SECTION 1. PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST 
WATERFRONT. 
(a) UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Section 
1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 
States to transfer from the United States to the District 
of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 
real property in said District’’, approved September 8, 
1960 (sec. 6–321.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended by 
striking all that follows the colon and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The property located within the bounds of the 
site the legal description of which is the Southwest Water-
front Project Site (dated October 8, 2009) under Exhibit 
A of the document titled ‘Intent to Clarify the Legal De-
scription in Furtherance of Land Disposition Agreement’, 
as filed with the Recorder of Deeds on October 27, 2009 
as Instrument Number 2009116776.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF METHOD OF TRANSFER.— 
Section 1 of such Act (sec. 6–321.01, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘by one or more quitclaim deeds’’ 
immediately after ‘‘to transfer’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF RELATION TO MASTER DE-
VELOPMENT PLAN.—Section 2 of such Act (sec. 6– 
321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an urban renewal plan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a master plan’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘such urban renewal plan’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such master plan’’. 
(d) EXPANDING
PERMITTED
DISPOSITIONS
AND 
USES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Section 4 of such Act 
(sec. 6–321.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accord-
ance with the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 
1945 and section 1, to lease or sell to a redevelopment 
company or other lessee or purchaser such real property 
as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority 
of this Act.’’. 
(e) REPEAL OF REVERSION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 5 of such Act (sec. 6– 
321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of 
such Act (sec. 6–321.03, D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of 
section 5 of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(f) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—Section 8 of such 
Act (sec. 6–321.08, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the terms’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘any reference to the ‘Agency’ shall be deemed to be a
reference to the District of Columbia as the successor in 
interest to the Agency.’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PERMITTED ACTIVITIES AT MU-
NICIPAL FISH MARKET. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia to make regulations 
respecting the rights and privileges of the fish wharf’’, ap-
proved March 19, 1906 (sec. 37–205.01, D.C. Official 
Code), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘operate as a municipal fish 
wharf and market’’ and inserting ‘‘operate as a mar-
ket and for such other uses as the Mayor determines 
to be appropriate’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and said wharf shall con-
stitute the sole wharf for the landing of fish and oys-
ters for sale in the District of Columbia’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘operation of said municipal fish 
wharf and market’’ and inserting ‘‘operation of said 
market’’. 
SEC. 3. MAINE LOBSTERMAN MEMORIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act authorizes the removal, destruction, or obstruction of 
the Maine Lobsterman Memorial which is located near
Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia as of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(b) 
MOVEMENT
OF
MEMORIAL.—The 
Maine 
Lobsterman Memorial referred to in subsection (a) may 
be moved from its location as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act to another location on the Southwest water-
front near Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia if 
at that location there would be a clear, unimpeded pedes-
trian pathway and line of sight from the Memorial to the 
water. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2297 
AN ACT 
To promote the development of the Southwest wa-
terfront in the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes.