I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5544 
To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District 
of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2010 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront 
in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHWEST 
WATERFRONT. 
(a) UPDATED DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—Section 
1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United 
States to transfer from the United States to the District 
of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 
real property in said District’’, approved September 8, 
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1960 (sec. 6—321.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended by 
striking all that follows the colon and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The property the legal description of which is the 
Southwest Waterfront Project Site (dated October 8, 
2009) under Exhibit A of the document titled ‘Intent to 
Clarify the Legal Description in Furtherance of Land Dis-
position Agreement’, as filed with the Recorder of Deeds 
on 
October 
27, 
2009 
as 
Instrument 
Number 
2009116776.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF METHOD OF TRANSFER.— 
Section 1 of such Act (sec. 6—321.01, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘by one or more quitclaim deeds’’ 
immediately after ‘‘to transfer’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF RELATION TO MASTER DE-
VELOPMENT PLAN.—Section 2 of such Act (sec. 6— 
321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘urban 
renewal plan’’ and inserting ‘‘master plan’’. 
(d) EXPANDING
PERMITTED
DISPOSITIONS
AND 
USES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.—Section 4 of such Act 
(sec. 6—321.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accord-
ance with the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 
1945 and section 1, to lease or sell to a redevelopment 
company or other lessee or purchaser such real property 
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as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority 
of this Act.’’. 
(e) REPEAL OF REVERSION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 5 of such Act (sec. 6— 
321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of 
such Act (sec. 6—321.03, D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Subject to the provisions of 
section 5 of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(f) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—Section 8 of such 
Act (sec. 6—321.08, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘, except that any reference to the ‘Agency’ shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the District of Columbia as 
the successor in interest to the Agency.’’. 
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