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Calendar No. 352 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2297 

[Report No. 112–154] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront 

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. PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST 

4 WATERFRONT. 

5 (a) UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Section 

6 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Commis7 sioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 

8 States to transfer from the United States to the District 


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1 of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 

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

3 1960 (sec. 6–321.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended by 

4 striking all that follows the colon and inserting the fol5 lowing: ‘‘The property located within the bounds of the 

6 site the legal description of which is the Southwest Water7 front Project Site (dated October 8, 2009) under Exhibit 

8 A of the document titled ‘Intent to Clarify the Legal De9 scription in Furtherance of Land Disposition Agreement’, 

10 as filed with the Recorder of Deeds on October 27, 2009 

11 as Instrument Number 2009116776.’’. 

12 (b) CLARIFICATION OF METHOD OF TRANSFER.— 

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

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

15 immediately after ‘‘to transfer’’. 

16 (c) CLARIFICATION OF RELATION TO MASTER DE17 VELOPMENT PLAN.—Section 2 of such Act (sec. 6– 

18 321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘an urban renewal plan’’ and in20 serting ‘‘a master plan’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘such urban renewal plan’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘such master plan’’. 

23 (d) EXPANDING PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS AND

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


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1 (sec. 6–321.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accord4 ance with the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 

5 1945 and section 1, to lease or sell to a redevelopment 

6 company or other lessee or purchaser such real property 

7 as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority 

8 of this Act.’’. 

9 (e) REPEAL OF REVERSION.— 

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

11 321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 

12 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of 

13 such Act (sec. 6–321.03, D.C. Official Code) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of 

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

16 (f) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF DISTRICT OF CO17 LUMBIA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—Section 8 of such 

18 Act (sec. 6–321.08, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘the terms’’ and all that follows and inserting 

20 ‘‘any reference to the ‘Agency’ shall be deemed to be a 

21 reference to the District of Columbia as the successor in 

22 interest to the Agency.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PERMITTED ACTIVITIES AT MU2 NICIPAL FISH MARKET. 

3 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the Commis4 sioners of the District of Columbia to make regulations 

5 respecting the rights and privileges of the fish wharf’’, ap6 proved March 19, 1906 (sec. 37–205.01, D.C. Official 

7 Code), is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘operate as a municipal fish 

9 wharf and market’’ and inserting ‘‘operate as a mar10 ket and for such other uses as the Mayor determines 

11 to be appropriate’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘, and said wharf shall con13 stitute the sole wharf for the landing of fish and oys14 ters for sale in the District of Columbia’’; and 

15 (3) by striking ‘‘operation of said municipal fish 

16 wharf and market’’ and inserting ‘‘operation of said 

17 market’’. 

18 SEC. 3. MAINE LOBSTERMAN MEMORIAL. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

20 (b), nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

21 Act authorizes the removal, destruction, or obstruction of 

22 the Maine Lobsterman Memorial which is located near 

23 Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia as of the date 

24 of enactment of this Act. 

25 (b) MOVEMENT OF MEMORIAL.—The Maine 

26 Lobsterman Memorial referred to in subsection (a) may 


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1 be moved from its location as of the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act to another location on the Southwest water3 front near Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia if 

4 at that location there would be a clear, unimpeded pedes5 trian pathway and line of sight from the Memorial to the 

6 water. 


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Calendar No. 352 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2297 

[Report No. 112–154] 

AN ACT 

To promote the development of the Southwest waother purposes. terfront in the District of Columbia, and for 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Reported without amendment 


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