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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2297 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2011 

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

Governmental Affairs 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST 

2 WATERFRONT. 

3 (a) UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Section 

4 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Commis5 sioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 

6 States to transfer from the United States to the District 

7 of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 

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

9 1960 (sec. 6–321.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended by 

10 striking all that follows the colon and inserting the fol11 lowing: ‘‘The property located within the bounds of the 

12 site the legal description of which is the Southwest Water13 front Project Site (dated October 8, 2009) under Exhibit 

14 A of the document titled ‘Intent to Clarify the Legal De15 scription in Furtherance of Land Disposition Agreement’, 

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

17 as Instrument Number 2009116776.’’. 

18 (b) CLARIFICATION OF METHOD OF TRANSFER.— 

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

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

21 immediately after ‘‘to transfer’’. 

22 (c) CLARIFICATION OF RELATION TO MASTER DE23 VELOPMENT PLAN.—Section 2 of such Act (sec. 6– 

24 321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

25 (1) by striking ‘‘an urban renewal plan’’ and in26 serting ‘‘a master plan’’; and 


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

2 inserting ‘‘such master plan’’. 

3 (d) EXPANDING PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS AND

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

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

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accord8 ance with the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 

9 1945 and section 1, to lease or sell to a redevelopment 

10 company or other lessee or purchaser such real property 

11 as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority 

12 of this Act.’’. 

13 (e) REPEAL OF REVERSION.— 

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

15 321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of 

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

18 amended by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of 

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

20 (f) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF DISTRICT OF CO21 LUMBIA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—Section 8 of such 

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

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

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


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1 reference to the District of Columbia as the successor in 

2 interest to the Agency.’’. 

3 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PERMITTED ACTIVITIES AT MU4 NICIPAL FISH MARKET. 

5 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the Commis6 sioners of the District of Columbia to make regulations 

7 respecting the rights and privileges of the fish wharf’’, ap8 proved March 19, 1906 (sec. 37–205.01, D.C. Official 

9 Code), is amended— 

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

11 wharf and market’’ and inserting ‘‘operate as a mar12 ket and for such other uses as the Mayor determines 

13 to be appropriate’’; 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘, and said wharf shall con15 stitute the sole wharf for the landing of fish and oys16 ters for sale in the District of Columbia’’; and 

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

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

19 market’’. 

20 SEC. 3. MAINE LOBSTERMAN MEMORIAL. 

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

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

23 Act authorizes the removal, destruction, or obstruction of 

24 the Maine Lobsterman Memorial which is located near 


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

2 of enactment of this Act. 

3 (b) MOVEMENT OF MEMORIAL.—The Maine 

4 Lobsterman Memorial referred to in subsection (a) may 

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

6 of this Act to another location on the Southwest water7 front near Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia if 

8 at that location there would be a clear, unimpeded pedes9 trian pathway and line of sight from the Memorial to the 

10 water. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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