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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 06:37:35+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - Chapter 5. Regulatory Provisions.
Chapter 4. Recreation Volunteer Background Check and Screening. [Repealed].
Chapter 5A. Department of General Services.
Subchapter V. Protection of Property Outside of District.
Subchapter VI. Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden Tunnel.
Subchapter VII. Federal Activities Affecting District Property.
Part A. Authority to Make Regulations; Duty of Capitol Police.
§ 10–503.01. Authority to make regulations.
The Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the public property therein, and they shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating such regulations, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.
Metropolitan Police jurisdiction, see § 5-133.02.
United States Park Police, see § 5-201 et seq.
Enlargement of Capitol Grounds: Act of March 4, 1929, 45 Stat. 1694, ch. 708, as amended, provided for the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds.
§ 10–503.02. Duty of Capitol Police.
It shall be the duty of the Capitol Police hereafter to prevent any portion of the Capitol Grounds and terraces from being used as playgrounds or otherwise, so far as may be necessary to protect the public property, turf and grass from destruction.
The United States Capitol Grounds shall comprise all squares, reservations, streets, roadways, walks, and other areas as defined on a map entitled “Map showing areas comprising United States Capitol Grounds”, dated June 25, 1946, approved by the Architect of the Capitol and recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia in Book 127, Page 8, including all additions added thereto by law subsequent to June 25, 1946, and the jurisdiction and control over the United States Capitol Grounds, vested prior to July 31, 1946 by law in the Architect of the Capitol, is extended to the entire area of the United States Capitol Grounds, and the Architect of the Capitol shall be responsible for the maintenance and improvement thereof, including those streets and roadways in said United States Capitol Grounds as shown on said map as being under the jurisdiction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, except that the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of those portions of the following streets which are situated between the curblines thereof: Constitution Avenue from Second Street Northeast to Third Street Northwest, First Street from D Street N.E. to D Street S.E., D Street from First Street S.E. to Canal Street S.W., and First Street from the north side of Louisiana Avenue to the intersection of C Street and Canal Street S.W., Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest from First Street Northwest to Third Street Northwest, Maryland Avenue Southwest from First Street Southwest to Third Street Southwest, Second Street Northeast from F Street Northeast to C Street Southeast; C Street Southeast from Second Street Southeast to First Street Southeast; that portion of Maryland Avenue Northeast from Second Street Northeast to First Street Northeast; that portion of New Jersey Avenue Northwest from D Street Northwest to Louisiana Avenue; that portion of Second Street Southwest from the north curb of D Street to the south curb of Virginia Avenue Southwest; that portion of Virginia Avenue Southwest from the east curb of Second Street Southwest to the west curb of Third Street Southwest; that portion of Third Street Southwest from the south curb of Virginia Avenue Southwest to the north curb of D Street Southwest; that portion of D Street Southwest from the west curb of Third Street Southwest to the east curb of Second Street Southwest; that portion of Canal Street Southwest, including sidewalks and traffic islands, from the south curb of Independence Avenue Southwest to the west curb of South Capitol Street; provided, that the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be permitted to enter any part of said United States Capitol Grounds for the purpose of repairing or maintaining or, subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol, for the purpose of constructing or altering, any utility service of the District of Columbia government.
District planning, powers and duties of mayor, see § 1-204.23.
Extension of United States Capitol Grounds: Section 739(g)(3) of the Act of December 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 828, Pub. L. 93-198, provided that § 1 of the Act of July 31, 1946, 60 Stat. 718, as amended, is amended to include within the definition of the United States Capitol Grounds the streets as set forth in the Act of December 24, 1973.
Section 1 of the Act of October 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1852, Pub. L. 96-432, and the Act of December 22, 1982, 96 Stat. 1935, Pub. L. 97-379, provided that § 1 of the Act of July 31, 1946, 60 Stat. 718, as amended, is amended to include within the definition of the United States Capitol Grounds the areas as set forth in the Act of December 22, 1982.
Law Enforcement Authority of Capitol Police: Title I of Act of October 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1949, Pub. L. 102-397, provided that “An Act to define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes” is amended to expand the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police.
Order of House Office Building Commission: By order, dated October 17, 1967, the House Office Building Commission ordered that the Rayburn House Office Building, the subway connecting such building to the Capitol Building, the pedestrian tunnels connecting such building to the Longworth House Office Building, the underground garages in squares 637 and 691 and the tunnels connecting these garages to the House Office Buildings, are declared to be House Office Buildings and, as such, are made subject to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1946, including any amendments to such Act, which are applicable to the Capitol Buildings.
It is forbidden to offer or expose any article for sale in said United States Capitol Grounds; to display any sign, placard, or other form of advertisement therein; to solicit fares, alms, subscriptions, or contributions therein.
§ 10–503.15. Removal or injury of property forbidden.
It is forbidden to step or climb upon, remove, or in any way injure any statue, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architectural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf in said United States Capitol Grounds.
(2) Knowingly, with force and violence, to enter or to remain upon the floor of either House of the Congress.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall forbid any act of any member of the Congress, or any employee of a member of the Congress, any officer or employee of the Congress or any committee or subcommittee thereof, or any officer or employee of either House of the Congress or any committee or subcommittee thereof, which is performed in the lawful discharge of his official duties.
(a) Subject to the direction of the Capitol Police Board, the United States Capitol Police is authorized to protect, in any area of the United States, the person of any member of Congress, officer of the Congress, as defined in 2 U.S.C. § 60-1(b), and any member of the immediate family of any such member or officer, if the Capitol Police Board determines such protection to be necessary.
(b) In carrying out its authority under this section, the Capitol Police Board, or its designee, is authorized, in accordance with regulations issued by the Board pursuant to this section, to detail, on a case-by-case basis, members of the United States Capitol Police to provide such protection as the Board may determine necessary under this section.
(2) To utilize equipment and property of the Capitol Police.
(d) Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or interferes with a member of the Capitol Police engaged in the performance of the protective functions authorized by this section shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to imply that the authority, duty, and function conferred on the Capitol Police Board and the United States Capitol Police are in lieu of or intended to supersede any authority, duty, or function imposed on any federal department, agency, bureau, or other entity, or the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, involving the protection of any such member, officer, or family member.
(f) As used in this section, the term “United States” means each of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the United States.
§ 10–503.21. Employees to assist enforcement authorities.
It shall be the duty of all persons employed in the service of the government in the Capitol or in the United States Capitol Grounds to prevent, as far as may be in their power, offenses against this part, and to aid the police, by information or otherwise, in securing the arrest and conviction of offenders.
In order to admit of the due observance within the United States Capitol Grounds of occasions of national interest becoming the cognizance and entertainment of Congress, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, acting concurrently, are hereby authorized to suspend for such proper occasions so much of the prohibitions contained in §§ 10-503.12 to 10-503.17 as would prevent the use of the roads and walks of the said grounds by processions or assemblages, and the use upon them of suitable decorations, music, addresses, and ceremonies; provided, that responsible officers shall have been appointed, and arrangements determined which are adequate, in the judgment of said President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum in the proceedings, and for guarding the Capitol and its grounds from injury.
This section is referenced in § 10-503.17 and § 10-503.23.
Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the giving of concerts in the United States Capitol Grounds, at such times as will not interfere with the Congress, by any band in the service of the United States, when and as authorized by the Architect of the Capitol.
§ 10–507.01. Control of District of Columbia buildings.
All buildings belonging to the District of Columbia shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
For temporary (90 days) amendment to section 422 of D.C. Law 18-370, see § 4072 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).
For temporary (90 days) amendment to section 422 of D.C. Law 18-370, see § 4072 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2 of University of the District of Columbia Expansion Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-144, July 18, 2009, 56 DCR 5877).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 3021 of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 4091 of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 3021 of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 4091 of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 1502 of Fiscal Year 2010 Balanced Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-450, June 28, 2010, 57 DCR 5635).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 1502 of Fiscal Year 2010 Balanced Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-531, August 6, 2010, 57 DCR 8109).
For temporary (90 day) additions, see § 3(b) of Budget Support Act Clarification and Technical Amendment Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-543, October 5, 2010, 57 DCR 9630).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 422 of Fiscal Year 2011 Supplemental Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-694, January 19, 2011, 58 DCR 662).
Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 18-73 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
“SUBTITLE R. UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EXPANSION.
“This subtitle may be cited as the ‘University of the District of Columbia Expansion Act of 2010’.
“Sec. 1172. The University of the District of Columbia shall have exclusive use of the closed Patricia R. Harris Educational Center School building and site located at 4600 Livingston Road, S.E., in Ward 8, to expand upon its collegiate mission and Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning Program by continuing to provide Vocational Education and Community College of the District of Columbia courses.
“This subtitle may be cited as the ‘African-American Civil War Museum Clarification Act of 2010’.
Section 6(b) of D.C. Law 18-283 provides that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
Short title: Section 3020 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle C of title III of the act may be cited as the “FEMS and DOC Headquarters Act of 2009”.
Short title: Section 4090 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle J of title IV of the act may be cited as the “University of the District of Columbia Expansion Act of 2009”.
Short title: Section 421 of D.C. Law 18-370 provided that subtitle C of title IV of the act may be cited as “University of the District of Columbia Expansion Act of 2010”.
"Sec. 422. (a) The University of the District of Columbia shall have exclusive use of the closed Patricia R. Harris Educational Center School building and site located at 4600 Livingston Road, S.E., in Ward 8, to expand upon its collegiate mission and Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning Program by continuing to provide Vocational Education and Community College of the District of Columbia courses.
"(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the Mayor submits to the Council a proposed resolution pursuant to section 1(b) of An Act Authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public purposes, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1211; D.C. Official Code § 10-801(b)), to dispose of the Patricia R. Harris Educational Center School building that contains a provision to lease or sublease space in the building to the University of the District of Columbia and such resolution is approved by the Council."
“Sec. 3021. Relocation of headquarters for Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and Department of Corrections.
“(a) The headquarters of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and the headquarters of the Department of Corrections shall not be relocated to or housed in the Patricia R. Harris Education Center and no funds shall be expended for those purposes.
§ 10–509.01. Designation of District employees to protect life and property outside the District; powers of arrest; weapons and uniforms.
(3) To arrest without warrant within such buildings or grounds, any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony in such buildings or grounds.
(b) Any individual having the power to arrest as provided in subsection (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons and shall wear such uniform with such identification badge as the Mayor may direct or the Council by regulation may prescribe.
This section is referenced in § 10-509.01a, § 10-509.04, and § 10-509.05.
Restriction on use of funds: Section 133 of Pub. L. 102-382, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993, provided that none of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia to operate, after June 1, 1993, the juvenile detention facility known as the Cedar Knoll Facility, and the Mayor shall transmit a plan and timetable for closing the Cedar Knoll Facility to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate by January 15, 1993.
Authority to Director of Department of Administrative Services delegated: See Mayor’s Order 85-4, January 17, 1985.
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402 (188, 189) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
§ 10–509.01a. Escape from juvenile facilities.
No child who has been committed to a juvenile facility shall escape or attempt to escape from a District of Columbia institution described in § 10-509.01. No person shall aid or abet any person to violate this section.
§ 10–509.02. Council authorized to make rules and regulations.
The Council of the District of Columbia may make and amend such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the protection of life and property in or on the buildings and grounds of any such institution.
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402 (190) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
§ 10–509.03. Penalty for violation of rules and regulations.
Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
§ 10–509.04. Acceptance of collateral for appearance before United States Magistrate; deposit of collateral.
The officer on duty in command of those employees designated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia as provided in § 10-509.01 may accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under this subchapter, for appearance in court or before the appropriate United States Magistrate; and such collateral shall be deposited with the United States Magistrate sitting in the district where the offense has been committed.
§ 10–509.05. Reciprocal agreements with states.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia may enter into agreements with any of the states, or any political subdivision thereof, where any such institution mentioned in § 10-509.01 is located, for such governmental services as the Mayor shall deem necessary to the efficient and proper government of such institution, and they may, from time to time, agree to modifications in any such agreement; provided, that where the charge for any such service is established by the laws of the state within whose territorial limits such institution is situated, the Mayor may not pay for such service an amount in excess of the charge so established. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the making of payment for services under any such agreement.
§ 10–511.01. Tunnel under Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden grounds — Required.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed, in constructing, maintaining, and operating a vehicular tunnel in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, extending from the vicinity of 2nd and C Streets Southwest, to the vicinity of 3rd and Constitution Avenue Northwest, as a part of the Innerloop Freeway System, to locate a portion of such tunnel under square W-576, which is a part of the United States Botanic Garden grounds, and reservation 12, which is a part of the United States Capitol Grounds.
§ 10–511.02. Tunnel under Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden grounds — Construction.
Subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol and to such conditions as he may prescribe, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to make such use of square W-576 and reservations 12 and 6B as may be necessary for the construction of the tunnel, including borings and other preliminary work and storing of materials, and the reconstruction of that section of the Tiber Creek sewer located under square W-576 and reservation 6B.
§ 10–511.03. Tunnel under Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden grounds — Right, title and interest to remain in the United States; jurisdiction and responsibility of Mayor.
Except as provided in § 10-511.06, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to grant to the Mayor of the District of Columbia any right, title, or interest in or to any real property of the United States, and reservation 12 shall in its entirety continue to be a part of the United States Capitol Grounds, and square W-576 shall in its entirety continue to be a part of the United States Botanic Garden grounds. The Mayor shall have jurisdiction and control of, and sole responsibility for the operation and maintenance of, those portions of the tunnel beneath square W-576 and reservation 12.
§ 10–511.04. Tunnel under Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden grounds — Restoration of grounds to original condition.
All areas of square W-576 and reservations 12 and 6B disturbed by reason of operations under this subchapter shall, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, be restored to their original condition to the satisfaction of the Architect of the Capitol.
§ 10–511.05. Tunnel under Capitol Grounds and Botanic Garden grounds — United States not to incur expense or liability.
Except as provided in § 10-511.06, the United States shall not incur any expense or liability whatsoever under or by reason of this subchapter, or be liable under any claim of any nature or kind that may arise from the construction, or the operation or maintenance, of that portion of the tunnel authorized by this subchapter.
§ 10–511.06. Conveyance of real property for Innerloop Freeway System.
The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to convey to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, for purposes of constructing the Innerloop Freeway System, all, or so much as he determines necessary, of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to reservations 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6F, and 286 in the District of Columbia. Any real property conveyed under this section shall thereafter be under the sole jurisdiction and control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
This section is referenced in § 10-511.03 and § 10-511.05.
§ 10–511.07. Area authorized for construction of vehicular tunnel; conditions.
(3) The surface ingress and egress to such property is not limited.
§ 10–513.01. Prior notice for federal activities affecting district property.
Pub. L. 105-33, title XI, § 11715, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 784, added this section.

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