thence south on Third Street Northeast to 
Maryland Avenue Northeast; 
thence south and west on Maryland Avenue 
Northeast to Constitution Avenue Northeast; 
thence west on Constitution Avenue Northeast 
to First Street Northeast; 
thence south on First Street Northeast to 
Maryland Avenue Northeast; 
thence generally north and east on Maryland 
Avenue to Second Street Northeast; 
thence south on Second Street Northeast to 
East Capitol Street; 
thence east on East Capitol Street to Third 
Street Northeast; 
thence south on Third Street Northeast to 
Independence Avenue Southeast; 
thence west on Independence Avenue Southeast 
to Second Street Southeast; 
thence south on Second Street Southeast to C 
Street Southeast; 
thence west on C Street Southeast to New Jer-
sey Avenue Southeast; 
thence south on New Jersey Avenue Southeast 
to D Street Southeast; 
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thence west on D Street Southeast to Wash-
ington Avenue Southwest; 
thence north and west on Washington Avenue 
Southwest to the intersection of Independence Ave-
nue Southwest and Second Street Southwest; 
thence south on Second Street Southwest to 
Virginia Avenue Southwest; 
thence generally west on Virginia Avenue to 
Third Street Southwest; 
thence north on Third Street Southwest to C 
Street Southwest; 
thence west on C Street Southwest to Sixth 
Street Southwest; 
thence south on Sixth Street Southwest to E 
Street Southwest; 
thence west on E Street Southwest to Seventh 
Street Southwest; 
thence north on Seventh Street Southwest to 
Maryland Avenue Southwest; 
thence west on Maryland Avenue Southwest to 
Ninth Street Southwest; 
thence north on Ninth Street Southwest to 
Independence Avenue Southwest; 
thence west on Independence Avenue Southwest 
to Twelfth Street Southwest; 
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thence south on Twelfth Street Southwest to D 
Street Southwest; 
thence west on D Street Southwest to Four-
teenth Street Southwest; 
thence south on Fourteenth Street Southwest to 
the middle of the Washington Channel; 
thence generally south and east along the 
midchannel of the Washington Channel to a point 
due west of the northern boundary line of Fort Les-
ley McNair; 
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; 
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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— 
(A) shall include the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Building, the De-
partment of Energy Building, Fort Lesley 
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McNair, the Washington Navy Yard, the Ana-
costia Naval Annex, the United States Naval 
Station, Bolling Air Force Base, and the Naval 
Research Laboratory; and 
(B) shall 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 Dis-
trict of Columbia on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. 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 
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(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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—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 
repealed by such sections are restored or revived as 
if such sections had not been enacted. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date on 
which the individual serving as the Delegate to the 
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House of Representatives from the District of Co-
lumbia first serves as a member of the House of 
Representatives from the State of Maryland. 
SEC. 7. 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. 8. PROCLAMATION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF RET-
ROCESSION BY MARYLAND. 
(a) PROCLAMATION BY STATE OF MARYLAND.—Not 
later than 30 days after the State of Maryland enacts leg-
islation accepting the retrocession described in section 
3(a), the President shall issue a proclamation announcing 
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 Government of the 
United States has been ceded back to the State of Mary-
land. 
(b) REPORT BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
ON ECONOMIC IMPACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office shall prepare a report ana-
lyzing the anticipated economic impact on the State 
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of Maryland of the State’s acceptance of the ret-
rocession described in section 3(a), including the an-
ticipated effect on the budgets of the State govern-
ment and local governments, and shall submit the 
report to Congress and the governor of Maryland. 
(2) DELAY IN ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION.— 
The State of Maryland may not enact legislation ac-
cepting the retrocession described in section 3(a) 
until the expiration of the 1-year period which be-
gins on the date the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office submits the report prepared under 
paragraph (1) to the governor of Maryland. 
SEC. 9. 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 8 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. 
Æ 
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