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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4835

To authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior

and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 12, 2000

Mr. MORAN of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the

Committee on Resources, 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 authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary

of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence

at the George Washington Memorial Parkway in

McLean, Virginia, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF LAND EXCHANGE.

4 The Secretary of the Interior and the Director of

5 Central Intelligence are authorized to exchange approxi6 mately 1.74 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the De7 partment of the Interior within the boundary of the
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1 George Washington Memorial Parkway for approximately

2 2.92 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the Central

3 Intelligence Agency adjacent to the boundary of the

4 George Washington Memorial Parkway. The land to be

5 conveyed by the Secretary of the Interior to the Central

6 Intelligence Agency is depicted on National Park Service

7 Drawing No. 850/81992, dated August 6, 1998. The land

8 to be conveyed by the Central Intelligence Agency to the

9 Secretary of the Interior is depicted on National Park

10 Service Drawing No. 850/81991, Sheet 1, dated August

11 6, 1998. These maps shall be available for public inspec12 tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv13 ice.

14 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS OF LAND EXCHANGE.

15 The land exchange authorized under section 1 shall

16 be subject to the following conditions:

17 (1) NO REIMBURSEMENT OF CONSIDER18 ATION.—The exchange shall occur without reim19 bursement or consideration.

20 (2) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Director of Central

21 Intelligence shall allow public access to the property

22 transferred from the National Park Service and de23 picted on National Park Service Drawing No. 850/

24 81992. Such access shall be for a motor vehicle
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1 turn-around on the George Washington Memorial

2 Parkway.

3 (3) OTHER ACCESS.—The Director of Central

4 Intelligence shall allow access to—

5 (A) personnel of the Federal Highway Ad6 ministration Turner-Fairbank Highway Re7 search Center as is provided for in the Federal

8 Highway Administration’s (FHWA) report of

9 excess, dated May 20, 1971, which states,

10 ‘‘Right-of-access by FHWA to and from the

11 tract retained to the George Washington Park12 way and to State Route 193 is to be held in

13 perpetuity, or until released by FHWA’’; and

14 (B) other Federal Government employees

15 and visitors whose admission to the Research

16 Center is authorized by the Turner-Fairbank

17 Highway Research Center.

18 (4) CLOSURE.—The Central Intelligence Agen19 cy shall have the right to close off, by whatever

20 means necessary, the transferred property depicted

21 on National Park Service Drawing No. 850/81992,

22 dated August 6, 1998, to all persons except United

23 States Park Police, other necessary National Park

24 Service personnel, and personnel of the Federal

25 Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway
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1 Research Center when the Central Intelligence Agen2 cy has determined that the physical security condi3 tions dictate in order to protect Central Intelligence

4 Agency personnel, facilities, or property. Any such

5 closure shall not exceed 12 hours in duration within

6 a 24-hour period without consultation with the Na7 tional Park Service, Federal Highway Administra8 tion Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center fa9 cility and the United States Park Police. No action

10 shall be taken to diminish use of the area for access

11 to the Federal Highway Administration Turner12 Fairbank facility except when the area is closed for

13 security reasons.

14 (5) COMPLIANCE WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS.—

15 The Director shall ensure compliance by the Central

16 Intelligence Agency with the deed restrictions for the

17 transferred property as depicted on National Park

18 Service Drawing No. 850/81992, dated August 6,

19 1998.

20 (6) COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT.—The Na21 tional Park Service and the Central Intelligence

22 Agency shall comply with the terms and conditions

23 of the Interagency Agreement between the National

24 Park Service and the Central Intelligence Agency
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1 signed in 1998 regarding the exchange and manage2 ment of the lands discussed in that agreement.

3 (7) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of the Interior

4 and the Director of Central Intelligence shall com5 plete the transfers authorized by this section not

6 later than 120 days after the date of enactment of

7 this Act.

8 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF EXCHANGED LANDS.

9 (a) INTERIOR LANDS.—The land conveyed to the

10 Secretary of the Interior under section 1 shall be included

11 within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial

12 Parkway and shall be administered by the National Park

13 Service as part of the parkway subject to the laws and

14 regulations applicable thereto.

15 (b) CIA LANDS.—The land conveyed to the Central

16 Intelligence Agency under section 1 shall be administered

17 as part of the headquarters building compound of the Cen18 tral Intelligence Agency.

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