thence due east to the side of the Washington 
Channel; 
thence following generally south and east along 
the side of the Washington Channel at the mean 
high water mark, to the point of confluence with the 
Anacostia River, and along the northern shore at the 
mean high water mark to the northernmost point of 
the Eleventh Street Bridge; 
thence generally south and west along such 
shore at the mean high water mark to the point of 
confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers; 
thence generally south and east along the 
northern side of the Eleventh Street Bridge to the 
eastern shore of the Anacostia River; 
thence generally south along the eastern shore 
at the mean high water mark of the Potomac River 
to the point where it meets the present southeastern 
boundary line of the District of Columbia; 
thence south and west along such southeastern 
boundary line to the point where it meets the 
present Virginia-District of Columbia boundary; 
thence generally north and west up the Poto-
mac River along the Virginia-District of Columbia 
boundary to the point of beginning.
(b) STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.—The National Cap-
ital Service Area shall include any street (and sidewalk 
thereof) that bounds such Area. 
(c) AFFRONTING
OR ABUTTING FEDERAL REAL 
PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Capital Serv-
ice Area shall include any Federal real property af-
fronting or abutting such Area as of the effective 
date of this Act. 
(2) PROPERTY
INCLUDED.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), Federal real property affronting or 
abutting the National Capital Service Area shall—
(A) include the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Building, the Depart-
ment of Energy Building, Fort Lesley McNair, 
the Washington Navy Yard, the Anacostia 
Naval Annex, the United States Naval Station, 
Bolling Air Force Base, and the Naval Re-
search Laboratory; and 
(B) not include any portion of Rock Creek 
Park, any portion of Anacostia Park east of the 
northern side of the Eleventh Street Bridge, or 
any territory not located in the District of Co-
lumbia on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 5. TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN APPORTIONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Until the taking effect of the 
first reapportionment occurring after the effective 
date of this Act—
(A) the individual serving as the Delegate 
to the House of Representatives from the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall serve as a member of 
the House of Representatives from the State of 
Maryland; 
(B) the State of Maryland shall be entitled 
to 1 additional Representative until the taking 
effect of such reapportionment; and 
(C) such Representative shall be in addi-
tion to the membership of the House of Rep-
resentatives as now prescribed by law. 
(2) INCREASE NOT COUNTED AGAINST TOTAL 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS.—The temporary increase in 
the membership of the House of Representatives 
provided under paragraph (1) shall not operate to ei-
ther increase or decrease the permanent membership 
of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the 
Act of August 8, 1911 (37 Stat. 13; 2 U.S.C. 2), 
nor shall such temporary increase affect the basis of 
reapportionment established by the Act of November
15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761; 2 U.S.C. 2a), for the 82nd 
Congress and each Congress thereafter. 
(b) REPEAL OF LAWS PROVIDING FOR DELEGATE 
FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Sections 202 and 
204 of the District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 
91–405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) 
are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or re-
pealed by such sections are restored or revived as if such 
sections had not been enacted. 
SEC. 6. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
No law or regulation which is in force on the effective 
date of this Act shall be deemed amended or repealed by 
this Act except to the extent specifically provided in this 
Act, or to the extent that such law or regulation is incon-
sistent with this Act. 
SEC. 7. PROCLAMATION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF RET-
ROCESSION BY MARYLAND. 
Not later than 30 days after the State of Maryland 
enacts legislation accepting the retrocession described in 
section 2(a), the President shall issue a proclamation an-
nouncing such acceptance and declaring that the territory 
ceded to Congress by the State of Maryland to serve as 
the District constituting the permanent seat of the Gov-
ernment of the United States has been ceded back to the 
State of Maryland.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The provisions of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act shall take effect on the date the President 
issues a proclamation under section 7 or the date of the 
ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States repealing the twenty-third article of amend-
ment to the Constitution, whichever comes later.
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