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Northwest for the distance of two hundred and thirty feet six
inches and running thence north and parallel with the line of
said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for the distance of two hun-
dred and thirty-one feet ten inches to the line of said M Street
Northwest and running thence east with the line of said M Street
Northwest to the place of beginning two hundred and thirty feet
and six inches together with all the improvements, ways, easements,
rights, privileges, and appurtenances to the same belonging or
in anywise appertaining.
(c) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) DATE.—The date of the conveyance of property required
under subsection (a) shall be the date which is 1 year after
the date of receipt by the Administrator of written notification
from Columbia Hospital that the hospital needs such property
for use as a site to provide housing for the Resource Center.
(2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATION.—A written
notification of need from Columbia Hospital shall not be effec-
tive for purposes of subsection (a) and paragraph (1) unless
the notification is received by the Administrator before the
date which is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) CONVEYANCE TERMS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The conveyance of property required
under subsection (a) shall be subject to such terms and condi-
tions as may be determined by the Administrator to be nec-
essary to safeguard the interests of the United States. Such
terms and conditions shall be consistent with the terms and
conditions set forth in this Act.
(2) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE.—Columbia Hospital shall
pay the $12,800,000 purchase price in full by not later than
the date of conveyance under subsection (c).
(3) QUITCLAIM
DEED.—Any conveyance of property to
Columbia Hospital under this Act shall be by quitclaim deed.
(e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts received by
the United States as payment under this Act shall be paid into,
administered, and expended as part of the fund established by
section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)).
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE.
No part of any land conveyed under section 1 may be used,
during the 30-year period beginning on the date of conveyance
under section 1(c)(1), for any purpose other than to provide a
site for a facility to house the Resource Center and any necessary
related appurtenances to that facility.
SEC. 3. SATELLITE HEALTH CENTERS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the date
of the conveyance under section 1, Columbia Hospital, after
consultation with the District of Columbia Commission of Public
Health and the District of Columbia State Health Planning
and Development Agency, shall establish, maintain, and oper-
ate 3 satellite health centers.
(2) PERSONS TO BE SERVED.—One of the satellite health
centers shall provide comprehensive health and counseling serv-
ices exclusively for teenage women and their children. The
other 2 satellite health centers shall provide comprehensive
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health and counseling services for women (including teenage
women) and their children.
(3) LOCATION.—The satellite health centers shall be located
in areas of the District of Columbia in which the District
of Columbia Department of Public Health has determined that
the need for comprehensive health and counseling services pro-
vided by the centers is the greatest. In locating such centers,
special consideration shall be given to the areas of the District
with the highest rates of infant death and births by teenagers.
(b) COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES.—In
subsection (a), comprehensive health and counseling services
include—
(1) examination of women;
(2) medical treatment and counseling of women, including
prenatal and postnatal services;
(3) treatment and counseling of substance abusers and
those who are at risk of substance abuse;
(4) health promotion and disease prevention services;
(5) physician and hospital referral services; and
(6) extended and flexible hours of service.
(c) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION.—The establishment, operation,
and maintenance of satellite health centers by Columbia Hospital
in accordance with this section shall be part of the consideration
required by this Act for the conveyance under section 1.
SEC. 4. REVERSIONARY INTEREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The property conveyed under section 1 shall
revert to the United States—
(1) on the date which is 4 years after the date of such
conveyance if Columbia Hospital is not operating the Resource
Center on such property; and
(2) on any date in the 30-year period beginning on the
date of such conveyance, on which the property is used for
a purpose other than that referred to in section 2.
(b) REPAYMENT.—If property reverts to the United States under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall pay to Columbia Hospital,
from amounts otherwise appropriated from the fund established
by section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), an amount equal to all sums
received by the United States as payments for the conveyance
under section 1, without interest on such amount.
(c) ENFORCING REVERSION.—The Administrator shall perform
all acts necessary to enforce any reversion of property to the United
States under this section.
(d) INVENTORY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE.—Property that
reverts to the United States under this section—
(1) shall be under the control of the General Services
Administration; and
(2) shall be assigned by the Administrator to the inventory
of the Public Buildings Service.
SEC. 5. DAMAGES.
(a) DAMAGES.—Subject to subsection (b), for each year in the
26-year period beginning on the date which is 4 years after the
date of conveyance under section 1(c)(1), in which Columbia Hospital
does not operate 3 satellite health centers in accordance with section
3 for a period of more than 60 days, the Columbia Hospital shall
be liable to the United States for damages in an amount equal
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to $200,000, except that this subsection shall not apply after the
date of any reversion of property under section 4.
(b) LIMITATION IN DAMAGES.—The maximum amount of dam-
ages for which Columbia Hospital may be liable under this section
shall be $3,000,000.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS
FOR INFLATION.—The amount of damages
specified in subsection (a) and the maximum amount of damages
specified in subsection (b) shall be adjusted biennially to reflect
changes in the consumer price index that have occurred since
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) ASSESSMENT AND WAIVER.—For any failure by Columbia
Hospital to operate a satellite health center in accordance with
section 3, the Administrator may—
(1) seek to recover damages under this section; or
(2) waive all or any part of damages recoverable under
this section for that failure, if the Administrator—
(A) determines the failure is caused by exceptional
circumstances; and
(B) submits a statement to the District of Columbia
Commission of Public Health and the Congress, that sets
forth the reasons for the determination.
(e) CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—The Administrator shall include
in the documents for any conveyance under this Act appropriate
provisions to—
(1) ensure that payment of damages under this section
is a contractual obligation of Columbia Hospital; and
(2) require the Administrator to provide to Columbia Hos-
pital notice and an opportunity to respond before the Adminis-
trator seeks to recover such damages.
SEC. 6. REPORTS.
During the 5-year period beginning one year after the date
of the conveyance under section 1, Columbia Hospital shall submit
to the Administrator, the appropriate committees of the Congress,
and the Comptroller General of the United States annual reports
on the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Resource
Center and the satellite health centers.
SEC. 7. MEMBER INSTITUTES.
The Resource Center should—
(1) include among its outreach activities the establishment
of formal linkages with no less than 6 universities or health
centers throughout the Nation, to be known as ‘‘member
institutes’’ in furtherance of the purposes of the Resource Cen-
ter; and
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(2) provide national notice of the opportunity such entities
have to participate in programs and activities of the Resource
Center.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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