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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2176

To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to authorize the

construction, maintenance, and operation of a new stadium in the District

of Columbia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 19, 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 the 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 1957 Amendments of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF A NEW STADIUM.

7 The District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (71

8 Stat. 619; D.C. Code sections 2–321 through 2–330) is
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1 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

2 section:

3 ‘‘SEC. 12. (a)(1) The District of Columbia is author4 ized to use, for a period not to exceed 99 years from the

5 date of enactment of the District of Columbia Stadium

6 Act of 1957 Amendments of 1993, a portion of the lands

7 adjacent to the stadium constructed pursuant to section

8 2 (known as ‘Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium’), as

9 generally shown on the map identified as ‘Map to Des10 ignate Location of Stadiums and Lease of Parking Lots

11 to the District’, and further identified as National Park

12 Service Drawing No. 831/87306, for the purposes of con13 structing, maintaining, and operating, itself or through a

14 third party, either public or private, a new stadium, or

15 any replacement of a new stadium.

16 ‘‘(2) The use of the new stadium shall not be limited

17 by the seating capacity, cost, and other provisions in sec18 tion 2.

19 ‘‘(3) Nothing in section 7(b), or any lease or deed

20 executed pursuant thereto, or in this section, shall be con21 strued to limit the authority or ability of the District of

22 Columbia to sublease or otherwise encumber the said por23 tion to a third party, either public or private, for—

24 ‘‘(A) any use consistent with the use authorized

25 by this section; and
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1 ‘‘(B) any term not exceeding that which is au2 thorized in this section.

3 ‘‘(b)(1)(A) Except for those lands used by the Dis4 trict of Columbia for the new stadium authorized by sub5 section (a), the use of the lands leased to the District of

6 Columbia for stadium and stadium parking lots purposes

7 pursuant to section 7(b) shall continue in accord with the

8 provisions of that section subject to the provisions of sub9 paragraphs (B) and (C).

10 ‘‘(B) The term of the authorized use of the lands

11 leased to the District of Columbia for stadium and sta12 dium parking lots is extended for a period not to exceed

13 99 years from the date of enactment of the District of

14 Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 Amendments of 1993.

15 ‘‘(C) Nothing in section 7(b), or any lease or deed

16 executed pursuant thereto, or in this section, shall be con17 strued to limit the authority or ability of the District of

18 Columbia to sublease or otherwise encumber the lands to

19 a third party, either public or private, for—

20 ‘‘(i) any use consistent with the use authorized

21 by section 7(b) and this section: and

22 ‘‘(ii) any term not exceeding that which is au23 thorized in this section.

24 ‘‘(2) The responsibility and authority for construc25 tion, maintenance, and operation of the parking lots on
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1 the lands leased to the District of Columbia for parking

2 lots purposes is vested exclusively in the District of Colum3 bia. Such responsibility and authority for the parking lots

4 may be assigned by the District of Columbia to a third

5 party under any sublease executed pursuant to the author6 ity provided in this section. The National Park Service

7 shall not be responsible for construction, maintenance, or

8 operation of the parking lots, or any cost arising there9 from.

10 ‘‘(c)(1)(A) Except for the lands described in subpara11 graph (B), the lands designated as ‘Area F’ on the map

12 entitled ‘Map to designate Location of Stadiums and

13 Lease of Parking Lots to the District’, and further identi14 fied as National Park Service Drawing No. 831/87306

15 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Area F’), are leased to the Dis16 trict of Columbia. Such lands may be used by the District

17 of Columbia, or any sublessee of the District of Columbia,

18 for the stadium parking lots purposes specified in section

19 7(b), during the term of use of stadium parking lots au20 thorized by subsection (b)(1) of this section, only for ‘over21 flow’ parking, that is not to exceed 2,000 automobiles, and

22 only when all other stadium striped parking spaces are

23 filled to capacity.

24 ‘‘(B) The area described in subparagraph (A) ex25 cludes that area of land used by the District of Columbia
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1 for the new stadium authorized by subsection (a) of this

2 section.

3 ‘‘(2) The use of Area F shall be in accord with the

4 terms and conditions specified in an agreement between

5 the National Park Service and the District of Columbia.

6 The terms and conditions specified in such agreement

7 shall be reasonable and necessary to ensure that Area F

8 is maintained as grassed park land suitable for public rec9 reational uses.

10 ‘‘(3) The National Park Service shall not be respon11 sible for improvement, maintenance, or operation of Area

12 F, or any costs arising therefrom.

13 ‘‘(d) The responsibility and authority for construc14 tion, maintenance, naming, and operation of the new sta15 dium authorized by subsection (a) of this section is vested

16 exclusively in the District of Columbia. Such responsibility

17 and authority for the new stadium may be assigned by

18 the District of Columbia to a third party, either public

19 or private. The National Park Service shall not be respon20 sible for construction, maintenance, naming, or operation

21 of the new stadium, or any costs arising therefrom.

22 ‘‘(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act enti23 tled ‘An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the Dis24 trict of Columbia’, approved June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452;
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1 D.C. Code 5–401 through 5–409), a stadium authorized

2 by subsection (a) may be constructed if—

3 ‘‘(1) the design has been reviewed by the Com4 mission of Fine Arts; and

5 ‘‘(2) reviewed and approved by the National

6 Capital Planning Commission.’’.

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