSFERS.—
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1 (1) TRANSFERS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTE2 RIOR.—

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the

4 following parcels is transferred to the Secretary

5 of the Interior:

6 (i) That triangle of Federal land, in7 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree

8 space, that is part of the United States

9 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

10 the Architect of the Capitol bound by D

11 Street, N.W., New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,

12 and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., in Square

13 W632 in the District of Columbia, as

14 shown on the Map Showing Properties

15 Under Jurisdiction of the Architect of the

16 Capitol, dated November 8, 1994.

17 (ii) That triangle of Federal land, in18 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree

19 space, that is part of the United States

20 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

21 the Architect of the Capitol bound by C

22 Street, N.W., First Street, N.W., and Lou23 isiana Avenue, N.W., in the District of Co24 lumbia, as shown on the Map Showing

25 Properties Under Jurisdiction of the Archi-
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1 tect of the Capitol, dated November 8,

2 1994.

3 (B) LIMITATION.—The parcels transferred

4 by subparagraph (A) shall not include those

5 contiguous sidewalks abutting Louisiana Ave6 nue, N.W., which shall remain part of the Unit7 ed States Capitol Grounds under the jurisdic8 tion of the Architect of the Capitol.

9 (C) CONSIDERATION AS MEMORIAL SITE.—

10 The parcels transferred by clause (i) of sub11 paragraph (A) may be considered as a site for

12 a S6201 national memorial to Japanese Amer13 ican patriotism in World War II.

14 (2) TRANSFERS TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAP15 ITOL.—Jurisdiction over the following parcels is

16 transferred to the Architect of the Capitol:

17 (A) That portion of the triangle of Federal

18 land in Reservation No. 204 in the District of

19 Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Sec20 retary of the Interior, including any contiguous

21 sidewalks, bound by Constitution Avenue, N.E.,

22 on the north, the branch of Maryland Avenue,

23 N.E., running in a northeast direction on the

24 west, the major portion of Maryland Avenue,
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1 N.E., on the south, and 2nd Street, N.E., on

2 the east, including the contiguous sidewalks.

3 (B) That irregular area of Federal land in

4 Reservation No. 204 in the District of Colum5 bia under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of

6 the Interior, including any contiguous side7 walks, northeast of the real property described

8 in subparagraph (A) bound by Constitution Av9 enue, N.E., on the north, the branch of Mary10 land Avenue, N.E., running to the northeast on

11 the south, and the private property on the west

12 known as lot 7 in square 726.

13 (C) The two irregularly shaped medians

14 lying north and east of the property described

15 in subparagraph (A), located between the north

16 and south curbs of Constitution Avenue, N.E.,

17 west of its intersection with Second Street,

18 N.E., all as shown in Land Record No. 268,

19 dated November 22, 1957, in the Office of the

20 Surveyor, District of Columbia, in Book 138,

21 Page 58.

22 (D) All sidewalks under the jurisdiction of

23 the District of Columbia abutting on and con24 tiguous to the land described in subparagraphs

25 (A), (B), and (C).
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1 (3) TRANSFERS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—

2 Jurisdiction over the following parcels is transferred

3 to the Government of the District of Columbia:

4 (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue,

5 N.W., between the northernmost point of the

6 intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and

7 D Street, N.W., and the northernmost point of

8 the intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,

9 and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between squares

10 631 and W632, which remains Federal prop11 erty.

12 (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., be13 tween its intersection with New Jersey Avenue,

14 N.W., and its intersection with Louisiana Ave15 nue, N.W., between Squares 630 and W632,

16 which remains Federal property.

17 SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS.

18 (a) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compliance

19 with this Act shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements

20 of all laws otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction

21 over parcels of Federal real property.

22 (b) LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.—Law en23 forcement responsibility for the parcels of Federal real

24 property for which jurisdiction is transferred by section
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1 2 shall be assumed by the person acquiring such jurisdic2 tion.

3 (c) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.—

4 (1) DEFINITION.—The first section of the Act

5 entitled ‘‘An Act to define the United States Capitol

6 Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other

7 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

8 193a), is amended to include within the definition of

9 the United States Capitol Grounds the parcels of

10 Federal real property described in section 2(b)(2).

11 (2) JURISDICTION OF CAPITOL POLICE.—The

12 United States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction

13 over the parcels of Federal real property described

14 in section 2(b)(2) in accordance with section 9 of

15 such Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 212a).

16 (e) EFFECT OF TRANSFERS.—A person relinquishing

17 jurisdiction over a parcel of Federal real property trans18 ferred by section 2 shall not retain any interest in the par19 cel except as specifically provided by this Act.