Union Calendar No. 376
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2636
[Report No. 104–368, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Fed-
eral real property located in the District of Co-
lumbia, and for other purposes.
JULY 26, 1996
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an
amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed
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Union Calendar No. 376
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2636
[Report No. 104–368, Parts I and II]
To transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real property located
in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 15, 1995
Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and Government Reform and Oversight, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
NOVEMBER 28, 1995
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
JULY 26, 1996
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight discharged
JULY 26, 1996
Additional sponsors: Mr. MATSUI and Mr. KING
JULY 26, 1996
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an amendment, committed
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through]
A BILL
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,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act—
(1) to assist in the effort to timely establish
within the District of Columbia a national memorial
to Japanese American patriotism in World War II;
and
(2) to improve management of certain parcels
of Federal real property located within the District
of Columbia,
by transferring jurisdiction over such parcels to the Archi-
tect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Interior, and the
Government of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 2. TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision
of law, jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop-
erty described in subsection (b) is transferred without ad-
ditional consideration as provided by subsection (b).
(b) SPECIFIC TRANSFERS.—
(1) TRANSFERS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
RIOR.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the
following parcels is transferred to the Secretary
of the Interior:
(i) 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 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-
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 S6201 national memorial to Japanese Amer-
ican patriotism 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
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
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
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.