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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2636

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 1, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

2 It is the purpose of this Act—

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

4 within the District of Columbia a national memorial

5 to Japanese American patriotism in World War II;

6 and

7 (2) to improve management of certain parcels

8 of Federal real property located within the District

9 of Columbia,

10 by transferring jurisdiction over such parcels to the Archi11 tect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Interior, and the

12 Government of the District of Columbia.

13 SEC. 2. TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact15 ment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision

16 of law, jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop17 erty described in subsection (b) is transferred without ad18 ditional consideration as provided by subsection (b).

19 (b) SPECIFIC TRANSFERS.—

20 (1) TRANSFERS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTE21 RIOR.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the

23 following parcels is transferred to the Secretary

24 of the Interior:

25 (i) That triangle of Federal land, in26 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree
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1 space, that is part of the United States

2 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

3 the Architect of the Capitol bound by D

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

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

6 W632 in the District of Columbia, as

7 shown on the Map Showing Properties

8 Under Jurisdiction of the Architect of the

9 Capitol, dated November 8, 1994.

10 (ii) That triangle of Federal land, in11 cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree

12 space, that is part of the United States

13 Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of

14 the Architect of the Capitol bound by C

15 Street, N.W., First Street, N.W., and Lou16 isiana Avenue, N.W., in the District of Co17 lumbia, as shown on the Map Showing

18 Properties Under Jurisdiction of the Archi19 tect of the Capitol, dated November 8,

20 1994.

21 (B) LIMITATION.—The parcels transferred

22 by subparagraph (A) shall not include those

23 contiguous sidewalks abutting Louisiana Ave24 nue, N.W., which shall remain part of the Unit-
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1 ed States Capitol Grounds under the jurisdic2 tion of the Architect of the Capitol.

3 (C) CONSIDERATION AS MEMORIAL SITE.—

4 The parcels transferred by clause (i) of sub5 paragraph (A) may be considered as a site for

6 a national memorial to Japanese American pa7 triotism in World War II.

8 (2) TRANSFERS TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAP9 ITOL.—Jurisdiction over the following parcels is

10 transferred to the Architect of the Capitol:

11 (A) That portion of the triangle of Federal

12 land in Reservation No. 204 in the District of

13 Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Sec14 retary of the Interior, including any contiguous

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

16 on the north, the branch of Maryland Avenue,

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

18 west, the major portion of Maryland Avenue,

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

20 the east, including the contiguous sidewalks.

21 (B) That irregular area of Federal land in

22 Reservation No. 204 in the District of Colum23 bia under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of

24 the Interior, including any contiguous side25 walks, northeast of the real property described
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1 in subparagraph (A) bound by Constitution Av2 enue, N.E., on the north, the branch of Mary3 land Avenue, N.E., running to the northeast on

4 the south, and the private property on the west

5 known as lot 7 in square 726.

6 (C) The two irregularly shaped medians

7 lying north and east of the property described

8 in subparagraph (A), located between the north

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

10 west of its intersection with Second Street,

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

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

13 Surveyor, District of Columbia, in Book 138,

14 Page 58.

15 (D) All sidewalks under the jurisdiction of

16 the District of Columbia abutting on and con17 tiguous to the land described in subparagraphs

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

19 (3) TRANSFERS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—

20 Jurisdiction over the following parcels is transferred

21 to the Government of the District of Columbia:

22 (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue,

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

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

25 D Street, N.W., and the northernmost point of
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1 the intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,

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

3 631 and W632, which remains Federal prop4 erty.

5 (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., be6 tween its intersection with New Jersey Avenue,

7 N.W., and its intersection with Louisiana Ave8 nue, N.W., between Squares 630 and W632,

9 which remains Federal property.

10 SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS.

11 (a) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compliance

12 with this Act shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements

13 of all laws otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction

14 over parcels of Federal real property.

15 (b) LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.—Law en16 forcement responsibility for the parcels of Federal real

17 property for which jurisdiction is transferred by section

18 2 shall be assumed by the person acquiring such jurisdic19 tion.

20 (c) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.—

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

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

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

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

25 193a), is amended to include within the definition of
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1 the United States Capitol Grounds the parcels of

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

3 (2) JURISDICTION OF CAPITOL POLICE.—The

4 United States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction

5 over the parcels of Federal real property described

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

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

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

9 jurisdiction over a parcel of Federal real property trans10 ferred by section 2 shall not retain any interest in the par11 cel except as specifically provided by this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.