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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2098 

To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel 

County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District 

of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2007 

Mr. SARBANES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located 

in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which 

is currently used by the District of Columbia as the 

Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF OAK HILL PROPERTY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Oak Hill property shall be 

5 disposed of as follows: 

6 (1) The portion of the property which is located 

7 west of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway shall be 

8 transferred to the jurisdiction of the Director of the 


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1 National Park Service, who shall use such portion 

2 for parkland purposes. 

3 (2) Subject to subsection (b), the portion of the 

4 property which is located east of the Baltimore5 Washington Parkway and 200 feet and further 

6 north of the Patuxent River shall be transferred to 

7 the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief 

8 of Engineers) for use by the Director of the Na9 tional Security Agency. 

10 (3) The portion of the property which is located 

11 east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and 

12 south of the portion described in paragraph (2) shall 

13 be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Adminis14 trator of General Services, who shall in turn convey 

15 such portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 

16 accordance with subsection (c). 

17 (b) PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW JUVE18 NILE DETENTION FACILITY FOR DISTRICT OF COLUM19 BIA.—As a condition of the transfer under subsection 

20 (a)(2), the Director of the National Security Agency shall 

21 enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District 

22 of Columbia under which— 

23 (1) the juvenile detention facility for the Dis24 trict of Columbia currently located on the Oak Hill 

25 property shall be closed; and 


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1 (2) subject to appropriations, the Agency shall 

2 pay for the construction of a replacement facility at 

3 a site to be determined within the District of Colum4 bia. 

5 (c) CONVEYANCE OF PORTION OF PROPERTY TO

6 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen8 eral Services shall convey, without consideration, to 

9 Anne Arundel County, Maryland, all right, title, and 

10 interest of the United States in and to that portion 

11 of the Oak Hill property referred to in subsection 

12 (a)(3). 

13 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONVEY14 ANCE.—The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall 

15 be carried out under such terms and conditions as 

16 may be agreed to by the Administrator and Anne 

17 Arundel County, except that, as a condition of the 

18 conveyance— 

19 (A) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 

20 dedicate a portion of the property which is ad21 jacent to the Patuxent River to parkland and 

22 recreational use; and 

23 (B) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 

24 reimburse the National Security Agency for the 

25 amounts paid by the Agency under subsection 


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1 (b) for the construction of a new juvenile deten2 tion facility for the District of Columbia, but 

3 only if the County makes 25 percent or more of 

4 the property conveyed under this subsection 

5 available for purposes other than open space or 

6 recreational use. 

7 SEC. 2. OAK HILL PROPERTY DEFINED. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘Oak Hill property’’ means the 

9 Federal property consisting of approximately 800 acres 

10 near Laurel, Maryland, a portion of which is currently 

11 used by the District of Columbia as a juvenile detention 

12 facility, and which is shown on Map Number 20 in the 

13 records of the Department of Assessments and Taxation, 

14 Tax Map Division, of Anne Arundel County. 

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