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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7489 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Commonwealth 

of Virginia or the District of Columbia certain Federal land under 

the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service for the 

construction of rail and other infrastructure, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 2, 2020 

Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CLINE, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. LURIA, 

and Mr. BROWN of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 

Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia 

certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction 

of the National Park Service for the construction of 

rail and other infrastructure, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Long Bridge Act of 

5 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCES. 

2 (a) CONVEYANCES AUTHORIZED.—On request of the 

3 Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia, 

4 as applicable, the Secretary of the Interior may, subject 

5 to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines 

6 to be necessary, convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia 

7 or the District of Columbia, as applicable, any Federal 

8 land or interest in Federal land under the jurisdiction of 

9 the Secretary that is identified by the Commonwealth of 

10 Virginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, as nec11 essary for the Long Bridge Project. 

12 (b) REVERSION.—If any portion of the Federal land 

13 or interest in Federal land conveyed under subsection (a) 

14 is no longer being used for railroad purposes or rec15 reational use, title to the portion of the Federal land or 

16 interest in the portion of the Federal land shall revert to 

17 the Secretary, on a determination by the Secretary that 

18 the portion of the Federal land has been remediated and 

19 restored to a condition determined to be satisfactory by 

20 the Secretary. 

21 (c) TEMPORARY USE.—The Secretary may allow the 

22 temporary use of any Federal land under the jurisdiction 

23 of the Secretary that is identified by the Commonwealth 

24 of Virginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, as 

25 necessary for the construction of the Long Bridge Project, 


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1 subject to any terms and conditions determined to be nec2 essary by the Secretary. 

3 (d) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, the Secretary may recover from the 

5 Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia, 

6 as applicable, all costs incurred by the Secretary in pro7 viding or procuring necessary services associated with a 

8 conveyance under subsection (a) or use authorized under 

9 subsection (c), with such amounts to remain available to 

10 the Secretary until expended, without further appropria11 tion. 

12 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 

14 Bridge Project’’ means the project consisting of im15 provements to the Long Bridge and related railroad 

16 infrastructure between Rossyln (RO) Interlocking in 

17 Arlington, Virginia, and L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking 

18 near 10th Street SW in the District of Columbia, 

19 the purpose of which is to expand commuter and re20 gional passenger rail service and provide bicycle and 

21 pedestrian access crossings over the Potomac River. 

22 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

23 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di24 rector of the National Park Service. 

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