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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5399 

To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel 

County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District 

of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2004 

Mr. CARDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

A BILL 

To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located 

in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which 

is currently used by the District of Columbia as the 

Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF OAK HILL PROPERTY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Oak Hill property shall be 

5 disposed of as follows: 

6 (1) The portion of the property which is located 

7 west of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway shall be 

8 transferred to the jurisdiction of the Director of the 
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1 National Park Service, who shall use such portion 

2 for parkland purposes. 

3 (2) Subject to subsection (b), the portion of the 

4 property which is located east of the Baltimore5 Washington Parkway and 200 feet and further 

6 north of the Patuxent River shall be transferred to 

7 the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief 

8 of Engineers) for use by the Director of the Na9 tional Security Agency, who may lease such portion 

10 to the District of Columbia. 

11 (3) The portion of the property which is located 

12 east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and 

13 south of the portion described in paragraph (2) shall 

14 be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Adminis15 trator of General Services, who shall in turn convey 

16 such portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 

17 accordance with subsection (c). 

18 (b) PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW JUVE19 NILE DETENTION FACILITY FOR DISTRICT OF COLUM20 BIA.—As a condition of the transfer under subsection 

21 (a)(2), the Director of the National Security Agency shall 

22 enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District 

23 of Columbia under which— 
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1 (1) the juvenile detention facility for the Dis2 trict of Columbia currently located on the Oak Hill 

3 property shall be closed; and 

4 (2) subject to appropriations, the Agency shall 

5 pay for the construction of a replacement facility at 

6 a site to be determined, with priority given to a loca7 tion within the District of Columbia. 

8 (c) CONVEYANCE OF PORTION OF PROPERTY TO

9 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen11 eral Services shall convey, without consideration, to 

12 Anne Arundel County, Maryland, all right, title, and 

13 interest of the United States in and to that portion 

14 of the Oak Hill property referred to in subsection 

15 (a)(3). 

16 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONVEY17 ANCE.—The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall 

18 be carried out under such terms and conditions as 

19 may be agreed to by the Administrator and Anne 

20 Arundel County, except that, as a condition of the 

21 conveyance— 

22 (A) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 

23 dedicate a portion of the property which is ad24 jacent to the Patuxent River to parkland and 

25 recreational use; and 
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1 (B) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 

2 reimburse the National Security Agency for the 

3 amounts paid by the Agency under subsection 

4 (b) for the construction of a new juvenile deten5 tion facility for the District of Columbia, but 

6 only if the County makes 25% or more of the 

7 property conveyed under this subsection avail8 able for purposes other than open space or rec9 reational use. 

10 SEC. 2. OAK HILL PROPERTY DEFINED. 

11 In this Act, the term ‘‘Oak Hill property’’ means the 

12 Federal property consisting of approximately 800 acres 

13 near Laurel, Maryland, a portion of which is currently 

14 used by the District of Columbia as a juvenile detention 

15 facility, and which is shown on Map Number 20 in the 

16 records of the Department of Assessments and Taxation, 

17 Tax Map Division, of Anne Arundel County. 

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