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(1) U.S. Reservation 17A. 
(2) U.S. Reservation 484. 
(3) U.S. Reservations 243, 244, 245, 247, and 
248. 
(4) U.S. Reservations 128, 129, 130, 298, and 
299. 
(5) Portions of U.S. Reservations 343D and 
343E. 
(6) U.S. Reservations 721, 722, and 723. 
SEC. 203. CONVEYANCE OF UNITED STATES RESERVATION 
174. 
(a) CONVEYANCE; USE.—If the District of Columbia 
enacts a final plan for the development of the former Con-
vention Center Site which meets the requirements of sub-
section (b)— 
(1) the Secretary shall convey all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in U.S. Reserva-
tion 174 (as depicted on the Map) to the District of 
Columbia upon the enactment of such plan; and 
(2) the District shall use the property so con-
veyed in accordance with such plan. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN.— 
The plan for the development of the former Convention 
Center Site meets the requirements of this subsection if— 
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(1) the plan is developed through a public proc-
ess; 
(2) during the process for the development of 
the plan, the District of Columbia considers at least 
one version of the plan under which U.S. Reserva-
tion 174 is set aside as public open space as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall continue 
to be set aside as public open space (including a 
version under which facilities are built under the 
surface of such portion); and 
(3) not less than 11⁄4 acres of the former Con-
vention Center Site are set aside for public open 
space under the plan. 
(c) FORMER
CONVENTION
CENTER
SITE
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the ‘‘former Convention Center 
Site’’ means the parcel of land in the District of Columbia 
which is bounded on the east by 9th Street Northwest, 
on the north by New York Avenue Northwest, on the west 
by 11th Street Northwest, and on the south by H Street 
Northwest. 
SEC. 204. CONVEYANCE TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Prior to conveyance of title to 
U.S. Reservation 13 to the District of Columbia under this 
Act, the District of Columbia shall convey, with the ap-
proval of the Architect of the Capitol and subject to sub-
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sections (b) and (c), not more than 12 acres of real prop-
erty to the Architect of the Capitol. 
(b) TITLE HELD BY SECRETARY.—If title to the real 
property identified for conveyance under subsection (a) is 
held by the Secretary, not later than 30 days after being 
notified by the Architect of the Capitol that property has 
been so identified, the Secretary shall agree or disagree 
to conveying the interest in such property to the Architect 
of the Capitol. 
(c) REVIEW.—If the Secretary agrees to the convey-
ance under subsection (b), or if title to the property is 
held by the District of Columbia, the real property shall 
be conveyed after a 30-day review period beginning on the 
date on which notice of the conveyance is received by the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Rules of the Senate and the 
Committee on Government Reform and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(d) STUDY.—The Architect of the Capital shall not 
construct a mail screening facility on any real property 
conveyed under this section unless each of the following 
conditions is satisfied: 
(1) A study is completed that analyzes— 
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(A) whether one or more other underuti-
lized, surplus, or excess Federal facilities exist 
in which such a mail screening facility could be 
more economically located; and 
(B) whether it would be more efficient and 
economical for the House of Representatives 
and Senate to share one mail screening facility. 
(2) The study is submitted to the relevant com-
mittees of Congress. 
(3) No fewer than 30 days have lapsed since 
the date of the submission under paragraph (2). 
TITLE III—POPLAR POINT 
SEC. 301. CONVEYANCE OF POPLAR POINT TO DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon certification by the Sec-
retary of the Interior (acting through the Director) that 
the District of Columbia has adopted a land-use plan for 
Poplar Point which meets the requirements of section 302, 
the Director shall convey to the District of Columbia all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in Poplar 
Point, in accordance with this title. 
(b) WITHHOLDING OF EXISTING FACILITIES AND 
PROPERTIES OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FROM INITIAL 
CONVEYANCE.—The Director shall withhold from the con-
veyance made under subsection (a) the facilities and re-
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lated property (including necessary easements and utilities 
related thereto) which are occupied or otherwise used by 
the National Park Service until such terms for conveyance 
are met under section 303. 
(c) DEED RESTRICTION FOR PARK PURPOSES.—The 
deed for the conveyance of Poplar Point provided for in 
subsection (a) shall include a restriction requiring that 70 
acres be maintained for park purposes in perpetuity, as 
identified in the land use plan required under section 302. 
Any person (including an individual or public entity) shall 
have standing to enforce the restriction. 
SEC. 302. REQUIREMENTS FOR POPLAR POINT LAND-USE 
PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The land-use plan for Poplar 
Point meets the requirements of this section if the plan 
includes each of the following elements: 
(1) The plan provides for the reservation of a 
portion of Poplar Point for park purposes, in accord-
ance with subsection (b). 
(2) The plan provides for the identification of 
existing facilities and related properties of the Na-
tional Park Service, and the relocation of the Na-
tional Park Service to replacement facilities and re-
lated properties, in accordance with subsection (c). 
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(3) Under the plan, at least two sites within the 
areas designated for park purposes are set aside for 
the placement of potential commemorative works to 
be established pursuant to chapter 89 of title 40, 
United States Code, and the plan includes a commit-
ment by the District of Columbia to convey back 
those sites to the National Park Service at the ap-
propriate time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(4) To the greatest extent practicable, the plan 
is consistent with the Anacostia Waterfront Frame-
work Plan referred to in section 103 of the Ana-
costia Waterfront Corporation Act of 2004 (sec. 2— 
1223.03, D.C. Official Code). 
(b) RESERVATION
OF
AREAS
FOR
PARK
PUR-
POSES.—The plan shall identify a portion of Poplar Point 
consisting of not fewer than 70 acres (including wetlands) 
which shall be reserved for park purposes and shall require 
such portion to be reserved for such purposes in per-
petuity. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING AND REPLACE-
MENT FACILITIES
AND PROPERTIES FOR NATIONAL 
PARK SERVICE.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
EXISTING
FACILI-
TIES.—The plan shall identify the facilities and re-
lated property (including necessary easements and 
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utilities related thereto) which are occupied or other-
wise used by the National Park Service in Poplar 
Point prior to the adoption of the plan. 
(2) RELOCATION
TO
REPLACEMENT
FACILI-
TIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that the 
District of Columbia and the Director deter-
mine jointly that it is no longer appropriate for 
the National Park Service to occupy or other-
wise use any of the facilities and related prop-
erty identified under paragraph (1), the plan 
shall— 
(i) identify other suitable facilities and 
related property (including necessary ease-
ments and utilities related thereto) in the 
District of Columbia to which the National 
Park Service may be relocated; 
(ii) provide that the District of Co-
lumbia shall take such actions as may be 
required to carry out the relocation, includ-
ing preparing the new facilities and prop-
erties and providing for the transfer of 
such fixtures and equipment as the Direc-
tor may require; and 
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(iii) set forth a timetable for the relo-
cation of the National Park Service to the 
new facilities. 
(B) RESTRICTION ON USE OF PROPERTY 
RESERVED
FOR
PARK
PURPOSES.—The plan 
may not identify any facility or property for 
purposes of this paragraph which is located on 
any portion of Poplar Point which is reserved 
for park purposes in accordance with subsection 
(b). 
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In developing 
each of the elements of the plan which are required 
under this subsection, the District of Columbia shall 
consult with the Director. 
SEC. 303. CONVEYANCE OF REPLACEMENT FACILITIES AND 
PROPERTIES FOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
(a) CONVEYANCE
OF FACILITIES
AND RELATED 
PROPERTIES.—Upon certification by the Director that the 
facilities and related property to which the National Park 
Service is to be relocated under the land-use plan under 
this title (in accordance with section 302(c)) are ready to 
be occupied or used by the National Park Service— 
(1) the District of Columbia shall convey to the 
Director all right, title, and interest at no cost in the 
facilities and related property (including necessary 
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easements and utilities related thereto) to which the 
National Park Service is to be relocated (without re-
gard to whether such facilities are located in Poplar 
Point); and 
(2) the Director shall convey to the District of 
Columbia all right, title, and interest in the facilities 
and related property which were withheld from the 
conveyance of Poplar Point under section 301(b) 
and from which the National Park Service is to be 
relocated. 
(b) RESTRICTION
ON
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS 
PENDING CERTIFICATION OF FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia 
may not initiate any construction project with re-
spect to Poplar Point until the Director makes the 
certification referred to in subsection (a). 
(2) EXCEPTION FOR PROJECTS REQUIRED TO 
PREPARE
FACILITIES
FOR
OCCUPATION
BY
NA-
TIONAL
PARK
SERVICE.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to any construction project re-
quired to ensure that the facilities and related prop-
erty to which the National Park Service is to be re-
located under the land-use plan under this title (in 
accordance with section 302(c)) are ready to be oc-
cupied by the National Park Service. 
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SEC. 304. POPLAR POINT DEFINED. 
In this title, ‘‘Poplar Point’’ means the parcel of land 
in the District of Columbia which is owned by the United 
States and which is under the administrative jurisdiction 
of the District of Columbia or the Director on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, and which is 
bounded on the north by the Anacostia River, on the 
northeast by and inclusive of the southeast approaches to 
the 11th Street bridges, on the southeast by and inclusive 
of Route 295, and on the northwest by and inclusive of 
the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge approaches to 
Suitland Parkway, as depicted on the Map. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of General Services. 
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the National Park Service. 
(3) The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map entitled 
‘‘Transfer and Conveyance of Properties in the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’, numbered 869/80460, and dated 
July 2005, which shall be kept on file in the appro-
priate office of the National Park Service. 
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(4) 
The 
term 
‘‘park 
purposes’’ 
includes 
landscaped areas, pedestrian walkways, bicycle 
trails, seating, opensided shelters, natural areas, rec-
reational use areas, and memorial sites reserved for 
public use. 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 402. LIMITATION ON COSTS. 
The United States shall not be responsible for paying 
any costs and expenses, other than costs and expenses re-
lated to or associated with environmental liabilities or 
cleanup actions provided under law, which are incurred by 
the District of Columbia or any other parties at any time 
in connection with effecting the provisions of this Act or 
any amendment made by this Act. 
SEC. 403. AUTHORIZATION OF PARTIES TO ENTER INTO 
CONTRACTS. 
An officer or employee of the United States or the 
District of Columbia may contract for payment of costs 
or expenses related to any properties which are conveyed 
or for which administrative jurisdiction is transferred 
under this Act or any amendment made by this Act. 
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SEC. 404. NO EFFECT ON COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRON-
MENTAL LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act may be construed to affect or limit the application 
of or obligation to comply with any environmental law, in-
cluding section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
SEC. 405. CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. 
(a) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Not later than Janu-
ary 31 of each year, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Government Reform, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Resources, and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives on the use and development during the 
previous year of land for which title is conveyed to the 
District of Columbia and land for which administrative ju-
risdiction is transferred to the District of Columbia pursu-
ant to this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The Comptroller 
General shall report periodically to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Government Reform, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Re-
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sources, and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives on— 
(1) the use and development during the pre-
vious 2 years of land for which title is conveyed and 
land for which administrative jurisdiction is trans-
ferred pursuant to this Act; and 
(2) if applicable, how such use and development 
complies with the Anacostia Waterfront Framework 
Plan referred to in section 103 of the Anacostia Wa-
terfront Corporation Act of 2004 (sec. 2—1223.03, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(c) SUNSET.—This section shall expire 10 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 406. TREATMENT AS PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED TO 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL AS PART OF 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 
Upon transfer to the Architect of the Capitol of title 
to, or administrative jurisdiction over, any property pursu-
ant to this Act, the property shall be a part of the United 
States Capitol Grounds and shall be subject to sections 
9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 14, and 16(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, 
to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’ (relat-
ing to the policing of the United States Capitol Grounds) 
and sections 5101 to 5107 and 5109 of title 40, United 
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States Code (relating to prohibited acts within the United 
States Capitol Grounds). 
SEC. 407. DEADLINE FOR PROVISION OF DEEDS AND RE-
LATED DOCUMENTS. 
With respect to each property conveyed under this 
Act or any amendment made by this Act, the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia, the Administrator, or the Sec-
retary (as the case may be) shall execute and deliver a 
quitclaim deed or prepare and record a transfer plat, as 
appropriate, not later than 6 months after the property 
is conveyed. 
SEC. 408. OMB REPORT. 
(a) OMB REPORT ON SURPLUS AND EXCESS PROP-
ERTY.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit a report on surplus and 
excess government property to Congress including— 
(1) the total value and amount of surplus and 
excess government property, provided in the aggre-
gate, as well as totaled by agency; and 
(2) a list of the 100 most eligible surplus gov-
ernment properties for sale and how much they are 
worth. 
(b) DATA SHARING AMONG FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
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this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall— 
(1) develop and implement procedures requiring 
Federal agencies to share data on surplus and excess 
Federal real property under the jurisdiction of each 
agency; and 
(2) report to Congress on the development and 
implementation of such procedures. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 30 
(legislative day, September 29), 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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