106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4835

AN ACT

To authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central

Intelligence at the George Washington MemorialParkway in McLean, Virginia, and for other purposes.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4835

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF LAND EXCHANGE.

2 The Secretary of the Interior and the Director of

3 Central Intelligence are authorized to exchange approxi4 mately 1.74 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the De5 partment of the Interior within the boundary of the

6 George Washington Memorial Parkway for approximately

7 2.92 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the Central

8 Intelligence Agency adjacent to the boundary of the

9 George Washington Memorial Parkway. The land to be

10 conveyed by the Secretary of the Interior to the Central

11 Intelligence Agency is depicted on National Park Service

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

13 to be conveyed by the Central Intelligence Agency to the

14 Secretary of the Interior is depicted on National Park

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

16 6, 1998. These maps shall be available for public inspec17 tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Serv18 ice.

19 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS OF LAND EXCHANGE.

20 The land exchange authorized under section 1 shall

21 be subject to the following conditions:

22 (1) NO REIMBURSEMENT OF CONSIDER23 ATION.—The exchange shall occur without reim24 bursement or consideration.

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

26 Intelligence shall allow public access to the property
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1 transferred from the National Park Service and de2 picted on National Park Service Drawing No. 850/

3 81992. Such access shall be for a motor vehicle

4 turn-around on the George Washington Memorial

5 Parkway.

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

7 Intelligence shall allow access to—

8 (A) personnel of the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration Turner-Fairbank Highway Re10 search Center as is provided for in the Federal

11 Highway Administration’s (FHWA) report of

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

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

14 tract retained to the George Washington Park15 way and to State Route 193 is to be held in

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

17 (B) other Federal Government employees

18 and visitors whose admission to the Research

19 Center is authorized by the Turner-Fairbank

20 Highway Research Center.

21 (4) CLOSURE.—The Central Intelligence Agen22 cy shall have the right to close off, by whatever

23 means necessary, the transferred property depicted

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

25 dated August 6, 1998, to all persons except United
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1 States Park Police, other necessary National Park

2 Service personnel, and personnel of the Federal

3 Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway

4 Research Center when the Central Intelligence Agen5 cy has determined that the physical security condi6 tions dictate in order to protect Central Intelligence

7 Agency personnel, facilities, or property. Any such

8 closure shall not exceed 12 hours in duration within

9 a 24-hour period without consultation with the Na10 tional Park Service, Federal Highway Administra11 tion Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center fa12 cility and the United States Park Police. No action

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

14 to the Federal Highway Administration Turner15 Fairbank facility except when the area is closed for

16 security reasons.

17 (5) COMPLIANCE WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS.—

18 The Director shall ensure compliance by the Central

19 Intelligence Agency with the deed restrictions for the

20 transferred property as depicted on National Park

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

22 1998.

23 (6) COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT.—The Na24 tional Park Service and the Central Intelligence

25 Agency shall comply with the terms and conditions
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1 of the Interagency Agreement between the National

2 Park Service and the Central Intelligence Agency

3 signed in 1998 regarding the exchange and manage4 ment of the lands discussed in that agreement.

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

6 and the Director of Central Intelligence shall com7 plete the transfers authorized by this section not

8 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment

9 of this Act.

10 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF EXCHANGED LANDS.

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

12 Secretary of the Interior under section 1 shall be included

13 within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial

14 Parkway and shall be administered by the National Park

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

16 regulations applicable thereto.

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

18 Intelligence Agency under section 1 shall be administered

19 as part of the headquarters building compound of the Cen20 tral Intelligence Agency.

Passed the House of Representatives September 26,

2000.

Attest:

Clerk.