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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2092 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Children’s Island Act of 1995 to 

expand allowable uses for Kingman and Heritage Islands 

by 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kingman and Heritage 

3 Islands Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ISLAND 

5 ACT OF 1995. 

6 (a) EXPANSION OF ALLOWABLE USES FOR KINGMAN

7 AND HERITAGE ISLAND.—The National Children’s Island 

8 Act of 1995 (sec. 10–1401 et seq., D.C. Official Code) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 7. COMPREHENSIVE AND ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT 

11 FRAMEWORK PLANS. 

12 ‘‘(a) COMPLIANCE WITH PLANS.—Notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of this Act, it is not a violation of 

14 the terms and conditions of this Act for the District of 

15 Columbia to use the lands conveyed and the easements 

16 granted under this Act in accordance with the Anacostia 

17 Waterfront Framework Plan and the Comprehensive Plan. 

18 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

19 following definitions apply: 

20 ‘‘(1) ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT FRAMEWORK

21 PLAN.—The term ‘Anacostia Waterfront Framework 

22 Plan’ means the November 2003 Anacostia Water23 front Framework Plan to redevelop and revitalize 

24 the Anacostia waterfront in the District of Colum25 bia, as may be amended from time to time, devel26 oped pursuant to a memorandum of understanding 


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1 dated March 22, 2000, between the General Services 

2 Administration, Government of the District of Co3 lumbia, Office of Management and Budget, Naval 

4 District Washington, Military District Washington, 

5 Marine Barracks Washington, Department of Labor, 

6 Department of Transportation, National Park Serv7 ice, Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Pro8 tection Agency, Washington Metropolitan Area 

9 Transit Authority, National Capital Planning Com10 mission, National Arboretum, and Small Business 

11 Administration. 

12 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The term ‘Com13 prehensive Plan’ means the Comprehensive Plan of 

14 the District of Columbia approved by the Council of 

15 the District of Columbia on December 28, 2006, as 

16 such plan may be amended or superseded from time 

17 to time.’’. 

18 (b) MODIFICATION OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 

19 Paragraph (1) of section 3(d) of the National Children’s 

20 Island Act of 1995 (sec. 10–1402(d)(1), D.C. Official 

21 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘The transfer under sub22 section (a)’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol23 lowing: ‘‘Title in the property transferred under subsection 

24 (a) and the easements granted under subsection (b) shall 

25 revert to the United States upon the expiration of the 60- 


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1 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec2 retary provides written notice to the District that the Sec3 retary has determined that the District is not using the 

4 property for recreational, environmental, or educational 

5 purposes in accordance with National Children’s Island, 

6 the Anacostia Waterfront Framework Plan, or for another 

7 recreational, environmental, or educational purpose, ex8 cept that the reversionary interest of the United States 

9 under this paragraph shall expire upon the expiration of 

10 the 30-year period which begins on the date of the enact11 ment of the Kingman and Heritage Islands Act of 2009. 

12 Such notice shall be made in accordance with chapter 5 

13 of title 5, United States Code (relating to administrative 

14 procedures).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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