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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4984 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4984

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four

                                 An Act

 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative 
 jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the 
    District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for 
purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 
Stadium Campus Revitalization Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER RFK MEMORIAL 
STADIUM CAMPUS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
    (a) Exercise of Transfer Authority.--
        (1) Transfer.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter 
    referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting under the authority of 
    section 8124 of title 40, United States Code (except as provided 
    under paragraph (2)), shall transfer administrative jurisdiction 
    over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus (hereafter 
    referred to as the ``Campus'') to the District of Columbia 
    (hereafter referred to as the ``District''), subject to a 
    Declaration of Covenants with the District which is consistent with 
    the succeeding provisions of this Act and which includes such other 
    terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the Secretary and the 
    District.
        (2) Waiver of requirement for prior recommendation of national 
    capital planning commission.--The second sentence of section 
    8124(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply to the 
    transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this 
    section.
        (3) No effect on status of ownership of campus.--Consistent 
    with section 8124 of title 40, United States Code, the transfer of 
    administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section does 
    not change the status of the ownership of the Campus by the United 
    States.
    (b) Development and Uses of Campus.--After transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section, the 
District may develop and use, and permit the development and use of, 
the Campus for any of the following purposes:
        (1) Stadium purposes, including training facilities, offices, 
    and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
        (2) Commercial and residential development.
        (3) Facilities, open space, and public outdoor opportunities, 
    which may include supporting cultural activities, educational 
    activities, and recreational activities, as such terms are defined 
    in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code.
        (4) Such other public purposes for which the Campus was used or 
    approved for use prior to June 1, 1985.
        (5) Demolition purposes to facilitate development and use of 
    the Campus under subparagraphs (1) through (4).
    (c) Specific Requirements Relating to Development and Use of 
Campus.--The Declaration of Covenants entered into under subsection 
(a)(1) shall include provisions to require the District to meet the 
following requirements as a condition of the development and use of the 
Campus as set forth under subsection (b) after transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section:
        (1) The District shall ensure that the development and use does 
    not materially degrade or adversely impact any lands under the 
    jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the 
    restoration of the wetlands south of Kingman Island.
        (2) The District shall designate, develop, operate, and 
    maintain at least 30 percent of the Campus (excluding the riparian 
    area of the Campus as defined in subsection (g)(2)) as the ``Robert 
    F. Kennedy Memorial Park'' as parks and open space to provide land 
    for passive and active outdoor recreation and shall require that 
    portion to be reserved for such purposes for the duration of the 
    transfer.
        (3) The District shall ensure that the development and use 
    provides for improved public access to the Anacostia River and 
    shall not interrupt the Anacostia River Trail.
        (4) The District shall, to the extent necessary, ensure that 
    parking facilities are provided to accommodate the development.
        (5) The District shall provide for adequate public safety and 
    security measures and resources in the planning and ongoing 
    management of the development.
        (6) The District shall carry out measures that, to the greatest 
    extent practicable, will reduce the impact of noise and traffic of 
    the development on surrounding residential areas in the District.
        (7) The District shall operate and maintain the riparian area 
    of the Campus in accordance with subsection (g).
        (8) The District shall ensure that no Member of Congress, 
    Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress, or any other 
    official of the Government of the United States or the Government 
    of the District of Columbia shall be admitted to any share or part 
    of any lease entered into by the District in the exercise of the 
    administrative jurisdiction over the Campus transferred under this 
    section, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom, including any 
    contract or agreement made, entered into, or accepted by or on 
    behalf of the District as a result of this section. Nothing in the 
    previous sentence may be construed to apply to a person who is a 
    shareholder or other beneficial owner of any publicly held 
    corporation or other entity, if the lease is for the general 
    benefit of such corporation or other entity.
    (d) Survey.--
        (1) Requiring survey.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
    the enactment of this Act, the District shall conduct a survey of 
    the Campus, which shall determine the exact acreage and legal 
    description of the Campus by a boundary survey prepared by a 
    qualified Federally-, State-, or District-licensed surveyor who is 
    approved by the Secretary.
        (2) Submission to congress.--Upon completion, the survey 
    conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to--
            (A) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the 
        Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; 
        and
            (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
        the Senate.
        (3) Incorporation in declaration of covenants for transfer.--
    The survey conducted under paragraph (1) shall be incorporated in 
    the Declaration of Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1).
        (4) Availability of survey and map for public inspection.--The 
    survey conducted under paragraph (1), together with the map of the 
    Campus referred to in subsection (m), shall be kept on file and 
    available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
    Secretary.
    (e) Memorandum of Understanding.--As a condition of the development 
and use of the Campus after transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
over the Campus under this section, the Secretary and the District 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to determine an 
allocation of the costs of carrying out all responsibilities of the 
United States and the District with respect to the Campus under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), including any costs of any response action with 
respect to any contamination present on the Campus.
    (f) Costs.--
        (1) Costs of transfer.--The District shall be responsible for 
    payment of any costs of carrying out the transfer of administrative 
    jurisdiction over the Campus under this section, including--
            (A) any costs of carrying out the survey under subsection 
        (d); and
            (B) any costs of carrying out any environmental analysis 
        required under Federal law.
        (2) Costs after transfer.--Except as provided under the 
    memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (e), the 
    Secretary shall not be responsible for payment of any costs or 
    expenses that are incurred by the District or any other party 
    (other than the United States) associated with the Campus after the 
    transfer of administrative jurisdiction under this section.
    (g) Special Rules for Riparian Area.--
        (1) Restriction on development and use.--The Declaration of 
    Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include 
    provisions to ensure that the riparian area of the Campus may not 
    be developed or used for any purposes other than the continuing 
    maintenance of any development, use, or infrastructure (including 
    roads and pathways) existing at the time of the execution of the 
    transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this 
    section.
        (2) Riparian area of the campus defined.--In this subsection, 
    the term ``riparian area of the Campus'' means the area designated 
    in the map referred to in subsection (m) as ``Riparian Area (Area 
    F)''.
    (h) Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds for Stadium.--The Declaration 
of Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include 
provisions to ensure that the District may not use Federal funds for 
stadium purposes on the Campus, including training facilities, offices, 
and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
    (i) Term.--The transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the 
Campus under this section shall be in effect for a term of not less 
than 99 years, and may be renewed for subsequent periods agreed to by 
the Secretary and the District.
    (j) Reversion of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
        (1) Grounds for reversion.--The Declaration of Covenants 
    entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include provisions 
    stating that administrative jurisdiction over the Campus 
    transferred under this section shall revert to the Secretary if 
    each of the following occurs:
            (A) The terms and conditions of the Declaration of 
        Covenants have not been complied with, as reasonably determined 
        by the Secretary.
            (B) Such noncompliance has not been corrected within 90 
        days after written notice of such noncompliance has been 
        received by the District. Such noncompliance shall be treated 
        as corrected if the District and the Secretary enter into an 
        agreement that the Secretary finds adequate to ensure that the 
        Campus will be developed and used in a manner consistent with 
        the purposes referred to in subsection (b).
        (2) Timing.--The Secretary may not seek the reversion of 
    administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this subsection 
    before the expiration of 90 days after the date on which written 
    notice of the alleged violation is received by the District. The 
    notice shall include notice of the Secretary's intention for 
    administrative jurisdiction over the Campus to revert to the 
    Secretary.
        (3) Cost of rehabilitating property.--The Declaration of 
    Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include 
    provisions requiring the District to bear the actual cost of 
    removing structures from or rehabilitating the Campus if 
    administrative jurisdiction over the Campus reverts to the 
    Secretary under this subsection.
    (k) Rule of Construction Related to the Applicability to the 
Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
    (l) Conforming Amendment; Termination of Existing Lease.--Effective 
on the date of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the 
Campus under this section--
        (1) the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (sec. 3-321 et 
    seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed; and
        (2) the lease dated January 14, 1988, between the United States 
    and the District for the use of the Campus, as authorized by 
    section 7(b)(1)(B) of such Act (sec. 3-326(b)(1)(B), D.C. Official 
    Code), is terminated.
    (m) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 
Stadium Campus'' means the approximately 174 acres of Federal land as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Anacostia Park, Robert F. 
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus - Transfer of Administrative 
Jurisdiction'', numbered 831/189,767, and dated January 2024.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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