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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6278 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Islands Act of 2010’’. 

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

7 ACT OF 1995. 

8 (a) EXPANSION OF ALLOWABLE USES FOR KINGMAN

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


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

2 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 7. COMPREHENSIVE AND ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT 

4 FRAMEWORK PLANS. 

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

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

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

8 Columbia to use the lands conveyed and the easements 

9 granted under this Act for recreational, environmental, or 

10 educational purposes in accordance with the Anacostia 

11 Waterfront Framework Plan and the Comprehensive Plan. 

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

13 following definitions apply: 

14 ‘‘(1) ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT FRAMEWORK

15 PLAN.—The term ‘Anacostia Waterfront Framework 

16 Plan’ means the November 2003 Anacostia Water17 front Framework Plan to redevelop and revitalize 

18 the Anacostia waterfront in the District of Colum19 bia, as may be amended from time to time, devel20 oped pursuant to a memorandum of understanding 

21 dated March 22, 2000, between the General Services 

22 Administration, Government of the District of Co23 lumbia, Office of Management and Budget, Naval 

24 District Washington, Military District Washington, 

25 Marine Barracks Washington, Department of Labor, 


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1 Department of Transportation, National Park Serv2 ice, Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Pro3 tection Agency, Washington Metropolitan Area 

4 Transit Authority, National Capital Planning Com5 mission, National Arboretum, and Small Business 

6 Administration. 

7 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The term ‘Com8 prehensive Plan’ means the Comprehensive Plan of 

9 the District of Columbia approved by the Council of 

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

11 such plan may be amended or superseded from time 

12 to time.’’. 

13 (b) MODIFICATION OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 

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

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

16 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘The transfer under sub17 section (a)’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol18 lowing: ‘‘Title in the property transferred under subsection 

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

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

21 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec22 retary provides written notice to the District that the Sec23 retary has determined that the District is using any por24 tion of the property for a use other than recreational, envi25 ronmental, or educational purposes in accordance with 


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1 National Children’s Island, the Anacostia Waterfront 

2 Framework Plan, or the Comprehensive Plan. Such notice 

3 shall be made in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, 

4 United States Code (relating to administrative proce5 dures).’’ . 

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