Calendar No. 184
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 490
[Report No. 103–125]
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and
improvements in Washington, District of Colum-
bia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to pro-
vide a site for the construction of a facility to
house the National Women’s Health Resource
Center.
AUGUST 6 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993
Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 184
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 490
[Report No. 103–125]
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washing-
ton, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to
provide a site for the construction of a facility to house the National
Women’s Health Resource Center.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 10 (legislative day, MARCH 3), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AUGUST 6 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993
Reported by Mr. GLENN, without amendment
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improve-
ments in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Co-
lumbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for the
construction of a facility to house the National Women’s
Health Resource Center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
(a) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Sub-
ject to sections 2 and 4, the Administrator of General
Services (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’) shall convey, for $12,800,000 to be paid in
accordance with the terms set forth in subsection (d)(2)
and other consideration required by this Act, to the Co-
lumbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-in Asylum; hereinafter in this Act
referred to as ‘‘Columbia Hospital’’), located in Washing-
ton, District of Columbia, all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to those pieces or parcels of land
in the District of Columbia, described in subsection (b),
together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances
thereto. The purpose of the conveyance is to provide a site
for the construction by Columbia Hospital of a facility to
house the National Women’s Health Resource Center
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Resource Cen-
ter’’), as described in the Certificate of Need issued for
the Resource Center in conformance with District of Co-
lumbia law and in effect on the date of conveyance.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to
in subsection (a) was conveyed to the United States of
America by deed dated May 2, 1888, from David
Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber 1314, folio 102, of
the land records of the District of Columbia, and is that
(2) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.—Columbia
Hospital shall pay the $12,800,000 purchase price
in full by not later than the date of conveyance
under subsection (c).
(3) QUITCLAIM
DEED.—Any conveyance of
property to Columbia Hospital under this Act shall
be by quitclaim deed.
(e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts
received by the United States as payment under this Act
shall be paid into, administered, and expended as part of
the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)).
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE.
No part of any land conveyed under section 1 may
be used, during the 30-year period beginning on the date
of conveyance under section 1(c)(1), for any purpose other
than to provide a site for a facility to house the Resource
Center and any necessary related appurtenances to that
facility.
SEC. 3. SATELLITE HEALTH CENTERS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after
the date of the conveyance under section 1, Colum-
bia Hospital, after consultation with the District of
Columbia Commission of Public Health and the Dis-
trict of Columbia State Health Planning and Devel-
opment Agency, shall establish, maintain, and oper-
ate 3 satellite health centers.
(2) PERSONS TO BE SERVED.—One of the sat-
ellite health centers shall provide comprehensive
health and counseling services exclusively for teenage
women and their children. The other 2 satellite
health centers shall provide comprehensive health
and counseling services for women (including teen-
age women) and their children.
(3) LOCATION.—The satellite health centers
shall be located in areas of the District of Columbia
in which the District of Columbia Department of
Public Health has determined that the need for com-
prehensive health and counseling services provided
by the centers is the greatest. In locating such cen-
ters, special consideration shall be given to the areas
of the District with the highest rates of infant death
and births by teenagers.
(b) COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH
AND COUNSELING
SERVICES.—In subsection (a), comprehensive health and
counseling services include—
(1) examination of women;
(2) medical treatment and counseling of women,
including prenatal and postnatal services;
(3) treatment and counseling of substance
abusers and those who are at risk of substance
abuse;
(4) health promotion and disease prevention
services;
(5) physician and hospital referral services; and
(6) extended and flexible hours of service.
(c) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION.—The establishment,
operation, and maintenance of satellite health centers by
Columbia Hospital in accordance with this section shall
be part of the consideration required by this Act for the
conveyance under section 1.
SEC. 4. REVERSIONARY INTEREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The property conveyed under sec-
tion 1 shall revert to the United States—
(1) on the date which is 4 years after the date
of such conveyance if Columbia Hospital is not oper-
ating the Resource Center on such property; and
(2) on any date in the 30-year period beginning
on the date of such conveyance, on which the prop-
erty is used for a purpose other than that referred
to in section 2.
(b) REPAYMENT.—If property reverts to the United
States under subsection (a), the Administrator shall pay
to Columbia Hospital, from amounts otherwise appro-
priated from the fund established by section 210(f) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(40 U.S.C. 490(f)), an amount equal to all sums received
by the United States as payments for the conveyance
under section 1, without interest on such amount.
(c) ENFORCING
REVERSION.—The Administrator
shall perform all acts necessary to enforce any reversion
of property to the United States under this section.
(d) INVENTORY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE.—
Property that reverts to the United States under this sec-
tion—
(1) shall be under the control of the General
Services Administration; and
(2) shall be assigned by the Administrator to
the inventory of the Public Buildings Service.
SEC. 5. DAMAGES.
(a) DAMAGES.—Subject to subsection (b), for each
year in the 26-year period beginning on the date which
is 4 years after the date of conveyance under section
1(c)(1), in which Columbia Hospital does not operate 3
satellite health centers in accordance with section 3 for
a period of more than 60 days, the Columbia Hospital
shall be liable to the United States for damages in an
amount equal to $200,000, except that this subsection
shall not apply after the date of any reversion of property
under section 4.
(b) LIMITATION
IN
DAMAGES.—The maximum
amount of damages for which Columbia Hospital may be
liable under this section shall be $3,000,000.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount of
damages specified in subsection (a) and the maximum
amount of damages specified in subsection (b) shall be ad-
justed biennially to reflect changes in the consumer price
index that have occurred since the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) ASSESSMENT AND WAIVER.—For any failure by
Columbia Hospital to operate a satellite health center in
accordance with section 3, the Administrator may—
(1) seek to recover damages under this section;
or
(2) waive all or any part of damages recover-
able under this section for that failure, if the Admin-
istrator—
(A) determines the failure is caused by ex-
ceptional circumstances; and
(B) submits a statement to the District of
Columbia Commission of Public Health and the
Congress, that sets forth the reasons for the de-
termination.
(e) CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—The Administrator
shall include in the documents for any conveyance under
this Act appropriate provisions to—
(1) ensure that payment of damages under this
section is a contractual obligation of Columbia Hos-
pital; and
(2) require the Administrator to provide to Co-
lumbia Hospital notice and an opportunity to re-
spond before the Administrator seeks to recover such
damages.
SEC. 6. REPORTS.
During the 5-year period beginning one year after the
date of the conveyance under section 1, Columbia Hospital
shall submit to the Administrator, the appropriate com-
mittees of the Congress, and the Comptroller General of
the United States annual reports on the establishment,
maintenance, and operation of the Resource Center and
the satellite health centers.
SEC. 7. MEMBER INSTITUTES.
The Resource Center should—
(1) include among its outreach activities the es-
tablishment of formal linkages with no less than 6
universities or health centers throughout the Nation,
to be known as ‘‘member institutes’’ in furtherance
of the purposes of the Resource Center; and
(2) provide national notice of the opportunity
such entities have to participate in programs and ac-
tivities of the Resource Center.
Passed the House of Representatives March 9,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.