109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3699
AN ACT 
To provide for the sale, acquisition, conveyance, and ex-
change of certain real property in the District of Colum-
bia to facilitate the utilization, development, and redevel-
opment of such property, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal and District 
of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2006’’. 
TITLE I—REAL PROPERTY CON-
VEYANCES 
BETWEEN 
THE 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS-
TRATION AND THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 101. EXCHANGE OF TITLE OVER RESERVATION 13 AND 
CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTIES. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the 
District of Columbia conveys to the Administrator of 
General Services all right, title, and interest of the 
District of Columbia in the property described in 
subsection (c), the Administrator shall convey to the 
District of Columbia all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in—
(A) U.S. Reservation 13, subject to the 
conditions described in subsection (b); and 
(B) Old Naval Hospital. 
(2) PROPERTIES DEFINED.—In this section—
(A) the term ‘‘U.S. Reservation 13’’ means 
that parcel of land in the District of Columbia 
consisting of the approximately 66 acres which 
is bounded on the north by Independence Ave-
nue Southeast, on the west by 19th Street 
Southeast, on the south by G Street Southeast, 
and on the east by United States Reservation 
343, and being the same land described in the 
Federal transfer letter of October 25, 2002, 
from the United States to the District of Co-
lumbia, and subject to existing matters of 
record; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Old Naval Hospital’’ means 
the property in the District of Columbia con-
sisting of Square 948 in its entirety, together 
with all the improvements thereon. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYANCE OF RESERVA-
TION 13.—As a condition for the conveyance of U.S. Res-
ervation 13 to the District of Columbia under this section, 
the District of Columbia shall agree—
(1) to set aside a portion of the property for the 
extension of Massachusetts Avenue Southeast and 
the placement of a potential commemorative work to 
be established pursuant to chapter 89 of title 40, 
United States Code, at the terminus of Massachu-
setts Avenue Southeast (as so extended) at the Ana-
costia River; 
(2) to convey all right, title, and interest of the 
District of Columbia in the portion set aside under
paragraph (1) to the Secretary of the Interior (act-
ing through the Director of the National Park Serv-
ice) at such time as the Secretary may require, if a 
commemorative work is established in the manner 
described in paragraph (1); 
(3) to permit the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia to 
continue to occupy a portion of the property con-
sistent with the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107—
96; 115 Stat. 931); and 
(4) to develop the property consistent with the 
Anacostia Waterfront Corporation’s Master Plan for 
Reservation 13 (also known as the Hill East Water-
front). 
(c) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY TO BE CON-
VEYED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The property described 
in this subsection is the real property consisting of Build-
ing Nos. 16, 37, 38, 118, and 118–A and related improve-
ments, together with the real property underlying those 
buildings and improvements, on the West Campus of Saint 
Elizabeths Hospital, as described in the quitclaim deed of 
September 30, 1987, by and between the United States 
and the District of Columbia and recorded in the Office
of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia on 
October 7, 1987. 
SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the United States is not required to perform, 
or to reimburse the District of Columbia for the cost of 
performing, any of the following services: 
(1) Repairs or renovations pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of 
Columbia Mental Health Services Act (24 U.S.C. 
225b(f); sec. 44—903(f), D.C. Official Code). 
(2) Preservation, maintenance, or repairs pur-
suant to a use permit executed on September 30, 
1987, under which the United States (acting 
through the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices) granted permission to the District of Columbia 
to use and occupy portions of the Saint Elizabeths 
Hospital property known as the ‘‘West Campus’’. 
(3) Mental health diagnostic and treatment 
services for referrals as described in section 9(b) of 
the Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Colum-
bia Mental Health Services Act (24 U.S.C. 225g(b); 
sec. 44—908(b), D.C. Official Code), but only with 
respect to services provided on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
(b) EFFECT ON PENDING CLAIMS.—Any claim of the 
District of Columbia against the United States for the fail-
ure to perform, or to reimburse the District of Columbia 
for the cost of performing, any service described in sub-
section (a) which is pending as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act shall be extinguished and terminated. 
TITLE II—STREAMLINING MAN-
AGEMENT 
OF 
PROPERTIES 
LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 201. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
OVER CERTAIN PROPERTIES. 
(a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO UNITED STATES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction 
over each of the following properties (owned by the 
United States and as depicted on the Map) is hereby 
transferred, subject to the terms in this subsection, 
from the District of Columbia to the Secretary of 
the Interior for administration by the Director: 
(A) An unimproved portion of Audubon 
Terrace Northwest, located east of Linnean Av-
enue Northwest, that is within U.S. Reservation 
402 (National Park Service property).