thence east on F Street Northwest to Eight-
eenth Street Northwest;
thence south on Eighteenth Street Northwest to
Constitution Avenue Northwest;
thence east on Constitution Avenue to Seven-
teenth Street Northwest;
thence north on Seventeenth Street Northwest
to H Street Northwest;
thence east on H Street Northwest to Madison
Place Northwest;
thence south on Madison Place Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest;
thence east on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
to Fifteenth Street Northwest;
thence south on Fifteenth Street Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest;
thence southeast on Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest to Tenth Street Northwest;
thence north on Tenth Street Northwest to E
Street Northwest;
thence east on E Street Northwest to Ninth
Street Northwest;
thence south on Ninth Street Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest;
thence southeast on Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest to John Marshall Place Northwest;
thence north on John Marshall Place Northwest
to C Street Northwest;
thence east on C Street Northwest to Third
Street Northwest;
thence north on Third Street Northwest to D
Street Northwest;
thence east on D Street Northwest to Second
Street Northwest;
thence south on Second Street Northwest to the
intersection of Constitution Avenue Northwest and
Louisiana Avenue Northwest;
thence northeast on Louisiana Avenue North-
west to North Capitol Street;
thence north on North Capitol Street to Massa-
chusetts Avenue Northwest;
thence southeast on Massachusetts Avenue
Northwest so as to encompass Union Square;
thence following Union Square to F Street
Northeast;
thence east on F Street Northeast to Second
Street Northeast;
thence south on Second Street Northeast to D
Street Northeast;
thence west on D Street Northeast to First
Street Northeast;
thence south on First Street Northeast to C
Street Northeast;
thence east on C Street Northeast to Third
Street Northeast;
thence south on Third Street Northeast to
Maryland Avenue Northeast;
thence south and west on Maryland Avenue
Northeast to Constitution Avenue Northeast;
thence west on Constitution Avenue Northeast
to First Street Northeast;
thence south on First Street Northeast to
Maryland Avenue Northeast;
thence generally north and east on Maryland
Avenue to Second Street Northeast;
thence south on Second Street Northeast to
East Capitol Street;
thence east on East Capitol Street to Third
Street Northeast;
thence south on Third Street Northeast to
Independence Avenue Southeast;
thence west on Independence Avenue Southeast
to Second Street Southeast;
thence south on Second Street Southeast to C
Street Southeast;
thence west on C Street Southeast to New Jer-
sey Avenue Southeast;
thence south on New Jersey Avenue Southeast
to D Street Southeast;
thence west on D Street Southeast to Washing-
ton Avenue Southwest;
thence north and west on Washington Avenue
Southwest to the intersection of Independence Ave-
nue Southwest and Second Street Southwest;
thence south on Second Street Southwest to
Virginia Avenue Southwest;
thence generally west on Virginia Avenue to
Third Street Southwest;
thence north on Third Street Southwest to C
Street Southwest;
thence west on C Street Southwest to Sixth
Street Southwest;
thence south on Sixth Street Southwest to E
Street Southwest;
thence west on E Street Southwest to Seventh
Street Southwest;
thence north on Seventh Street Southwest to
Maryland Avenue Southwest;
thence west on Maryland Avenue Southwest to
Ninth Street Southwest;
thence north on Ninth Street Southwest to
Independence Avenue Southwest;
thence west on Independence Avenue Southwest
to Twelfth Street Southwest;
thence south on Twelfth Street Southwest to D
Street Southwest;
thence west on D Street Southwest to Four-
teenth Street Southwest;
thence south on Fourteenth Street Southwest to
the middle of the Washington Channel;
thence generally south and east along the
midchannel of the Washington Channel to a point
due west of the northern boundary line of Fort Les-
ley McNair;
thence due east to the side of the Washington
Channel;
thence following generally south and east along
the side of the Washington Channel at the mean
high water mark, to the point of confluence with the
Anacostia River, and along the northern shore at the
mean high water mark to the northernmost point of
the Eleventh Street Bridge;
thence generally south and west along such
shore at the mean high water mark to the point of
confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers;
thence generally south and east along the
northern side of the Eleventh Street Bridge to the
eastern shore of the Anacostia River;
thence generally south along the eastern shore
at the mean high water mark of the Potomac River
to the point where it meets the present southeastern
boundary line of the District of Columbia;
thence south and west along such southeastern
boundary line to the point where it meets the
present Virginia-District of Columbia boundary;
thence generally north and west up the Poto-
mac River along the Virginia-District of Columbia
boundary to the point of beginning.
(b) STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.—The National Cap-
ital Service Area shall include any street (and sidewalk
thereof) that bounds such Area.
(c) AFFRONTING
OR ABUTTING FEDERAL REAL
PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Capital Serv-
ice Area shall include any Federal real property af-
fronting or abutting such Area as of the effective
date of this Act.
(2) PROPERTY
INCLUDED.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), Federal real property affronting or
abutting the National Capital Service Area shall—
(A) include the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Building, the Depart-
ment of Energy Building, Fort Lesley McNair,
the Washington Navy Yard, the Anacostia
Naval Annex, the United States Naval Station,
Bolling Air Force Base, and the Naval Re-
search Laboratory; and
(B) not include any portion of Rock Creek
Park, any portion of Anacostia Park east of the
northern side of the Eleventh Street Bridge, or
any territory not located in the District of Co-
lumbia on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 5. TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN APPORTIONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Until the taking effect of the
first reapportionment occurring after the effective
date of this Act—
(A) the individual serving as the Delegate
to the House of Representatives from the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall serve as a member of
the House of Representatives from the State of
Maryland;
(B) the State of Maryland shall be entitled
to 1 additional Representative until the taking
effect of such reapportionment; and
(C) such Representative shall be in addi-
tion to the membership of the House of Rep-
resentatives as now prescribed by law.
(2) INCREASE NOT COUNTED AGAINST TOTAL
NUMBER OF MEMBERS.—The temporary increase in
the membership of the House of Representatives
provided under paragraph (1) shall not operate to ei-
ther increase or decrease the permanent membership
of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the
Act of August 8, 1911 (37 Stat. 13; 2 U.S.C. 2),
nor shall such temporary increase affect the basis of
reapportionment established by the Act of November
15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761; 2 U.S.C. 2a), for the 82nd
Congress and each Congress thereafter.
(b) REPEAL OF LAWS PROVIDING FOR DELEGATE
FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Sections 202 and
204 of the District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law
91–405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Code) are re-
pealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by
such sections are restored or revived as if such sections
had not been enacted.
SEC. 6. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.
No law or regulation which is in force on the effective
date of this Act shall be deemed amended or repealed by
this Act except to the extent specifically provided in this
Act, or to the extent that such law or regulation is incon-
sistent with this Act.
SEC. 7. PROCLAMATION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF RET-
ROCESSION BY MARYLAND.
Not later than 30 days after the State of Maryland
enacts legislation accepting the retrocession described in
section 2(a), the President shall issue a proclamation an-
nouncing such acceptance and declaring that the territory
ceded to Congress by the State of Maryland to serve as
the District constituting the permanent seat of the Gov-
ernment of the United States has been ceded back to the
State of Maryland.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of this Act and the amendments made
by this Act shall take effect on the date the President is-
sues a proclamation under section 7 or the date of the
ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States repealing the twenty-third article of amend-
ment to the Constitution, whichever comes later.