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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2636

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

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
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1 (2) to improve management of certain parcels

2 of Federal real property located within the District

3 of Columbia,

4 by transferring jurisdiction over such parcels to the Archi5 tect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Interior, and the

6 Government of the District of Columbia.

7 SEC. 2. TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact9 ment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision

10 of law, jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop11 erty described in subsection (b) is transferred without ad12 ditional consideration as provided by subsection (b).

13 (b) SPECIFIC TRANSFERS.—

14 (1) TRANSFERS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTE15 RIOR.—

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the

17 following parcels is transferred to the Secretary

18 of the Interior:

19 (i) That triangle of Federal land, in20 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree

21 space, that is part of the United States

22 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

23 the Architect of the Capitol bound by D

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

25 and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., in Square
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1 W632 in the District of Columbia, as

2 shown on the Map Showing Properties

3 Under Jurisdiction of the Architect of the

4 Capitol, dated November 8, 1994.

5 (ii) That triangle of Federal land, in6 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree

7 space, that is part of the United States

8 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

9 the Architect of the Capitol bound by C

10 Street, N.W., First Street, N.W., and Lou11 isiana Avenue, N.W., in the District of Co12 lumbia, as shown on the Map Showing

13 Properties Under Jurisdiction of the Archi14 tect of the Capitol, dated November 8,

15 1994.

16 (B) LIMITATION.—The parcels transferred

17 by subparagraph (A) shall not include those

18 contiguous sidewalks abutting Louisiana Ave19 nue, N.W., which shall remain part of the

20 United States Capitol Grounds under the juris21 diction of the Architect of the Capitol.

22 (C) CONSIDERATION AS MEMORIAL SITE.—

23 The parcels transferred by clause (i) of sub24 paragraph (A) may be considered as a site for
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1 S6201 a national memorial to Japanese American pa2 triotism in World War II.

3 (2) TRANSFERS TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAP4 ITOL.—Jurisdiction over the following parcels is

5 transferred to the Architect of the Capitol:

6 (A) That portion of the triangle of Federal

7 land in Reservation No. 204 in the District of

8 Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Sec9 retary of the Interior, including any contiguous

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

11 on the north, the branch of Maryland Avenue,

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

13 west, the major portion of Maryland Avenue,

14 N.E., on the south, and 2nd Street, N.E., on

15 the east, including the contiguous sidewalks.

16 (B) That irregular area of Federal land in

17 Reservation No. 204 in the District of Colum18 bia under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of

19 the Interior, including any contiguous side20 walks, northeast of the real property described

21 in subparagraph (A) bound by Constitution Av22 enue, N.E., on the north, the branch of Mary23 land Avenue, N.E., running to the northeast on

24 the south, and the private property on the west

25 known as lot 7 in square 726.
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1 (C) The two irregularly shaped medians

2 lying north and east of the property described

3 in subparagraph (A), located between the north

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

5 west of its intersection with Second Street,

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

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

8 Surveyor, District of Columbia, in Book 138,

9 Page 58.

10 (D) All sidewalks under the jurisdiction of

11 the District of Columbia abutting on and con12 tiguous to the land described in subparagraphs

13 (A), (B), and (C).

14 (3) TRANSFERS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—

15 Jurisdiction over the following parcels is transferred

16 to the Government of the District of Columbia:

17 (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue,

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

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

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

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

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

23 631 and W632, which remains Federal prop24 erty.
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1 (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., be2 tween its intersection with New Jersey Avenue,

3 N.W., and its intersection with Louisiana Ave4 nue, N.W., between Squares 630 and W632,

5 which remains Federal property.

6 SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS.

7 (a) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compliance

8 with this Act shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements

9 of all laws otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction

10 over parcels of Federal real property.

11 (b) LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.—Law en12 forcement responsibility for the parcels of Federal real

13 property for which jurisdiction is transferred by section

14 2 shall be assumed by the person acquiring such jurisdic15 tion.

16 (c) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.—

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

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

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

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

21 193a), is amended to include within the definition of

22 the United States Capitol Grounds the parcels of

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

24 (2) JURISDICTION OF CAPITOL POLICE.—The

25 United States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction
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1 over the parcels of Federal real property described

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

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

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

5 jurisdiction over a parcel of Federal real property trans6 ferred by section 2 shall not retain any interest in the par7 cel except as specifically provided by this Act.

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