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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1951

To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to authorize construction, maintenance, and operation of a new stadium in the District

of Columbia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1993

Ms. NORTON (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred

jointly to the Committees on the District of Columbia and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957

to authorize construction, maintenance, and operation

of a new stadium 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 ‘‘District of Columbia

5 Stadium Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF A NEW STADIUM.

7 The District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (Pub8 lic Law 85–300, September 7, 1957; 71 Stat. 619) is
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1 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

2 section:

3 ‘‘SEC. 12. (a) The District of Columbia is hereby au4 thorized to use the portion of the lands leased to it pursu5 ant to section 7 adjacent to the stadium constructed pur6 suant to section 2 of the Act (known as ‘Robert F. Ken7 nedy Memorial Stadium’), as generally shown on the map

8 identified as ‘Map to Designate Location of Stadiums and

9 Lease of Parking Lots to the District’, and further identi10 fied as National Park Service Drawing No. 831/87306,

11 for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and operat12 ing, itself or through a third party, either public or pri13 vate, a new stadium, or any replacement thereof. Such use

14 shall not be limited by the seating capacity, cost, and other

15 limitations included in section 2.

16 ‘‘(b)(1) Except for those lands used by the District

17 of Columbia for the new stadium authorized by subsection

18 (a), use of the National Park Service lands leased to the

19 District of Columbia for stadium and stadium parking lots

20 purposes pursuant to section 7(b) shall continue in accord

21 with the provisions of that section. The term of the au22 thorized use is hereby extended for a period not to exceed

23 99 years from the date of enactment of this section. Noth24 ing within section 7(b), or the lease or deed executed pur25 suant thereto, shall be construed to limit the authority or
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1 ability of the District of Columbia to sublease or otherwise

2 encumber the lands to a third party, either public or pri3 vate, for any use consistent with the use authorized by

4 section 7(b), and for any term not exceeding that which

5 is authorized in this Act.

6 ‘‘(2) Responsibility and authority for construction,

7 maintenance, and operation of the parking lots on Na8 tional Park Service lands leased pursuant to this Act to

9 the District of Columbia for parking lots purposes is vest10 ed exclusively in the District of Columbia. Such respon11 sibility and authority for the parking lots may be assigned

12 by the District of Columbia to a third party under any

13 sublease executed pursuant to authority provided in sub14 section (a). The National Park Service shall not be respon15 sible for construction, maintenance, or operation of the

16 parking lots, or any costs arising therefrom.

17 ‘‘(c)(1) Except for that area of land used by the Dis18 trict of Columbia for the new stadium authorized by sub19 section (a), and that area of land bounded by the Armory

20 Plaza bridge approaches of the Whitney Young Memorial

21 Bridge, the lands designated as ‘Area F’ on the map enti22 tled ‘Map to Designate Transfer of Stadium and Lease

23 of Parking Lots to the District’, and identified as ‘NPS

24 drawing number 831/87306’, referenced in section 11

25 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Area F Park-
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1 ing Areas’), shall be made available to the District of Co2 lumbia, or any sublessee of the District of Columbia, for

3 the stadium parking lots purposes specified in section

4 7(b), during the term of use of stadium parking lots au5 thorized by subsection (b)(1), only for ‘overflow’ parking,

6 that is not to exceed 1,200 automobiles, and is to be used

7 only when the stadium is sold out and all other stadium

8 parking lot areas are filled to capacity.

9 ‘‘(2) Use of Area F Parking Areas shall be in accord

10 with such reasonable terms and conditions specified in an

11 agreement between the National Park Service and the Dis12 trict of Columbia as are necessary to ensure that the Area

13 F Parking Areas are maintained as grassed park land

14 suitable for public recreational uses.

15 ‘‘(3) The National Park Service shall not be respon16 sible for improvement, maintenance, or operation of the

17 Area F Parking Areas, or any costs arising therefrom.

18 ‘‘(d) Responsibility and authority for construction,

19 maintenance, naming, and operation of the new stadium

20 authorized by subsection (a) is vested exclusively in the

21 District of Columbia. Such responsibility and authority for

22 the new stadium may be assigned by the District of Co23 lumbia to a third party. The National Park Service shall

24 not be responsible for construction, maintenance, naming,
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1 or operation of the new stadium, or any costs arising

2 therefrom.

3 ‘‘(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of

4 June 1, 1910 (ch. 263, 36 Stat. 4562, codified in D.C.

5 Code sections 5–401 through 5–409 (1981) (An Act to

6 regulate the height of buildings in the District of Colum7 bia)), any stadium authorized by subsection (a), the design

8 of which has been reviewed by the Commission of Fine

9 Arts, and reviewed and approved by the National Capital

10 Planning Commission may be constructed.’’.

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