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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4207 

To authorize improvements in the operation of the government of the District 

of Columbia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2009 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, 

and the Judiciary, 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 improvements in the operation of the government of 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2009 District of Co5 lumbia Omnibus Authorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PERMITTING ADVERTISING AND SALE OF LOTTERY 

2 TICKETS WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS AND SALE 

3 OF TICKETS BY BLIND VENDORS WITHIN FED4 ERAL ENCLAVE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The paragraph under the heading 

6 ‘‘Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund’’ in the 

7 District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982 (Public Law 

8 97–91; 95 Stat. 1174), as amended by section 134(a)(1) 

9 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990 

10 (Public Law 101–168; 103 Stat. 1282), is amended by 

11 striking the 10th proviso. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 3. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CERTAIN AUTHORI16 TIES FOR USE OF LOCAL FUNDS. 

17 (a) INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO UNANTICIPATED

18 GROWTH OF REVENUE COLLECTIONS.—Section 446A(c) 

19 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1— 

20 204.46A(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

22 year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year’’. 

23 (b) ALLOCATION OF RESERVE FUNDS FOR CASH

24 FLOW MANAGEMENT PURPOSES.—Section 450A(c)(4) of 

25 such Act (sec. 1—204.50A(c)(4), D.C. Official Code) is 

26 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 2007’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal 

2 year’’. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact5 ment of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Author6 ization Act. 

7 SEC. 4. PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST WA8 TERFRONT. 

9 (a) UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Section 

10 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Commis11 sioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 

12 States to transfer from the United States to the District 

13 of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 

14 real property in said District’’, approved September 8, 

15 1960 (sec. 6—321.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended by 

16 striking all that follows the colon and inserting the fol17 lowing: ‘‘The property the legal description of which is the 

18 Southwest Waterfront Project Site (dated October 8, 

19 2009) under Exhibit A of the document titled ‘Intent to 

20 Clarify the Legal Description in Furtherance of Land Dis21 position Agreement’, as filed with the Recorder of Deeds 

22 on October 27, 2009 as Instrument Number 

23 2009116776.’’. 

24 (b) CLARIFICATION OF METHOD OF TRANSFER.— 

25 Section 1 of such Act (sec. 6—321.01, D.C. Official Code) 


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1 is amended by inserting ‘‘by one or more quitclaim deeds’’ 

2 immediately after ‘‘to transfer’’. 

3 (c) CLARIFICATION OF RELATION TO MASTER DE4 VELOPMENT PLAN.—Section 2 of such Act (sec. 6— 

5 321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘urban 

6 renewal plan’’ and inserting ‘‘master plan’’. 

7 (d) EXPANDING PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS AND

8 USES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Section 4 of such Act 

9 (sec. 6—321.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accord12 ance with the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 

13 1945 and section 1, to lease or sell to a redevelopment 

14 company or other lessee or purchaser such real property 

15 as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority 

16 of this Act.’’. 

17 (e) REPEAL OF REVERSION.— 

18 (1) REPEAL.—Section 5 of such Act (sec. 6— 

19 321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of 

21 such Act (sec. 6—321.03, D.C. Official Code) is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of 

23 section 5 of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

24 (f) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF DISTRICT OF CO25 LUMBIA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—Section 8 of such 


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1 Act (sec. 6—321.08, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

2 striking the period at the end and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘, except that any reference to the ‘Agency’ shall be 

4 deemed to be a reference to the District of Columbia as 

5 the successor in interest to the Agency.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND 

7 FACILITIES ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS IN 

8 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

9 Section 8106 of title 40, United States Code, shall 

10 not apply with respect to the following properties: 

11 (1) Fort Dupont Park (United States Reserva12 tion 405). 

13 (2) Benning Stoddert Park, including the 

14 Benning Recreation Center (United States Reserva15 tion 706). 

16 (3) Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Parcel 

17 319). 

18 SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES. 

19 (a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTIES.—Not 

20 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act, the Director of the National Park Service shall trans22 fer to the District of Columbia by quitclaim deed all right, 

23 title, and interest of the United States to the following 

24 properties in the District of Columbia: 


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1 (1) Square 336, Lot 828, as shown on Assess2 ment and Taxation Plat 3761–Y among the records 

3 of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia (Shaw 

4 Junior High School recreation fields). 

5 (2) Square 542, Lot 85, as referenced on page 

6 104 of Subdivision Book 141 and shown on Map 

7 8634 among the records of the Surveyor of the Dis8 trict of Columbia (Southwest Library). 

9 (3) Square 2864, Lot 830, as shown on Assess10 ment and Taxation Plat 3495–G among the records 

11 of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia (Meyer 

12 Elementary School). 

13 (4) Reservation 277–A, as shown on page 4 of 

14 Subdivision Book 134 among the records of the Sur15 veyor of the District of Columbia. 

16 (b) OTHER INTERIOR PROPERTIES.—Not later than 

17 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the District of 

19 Columbia by quitclaim deed all right, title, and interest 

20 of the United States to the following properties in the Dis21 trict of Columbia: 

22 (1) Square 2558, Lot 803, as shown on Assess23 ment and Taxation Plat 65 among the records of the 

24 Surveyor of the District of Columbia (a portion of 

25 the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center). 


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1 (2) Square 2558, Lot 810, as shown on Assess2 ment and Taxation Plat 65 among the records of the 

3 Surveyor of the District of Columbia (a portion of 

4 the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center). 

5 SEC. 7. EXEMPTION OF INCOME EARNED ON DISTRICT OF 

6 COLUMBIA NOTES AND OBLIGATIONS FROM 

7 STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION. 

8 (a) EXEMPTION.—Section 3124(a) of title 31, United 

9 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or the District of 

10 Columbia Government’’ after ‘‘United States Govern11 ment’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3124(b) of 

13 such title is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia,’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘the District, territory,’’ and in16 serting ‘‘territory’’. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 this section shall apply with respect to obligations of the 

19 District of Columbia Government which are issued on or 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 8. AUTHORITIES OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS. 

22 (a) PERMITTING JUDICIAL CONFERENCE ON BIEN23 NIAL BASIS; ATTENDANCE OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES.— 

24 Section 11—744, District of Columbia Official Code, is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘annually’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘biennially or annually’’; 

3 (2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘active 

4 judges’’ and inserting ‘‘active judges and magistrate 

5 judges’’; 

6 (3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Every 

7 judge’’ and inserting ‘‘Every judge and magistrate 

8 judge’’; and 

9 (4) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Courts of 

10 Appeals’’ and inserting ‘‘Court of Appeals’’. 

11 (b) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO TOLL OR DELAY

12 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.— 

13 (1) PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of 

15 Chapter 9 of title 11, District of Columbia Offi16 cial Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

17 following new section: 

18 ‘‘§ 11—947. Emergency authority to toll or delay pro19 ceedings. 

20 ‘‘(a) TOLLING OR DELAYING PROCEEDINGS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a natural 

22 disaster or other emergency situation requiring the 

23 closure of Superior Court or rendering it impracti24 cable for the United States or District of Columbia 

25 Government or a class of litigants to comply with 


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1 deadlines imposed by any Federal or District of Co2 lumbia law or rule that applies in the Superior 

3 Court, the chief judge of the Superior Court may ex4 ercise emergency authority in accordance with this 

5 section. 

6 ‘‘(2) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—(A) The chief 

7 judge may enter such order or orders as may be ap8 propriate to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief 

9 from the time deadlines imposed by otherwise appli10 cable laws or rules for such period as may be appro11 priate for any class of cases pending or thereafter 

12 filed in the Superior Court. 

13 ‘‘(B) The authority conferred by this section ex14 tends to all laws and rules affecting criminal and ju15 venile proceedings (including, pre-arrest, post-arrest, 

16 pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures) and civil, 

17 family, domestic violence, probate and tax pro18 ceedings. 

19 ‘‘(3) UNAVAILABILITY OF CHIEF JUDGE.—If 

20 the chief judge of the Superior Court is absent or 

21 disabled, the authority conferred by this section may 

22 be exercised by the judge designated under section 

23 11–907(a) or by the Joint Committee on Judicial 

24 Administration. 


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1 ‘‘(4) HABEAS CORPUS UNAFFECTED.—Nothing 

2 in this section shall be construed to authorize sus3 pension of the writ of habeas corpus. 

4 ‘‘(b) CRIMINAL CASES.—In exercising the authority 

5 under this section for criminal cases, the chief judge shall 

6 consider the ability of the United States or District of Co7 lumbia Government to investigate, litigate, and process de8 fendants during and after the emergency situation, as well 

9 as the ability of criminal defendants as a class to prepare 

10 their defenses. 

11 ‘‘(c) ISSUANCE OF ORDERS.—The United States At12 torney for the District of Columbia or the Attorney Gen13 eral for the District of Columbia or the designee of either 

14 may request issuance of an order under this section, or 

15 the chief judge may act on his or her own motion. 

16 ‘‘(d) DURATION OF ORDERS.—An order entered 

17 under this section may not toll or extend a time deadline 

18 for a period of more than 14 days, except that if the chief 

19 judge determines that an emergency situation requires ad20 ditional extensions of the period during which deadlines 

21 are tolled or extended, the chief judge may, with the con22 sent of the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 

23 enter additional orders under this section in order to fur24 ther toll or extend such time deadline. 


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1 ‘‘(e) NOTICE.—Upon issuing an order under this sec2 tion, the chief judge— 

3 ‘‘(1) shall make all reasonable efforts to pub4 licize the order, including, when possible, announcing 

5 the order on the District of Columbia Courts web 

6 site; and 

7 ‘‘(2) shall send notice of the order, including 

8 the reasons for the issuance of the order, to the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

10 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Over11 sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep12 resentatives. 

13 ‘‘(f) REQUIRED REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the expiration of the last extension or tolling of a 

15 time period made by the order or orders relating to an 

16 emergency situation, the chief judge shall submit a brief 

17 report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov18 ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Over19 sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent20 atives, and the Joint Committee on Judicial Administra21 tion describing the orders, including— 

22 ‘‘(1) the reasons for issuing the orders; 

23 ‘‘(2) the duration of the orders; 

24 ‘‘(3) the effects of the orders on litigants; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) the costs to the court resulting from the 

2 orders. 

3 ‘‘(g) EXCEPTIONS.—The notice under subsection 

4 (e)(2) and the report under subsection (f) are not required 

5 in the case of an order that tolls or extends a time deadline 

6 for a period of less than 14 days.’’. 

7 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

8 contents of chapter 9 of title 11, District of Co9 lumbia Official Code, is amended by adding at 

10 the end of the items relating to subchapter III 

11 the following: 

‘‘11—947. Emergency authority to toll or delay proceedings.’’. 

12 (2) PROCEEDINGS IN COURT OF APPEALS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of 

14 Chapter 7 of title 11, District of Columbia Offi15 cial Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

16 following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 11—745. Emergency authority to toll or delay pro18 ceedings. 

19 ‘‘(a) TOLLING OR DELAYING PROCEEDINGS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a natural 

21 disaster or other emergency situation requiring the 

22 closure of the Court of Appeals or rendering it im23 practicable for the United States or District of Co24 lumbia Government or a class of litigants to comply 

25 with deadlines imposed by any Federal or District of 


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1 Columbia law or rule that applies in the Court of 

2 Appeals, the chief judge of the Court of Appeals 

3 may exercise emergency authority in accordance with 

4 this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—The chief judge 

6 may enter such order or orders as may be appro7 priate to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief from 

8 the time deadlines imposed by otherwise applicable 

9 laws or rules for such period as may be appropriate 

10 for any class of cases pending or thereafter filed in 

11 the Court of Appeals. 

12 ‘‘(3) UNAVAILABILITY OF CHIEF JUDGE.—If 

13 the chief judge of the Court of Appeals is absent or 

14 disabled, the authority conferred by this section may 

15 be exercised by the judge designated under section 

16 11–706(a) or by the Joint Committee on Judicial 

17 Administration. 

18 ‘‘(4) HABEAS CORPUS UNAFFECTED.—Nothing 

19 in this section shall be construed to authorize sus20 pension of the writ of habeas corpus. 

21 ‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF ORDERS.—The United States At22 torney for the District of Columbia or the Attorney Gen23 eral for the District of Columbia or the designee of either 

24 may request issuance of an order under this section, or 

25 the chief judge may act on his or her own motion. 


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1 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF ORDERS.—An order entered 

2 under this section may not toll or extend a time deadline 

3 for a period of more than 14 days, except that if the chief 

4 judge determines that an emergency situation requires ad5 ditional extensions of the period during which deadlines 

6 are tolled or extended, the chief judge may, with the con7 sent of the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 

8 enter additional orders under this section in order to fur9 ther toll or extend such time deadline. 

10 ‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Upon issuing an order under this sec11 tion, the chief judge— 

12 ‘‘(1) shall make all reasonable efforts to pub13 licize the order, including, when possible, announcing 

14 the order on the District of Columbia Courts web 

15 site; and 

16 ‘‘(2) shall send notice of the order, including 

17 the reasons for the issuance of the order, to the 

18 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

19 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Over20 sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep21 resentatives. 

22 ‘‘(e) REQUIRED REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the expiration of the last extension or tolling of a 

24 time period made by the order or orders relating to an 

25 emergency situation, the chief judge shall submit a brief 


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1 report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov2 ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Over3 sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent4 atives, and the Joint Committee on Judicial Administra5 tion describing the orders, including— 

6 ‘‘(1) the reasons for issuing the orders; 

7 ‘‘(2) the duration of the orders; 

8 ‘‘(3) the effects of the orders on litigants; and 

9 ‘‘(4) the costs to the court resulting from the 

10 orders. 

11 ‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.—The notice under subsection 

12 (d)(2) and the report under subsection (e) are not required 

13 in the case of an order that tolls or extends a time deadline 

14 for a period of less than 14 days.’’. 

15 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

16 contents of chapter 7 of title 11, District of Co17 lumbia Official Code, is amended by adding at 

18 the end of the items relating to subchapter III 

19 the following: 

‘‘11—745. Emergency authority to toll or delay proceedings.’’. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAM OF VOLUNTARY

21 SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 11, Dis23 trict of Columbia Official Code, is amended by in24 serting after section 11—1726 the following new 

25 section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 11—1726A. Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay2 ments 

3 ‘‘The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration 

4 may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi5 lar to the program established under subchapter II of 

6 chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for nonjudicial 

7 employees of the District of Columbia courts.’’. 

8 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con9 tents of chapter 17 of title 11, District of Columbia 

10 Official Code, is amended by inserting after the item 

11 relating to section 11—1726 the following new item: 

‘‘11—1726A. Voluntary separation incentive payments.’’. 

12 (d) PERMITTING AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE SERV13 ICES ON A REIMBURSABLE BASIS TO OTHER DISTRICT

14 GOVERNMENT OFFICES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11—1742, District 

16 of Columbia Official Code, is amended by adding at 

17 the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(d) To prevent duplication and to promote efficiency 

19 and economy, the Executive Officer may enter into agree20 ments to provide the Mayor of the District of Columbia 

21 with equipment, supplies, and services and credit reim22 bursements received from the Mayor for such equipment, 

23 supplies, and services to the appropriation of the District 

24 of Columbia Courts against which they were charged.’’. 


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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

2 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to fiscal 

3 year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

4 SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO HOME RULE CHARTER. 

5 (a) TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR COUNCIL.— 

6 Section 401(d)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

7 Act (sec. 1—204.01(d)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘seventy days’’. 

10 (b) MINIMUM SALARY FOR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI11 CER.—Section 424(b)(2)(E) of such Act (sec. 1— 

12 204.24(b)(2)(E), D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘an annual rate equal to’’ and inserting ‘‘an annual 

14 rate which is not less than’’. 

15 (c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING AUTHORITY TO AL16 LOCATE AMOUNTS FROM RESERVE FUNDS.— 

17 (1) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Section 

18 450A(a) of such Act (sec. 1—204.50A(a), D.C. Offi19 cial Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(8) NO LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION

22 DURING FISCAL YEAR.—Nothing in this subsection 

23 may be construed to limit the amount the District 

24 of Columbia may allocate and use from the emer25 gency reserve fund in a fiscal year.’’. 


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1 (2) CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Section 

2 450A(b) of such Act (sec. 1—204.50A(b), D.C. Offi3 cial Code) is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘The 

5 District of Columbia’’ the second place it ap6 pears; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(7) NO LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION

10 DURING FISCAL YEAR.—Nothing in this subsection 

11 may be construed to limit the amount the District 

12 of Columbia may allocate and use from the contin13 gency reserve fund in a fiscal year.’’. 

14 SEC. 10. FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT FOR WASHINGTON, DC, 

15 AND VICINITY. 

16 (a) PROJECT MODIFICATION.—The project for flood 

17 control, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, 

18 authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 

19 Stat. 1574, chapter 688) and modified by section 

20 301(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

21 1996 (110 Stat. 3707) and section 309 of the Water Re22 sources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 301), is fur23 ther modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 

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1 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary may use up to 

2 $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out this 

3 section to reimburse the District of Columbia for costs in4 curred by the District in designing and constructing, as 

5 a feature of the project referred to in subsection (a), a 

6 permanent closure at 17th Street Northwest. The terms 

7 for the reimbursement shall be as described in a memo8 randum of understanding to be executed by the Secretary 

9 and the District. 

10 (c) CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.—The Secretary shall 

11 carry out this section acting through the Chief of Engi12 neers. 

13 SEC. 11. PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, WASHINGTON CHAN14 NEL, WASHINGTON, DC DEAUTHORIZED. 

15 Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the following 

16 portion of the project for navigation, Potomac River, 

17 Washington Channel, District of Columbia, authorized by 

18 the Act of August 30, 1935 (chapter 831; 49 Stat. 1028) 

19 is deauthorized beginning at Washington Harbor Channel 

20 Geometry Centerline of the 400-foot-wide main naviga21 tional ship channel, Centerline Station No. 103+73.12, 

22 coordinates North 441948.20, East 1303969.30, as stated 

23 and depicted on the Condition Survey Anacostia, Virginia, 

24 Washington and Magazine Bar Shoal Channels, Wash25 ington, DC, Sheet 6 of 6, prepared by the United States 


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1 Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore district, July 2007; 

2 thence departing the aforementioned centerline traveling 

3 the following courses and distances: N. 40 degrees 10 min4 utes 45 seconds E., 200.00 feet to a point, on the outline 

5 of said 400-foot-wide channel thence binding on said out6 line the following three courses and distances: S. 49 de7 grees 49 minutes 15 seconds E., 1,507.86 feet to a point, 

8 thence; S. 29 degrees 44 minutes 42 seconds E., 2,083.17 

9 feet to a point, thence; S. 11 degrees 27 minutes 04 sec10 onds E., 363.00 feet to a point, thence; S. 78 degrees 32 

11 minutes 56 seconds W., 200.00 feet to a point binding 

12 on the centerline of the 400-foot-wide main navigational 

13 channel at computed Centerline Station No. 65+54.31, 

14 coordinates North 438923.9874, East 1306159.9738, 

15 thence; continuing with the aforementioned centerline the 

16 following courses and distances: N. 11 degrees 27 minutes 

17 04 seconds W., 330.80 feet to a point, Centerline Station 

18 No. 68+85.10, thence; N. 29 degrees 44 minutes 42 sec19 onds W., 2,015.56 feet to a point, Centerline Station No. 

20 89+00.67, thence; N. 49 degrees 49 minutes 15 seconds 

21 W., 1,472.26 feet to the point of beginning, such area in 

22 total containing a computed area of 777,284 square feet 

23 or 17.84399 acres of riparian water way. 

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