IIA
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2636
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real
property located in the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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space, that is part of the United States
Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of
the Architect of the Capitol bound by D
Street, N.W., New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,
and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., in Square
W632 in the District of Columbia, as
shown on the Map Showing Properties
Under Jurisdiction of the Architect of the
Capitol, dated November 8, 1994.
(ii) That triangle of Federal land, in-
cluding any contiguous sidewalks and tree
space, that is part of the United States
Capitol Grounds under the jurisdiction of
the Architect of the Capitol bound by C
Street, N.W., First Street, N.W., and Lou-
isiana Avenue, N.W., in the District of Co-
lumbia, as shown on the Map Showing
Properties Under Jurisdiction of the Archi-
tect of the Capitol, dated November 8,
1994.
(B) LIMITATION.—The parcels transferred
by subparagraph (A) shall not include those
contiguous sidewalks abutting Louisiana Ave-
nue, N.W., which shall remain part of the Unit-
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ed States Capitol Grounds under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol.
(C) CONSIDERATION AS MEMORIAL SITE.—
The parcels transferred by clause (i) of sub-
paragraph (A) may be considered as a site for
a national memorial to Japanese American pa-
triotism in World War II.
(2) TRANSFERS TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
ITOL.—Jurisdiction over the following parcels is
transferred to the Architect of the Capitol:
(A) That portion of the triangle of Federal
land in Reservation No. 204 in the District of
Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, including any contiguous
sidewalks, bound by Constitution Avenue, N.E.,
on the north, the branch of Maryland Avenue,
N.E., running in a northeast direction on the
west, the major portion of Maryland Avenue,
N.E., on the south, and 2nd Street, N.E., on
the east, including the contiguous sidewalks.
(B) That irregular area of Federal land in
Reservation No. 204 in the District of Colum-
bia under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
the Interior, including any contiguous side-
walks, northeast of the real property described
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in subparagraph (A) bound by Constitution Av-
enue, N.E., on the north, the branch of Mary-
land Avenue, N.E., running to the northeast on
the south, and the private property on the west
known as lot 7 in square 726.
(C) The two irregularly shaped medians
lying north and east of the property described
in subparagraph (A), located between the north
and south curbs of Constitution Avenue, N.E.,
west of its intersection with Second Street,
N.E., all as shown in Land Record No. 268,
dated November 22, 1957, in the Office of the
Surveyor, District of Columbia, in Book 138,
Page 58.
(D) All sidewalks under the jurisdiction of
the District of Columbia abutting on and con-
tiguous to the land described in subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C).
(3) TRANSFERS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—
Jurisdiction over the following parcels is transferred
to the Government of the District of Columbia:
(A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue,
N.W., between the northernmost point of the
intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and
D Street, N.W., and the northernmost point of
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the intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,
and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between squares
631 and W632, which remains Federal prop-
erty.
(B) That portion of D Street, N.W., be-
tween its intersection with New Jersey Avenue,
N.W., and its intersection with Louisiana Ave-
nue, N.W., between Squares 630 and W632,
which remains Federal property.
SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compliance
with this Act shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements
of all laws otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction
over parcels of Federal real property.
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY.—Law en-
forcement responsibility for the parcels of Federal real
property for which jurisdiction is transferred by section
2 shall be assumed by the person acquiring such jurisdic-
tion.
(c) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.—
(1) DEFINITION.—The first section of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to define the United States Capitol
Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other
purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.
193a), is amended to include within the definition of
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the United States Capitol Grounds the parcels of
Federal real property described in section 2(b)(2).
(2) JURISDICTION
OF
CAPITOL
POLICE.—The
United States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction
over the parcels of Federal real property described
in section 2(b)(2) in accordance with section 9 of
such Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 212a).
(e) EFFECT OF TRANSFERS.—A person relinquishing
jurisdiction over a parcel of Federal real property trans-
ferred by section 2 shall not retain any interest in the par-
cel except as specifically provided by this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.