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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 855
To require the Administrator of General Services, the Director of the National
Park Service, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution to provide notice to the District of Columbia
before carrying out any activity affecting property located in the District
of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1993
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on the District of Columbia, House Administration, Natural
Resources, and Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To require the Administrator of General Services, the Direc-
tor of the National Park Service, the Architect of the
Capitol, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
to provide notice to the District of Columbia before car-
rying out any activity affecting 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Land Use Notification Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PRO-
VIDE NOTICE TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BE-
FORE CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES AFFECTING
PROPERTY LOCATED IN DISTRICT.
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL SERVICES AD-
MINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 481 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘NOTICE TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF ACTIVITIES
AFFECTING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT
‘‘SEC. 213. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
the Administrator may not carry out any activity under
this title that affects real property located in the District
of Columbia (including transferring excess property or dis-
posing of surplus property) unless—
‘‘(1) not later than 60 days before carrying out
such activity, the Administrator provides a notice de-
scribing such activity and the property affected to
the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Chair of
the Council of the District of Columbia, and the
Chair of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (as
established pursuant to section 738 of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Re-
organization Act) in whose neighborhood such prop-
erty is located; and
‘‘(2) the Administrator provides the individuals
described in paragraph (1) with the opportunity to
present oral or written comments on the activity to
the Administrator (or the Administrator’s designee)
before the Administrator carries out the activity.
‘‘(b) The Administrator may waive the requirements
described in subsection (a) if the Administrator finds that
compliance with the requirements would jeopardize the
public safety or the national security interests of the Unit-
ed States, but only if the Administrator—
‘‘(1) certifies such finding and the reasons for
such finding to the individuals described in para-
graph (1) of such subsection and to Congress; and
‘‘(2) at the earliest time practicable, provides
such individuals with the notice described in para-
graph (1) of such subsection and the opportunity to
present comments described in paragraph (2) of
such subsection.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 212 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 213. Notice to District of Columbia of activities affecting property
located in the District.’’.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER COVERED
AGENCIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a covered agency (as defined in para-
graph (3)) may not carry out any activity that af-
fects real property located in the District of Colum-
bia unless—
(A) not later than 60 days before carrying
out such activity, such agency provides a notice
describing such activity and the property af-
fected to the Mayor of the District of Columbia,
the Chair of the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Chair of the Advisory Neigh-
borhood Commission (as established pursuant
to section 738 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization
Act) in whose neighborhood such property is lo-
cated; and
(B) the agency provides the individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) with the oppor-
tunity to present oral or written comments on
the activity to a representative of the agency
before the agency carries out the activity.
(2) EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCIES.—A covered
agency may waive the requirements of paragraph (1)
if the agency finds that compliance with the require-
ments would jeopardize the public safety or the na-
tional security interests of the United States, but
only if the agency—
(A) certifies such finding and the reasons
for such finding to the individuals described in
subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and to
Congress; and
(B) at the earliest time practicable, pro-
vides such individuals with the notice described
in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and the
opportunity to present comments described in
subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
(3) COVERED AGENCY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means any of the
following:
(A) The Architect of the Capitol.
(B) The National Park Service.
(C) The Smithsonian Institution.
(c) PRIOR APPROVAL FOR EVENTS AT TENNIS STA-
DIUM AT ROCK CREEK PARK.—No event may be held at
the William H. G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center at Rock Creek
Park without the prior approval of the Director of the
National Park Service and the Mayor of the District of
Columbia.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2(a) shall apply to
activities carried out after the expiration of the 60-day pe-
riod that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act,
and sections 2 (b) and (c) shall apply to activities carried
out and events held after the expiration of such period.
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