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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5225 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to redevelop the Department 

of Energy Forrestal Complex in the District of Columbia, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2014 

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

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to redevelop 

the Department of Energy Forrestal Complex in 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 ‘‘Department of Energy 

5 Forrestal Complex Redevelopment Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FORRESTAL COMPLEX 

7 REDEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 

9 Services shall take action, in accordance with the authority 


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1 available to the Administrator under Federal law, to rede2 velop the Department of Energy Forrestal Complex in a 

3 manner that is consistent with the SW Ecodistrict Plan. 

4 (b) AGREEMENTS.—Any agreement entered into by 

5 the Administrator to carry out the redevelopment of the 

6 Department of Energy Forrestal Complex under sub7 section (a) shall— 

8 (1) include such terms and conditions as the 

9 Administrator considers necessary and appropriate 

10 to protect the interests of the United States; and 

11 (2) facilitate the redevelopment of Maryland 

12 Avenue, Southwest, in the District of Columbia in a 

13 manner that is consistent with— 

14 (A) the SW Ecodistrict Plan; and 

15 (B) the Maryland Avenue Southwest Plan, 

16 including the reconstruction of Maryland Ave17 nue, Southwest, as a multimodal corridor. 

18 (c) RELOCATION OF EXISTING TENANTS.—The Ad19 ministrator may provide, notwithstanding section 3307 of 

20 title 40, United States Code, and otherwise in accordance 

21 with existing authorities available to the Administrator, 

22 replacement space for Federal agency tenants in the De23 partment of Energy Forrestal Complex whose relocation 

24 is made necessary by the redevelopment of such Complex 

25 under subsection (a). 


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1 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND PERIOD FOR

2 REVIEW.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before entering into any 

4 agreement related to the redevelopment of the De5 partment of Energy Forrestal Complex, the Admin6 istrator shall submit to the Committee on Transpor7 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent8 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub9 lic Works of the Senate a report with respect to the 

10 proposed agreement. 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—A report submitted under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include a summary of a cost13 benefit analysis of the proposed agreement and a de14 scription of the material provisions of the proposed 

15 agreement. 

16 (3) PERIOD FOR REVIEW.—The Administrator 

17 may not enter into a proposed agreement related to 

18 the redevelopment of the Department of Energy 

19 Forrestal Complex until the expiration of the 30-day 

20 period beginning on the date on which the Adminis21 trator submits under paragraph (1) the report with 

22 respect to the proposed agreement. 

23 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi24 nitions apply: 


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1 (1) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FORRESTAL COM2 PLEX.—The term ‘‘Department of Energy Forrestal 

3 Complex’’ means the land, including the buildings 

4 and other improvements thereon, that— 

5 (A) subject to survey and as determined by 

6 the Administrator, is— 

7 (i) located in the District of Columbia; 

8 (ii) generally bounded by Independ9 ence Avenue, Southwest, 12th Street, 

10 Southwest, Maryland Avenue, Southwest, 

11 and 9th Street, Southwest; and 

12 (iii) generally consisting of Squares 

13 351–N, 351, 383, 384, and 385 and por14 tions of Squares 325 and 352; and 

15 (B) is under the jurisdiction and control of 

16 the General Services Administration. 

17 (2) MARYLAND AVENUE SOUTHWEST PLAN.— 

18 The term ‘‘Maryland Avenue Southwest Plan’’ 

19 means the plan prepared for the District of Colum20 bia Office of Planning titled ‘‘Maryland Avenue 

21 Southwest Plan: Washington, DC’’ and dated April 

22 2012. 

23 (3) SW ECODISTRICT PLAN.—The term ‘‘SW 

24 Ecodistrict Plan’’ means the plan of the National 

25 Capital Planning Commission titled ‘‘The SW 


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1 Ecodistrict: A Vision Plan For A More Sustainable 

2 Future’’ and dated January 2013. 

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