Washington Channel Public Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-1765
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

District of Columbia

Homeland security

Intergovernmental relations

Lakes and rivers

Military facilities and property

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Protection of officials

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 27.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Washington Channel Public Access Act </strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled <em>Washington Channel, Fort McNair, Washington, DC; Restricted Area</em>, published on December 29, 2020. The proposed rule establishes a permanent restricted area in the Washington Channel adjacent to Fort McNair in the District of Columbia. The bill also prohibits the USACE from implementing any other rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in the District.</p>

action_date: 2021-05-28
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><strong>Washington Channel Public Access Act </strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled <em>Washington Channel, Fort McNair, Washington, DC; Restricted Area</em>, published on December 29, 2020. The proposed rule establishes a permanent restricted area in the Washington Channel adjacent to Fort McNair in the District of Columbia. The bill also prohibits the USACE from implementing any other rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in the District.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1765 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2021 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a proposed rule relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Washington Channel Public Access Act . 2. Prohibition on implementation of rule The Secretary of the Army may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled Washington Channel, Fort McNair, Washington, DC; Restricted Area , published by the Department of the Army on December 29, 2020 (Docket No. COE–2019–0010; 85 Fed. Reg. 85570), or any other rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in Washington, DC.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 27 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1765 [Report No. 117–44] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2021 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure May 28, 2021 Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a proposed rule relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Washington Channel Public Access Act . 2. Prohibition on implementation of rule The Secretary of the Army may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled Washington Channel, Fort McNair, Washington, DC; Restricted Area , published by the Department of the Army on December 29, 2020 (Docket No. COE–2019–0010; 85 Fed. Reg. 85570), or any other rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in Washington, DC.

May 28, 2021 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed