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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5399 
To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel 
County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District 
of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2004 
Mr. CARDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located 
in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which 
is currently used by the District of Columbia as the 
Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF OAK HILL PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Oak Hill property shall be 
disposed of as follows: 
(1) The portion of the property which is located 
west of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway shall be 
transferred to the jurisdiction of the Director of the
National Park Service, who shall use such portion 
for parkland purposes. 
(2) Subject to subsection (b), the portion of the 
property which is located east of the Baltimore- 
Washington Parkway and 200 feet and further 
north of the Patuxent River shall be transferred to 
the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief 
of Engineers) for use by the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency, who may lease such portion 
to the District of Columbia. 
(3) The portion of the property which is located 
east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and 
south of the portion described in paragraph (2) shall 
be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Adminis-
trator of General Services, who shall in turn convey 
such portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 
accordance with subsection (c). 
(b) PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW JUVE-
NILE DETENTION FACILITY FOR DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA.—As a condition of the transfer under subsection 
(a)(2), the Director of the National Security Agency shall 
enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia under which—
(1) the juvenile detention facility for the Dis-
trict of Columbia currently located on the Oak Hill 
property shall be closed; and 
(2) subject to appropriations, the Agency shall 
pay for the construction of a replacement facility at 
a site to be determined, with priority given to a loca-
tion within the District of Columbia. 
(c) CONVEYANCE
OF PORTION
OF PROPERTY
TO 
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall convey, without consideration, to 
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to that portion 
of the Oak Hill property referred to in subsection 
(a)(3). 
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS
OF
CONVEY-
ANCE.—The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall 
be carried out under such terms and conditions as 
may be agreed to by the Administrator and Anne 
Arundel County, except that, as a condition of the 
conveyance— 
(A) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 
dedicate a portion of the property which is ad-
jacent to the Patuxent River to parkland and 
recreational use; and
(B) Anne Arundel County shall agree to 
reimburse the National Security Agency for the 
amounts paid by the Agency under subsection 
(b) for the construction of a new juvenile deten-
tion facility for the District of Columbia, but 
only if the County makes 25% or more of the 
property conveyed under this subsection avail-
able for purposes other than open space or rec-
reational use. 
SEC. 2. OAK HILL PROPERTY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Oak Hill property’’ means the 
Federal property consisting of approximately 800 acres 
near Laurel, Maryland, a portion of which is currently 
used by the District of Columbia as a juvenile detention 
facility, and which is shown on Map Number 20 in the 
records of the Department of Assessments and Taxation, 
Tax Map Division, of Anne Arundel County. 
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