Long Bridge Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4449
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Pedestrians and bicycling

Railroads

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Long Bridge Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to, upon request, convey to Virginia or the District of Columbia approximately 4.4 acres of NPS land for the construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4449 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2020 Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia certain National Park Service land for the construction of rail and other infrastructure, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long Bridge Act of 2020 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Long Bridge Project The term Long Bridge Project means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to L'Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. (2) Map The term Map means the map entitled Long Bridge Construction Impacts to National Park Service Land and dated May 15, 2020. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. (4) State The term State means the State of Virginia. 3. Conveyance of certain National Park Service land to the State of Virginia (a) Authorization of conveyance On request by the State or the District of Columbia, for the construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the Secretary may convey to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any portion of the approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as Permanent Impact to NPS Land on the Map that is identified by the State or the District of Columbia for conveyance. (b) Terms and conditions The conveyance of the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary may require. (c) Corrections The Secretary and the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, may— (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of Columbia under subsection (a); and (2) correct any minor errors in the Map.