Joint resolution to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United State to transfer from the United States to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain real property in said District
PL 89-317 (H.J.Res.397), enacted 11/02/1965

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Public Law 89-317 
November 2, 19 65 
J O I N T 
R E S O L U T I O N 
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L_ To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the 
United State® to transfer from the United States to the District of Columbia 
Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain real property in said District. 
D.C. Code 47 
720 and note, 
D.C. Code 
-70 1 note. 
Whereas, pursuant to the applicable provisions of Acts of February 12, 
1^1 (31 Stat 767), and February 28, 1903 (32 Stat. 909), herein-
47-718 and note. 
after referred to as the "Union Station Acts", certain streets within 
the District of Columbia were "completely vacated and abandoned 
by the public and closed to public use" and "vacated, abandoned, 
and closed", and the use thereof granted to the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad Company, the terminal company provided for in section 
10 of such Act approved February 12, 1901, and the Philadelphia, 
Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company, the latter company 
having thereafter leased said street area to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company under a nine hundred and ninety-nine-year lease 
(said companies collectively being hereinafter referred to as the 
"railroads") for the railroad use prescribed in the Union Station 
Acts, subject to taxation by the District of Columbia; and 
Whereas said grant by the Congress of the use of these street areas 
was, in part, consideration for the dedication by the railroads to the 
District of Columbia for street and highway purposes of certain land 
owned in fee simple by the railroads; and 
Whereas the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 (60 
Stat. 790), as amended (title 5, chap. 7, D.C. Code, 1961 ed.) (here-
inafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Act"), requires the Dis-
trict of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the "Agency") to carry out duly adopted urban renewal 
plans, and the duly adopted urban renewal plan for Southwest urban 
renewal project area C requires acquisition by the Agency of cer-
tain properties within and abutting said street areas and redevelop-
ment of said properties for other than railroad use; and 
Whereas, for value received, the railroads sold to the Agency the fee 
simple title to those portions of said properties owned by them in 
fee simple, as well as all right, title, and interest in the former street, 
alley, and other United States-owned reservations vested in them by 
the Union Station Acts; and 
Whereas, notwithstanding that sale by the railroads, the United States 
continues to own bare legal title to said properties covered by the 
Union Station Acts and, in order for the Agency to exercise its 
responsibilities and duties under said urban renewal plan and said 
Redevelopment Act, it is necessary that title to these properties be 
transferred to, and vested in, the Agency for subsequent sale or lease 
for private development: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
X raiisier i 
States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That, in accordance with the 
reai'^rop^erty.'^'"' provisious of this joiut rcsolution, the Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia, consistent with their approval of the urban renewal plan 
requiring such action, are authorized and directed on behalf of the 
United States of America to transfer to the Agency all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the following real prop-
erties in the District of Columbia: 
(a) Part of Maryland Avenue Southwest, of Thirteen-and-a-Half 
Street Southwest, and of Thirteenth Street Southwest, described as 
follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the northerly line of 
Maryland Avenue Southwest, with the east line of Fourteenth Street 
D.C. 
Transfer of U.S. 
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Southwest, and running thence along the said northerly line of Mary-
land Avenue in a northeasterly direction 256.25 feet to the west line of 
Thirteen-and-a-Half Street Southwest; 
thence along the said line of Thirteen-and-a-Half Street due 
north 251.67 feet to the south line of D Street Southwest; 
thence due east 70.0 feet to the east line of Thirteen-and-a-
Half Street; 
thence along the said east line of Thirteen-and-a-Half Street 
due south 226.50 feet to the northerly line of Maryland Avenue; 
thence along the said line of Maryland Avenue in a north-
easterly direction 256.50 feet to the west line of Thirteenth Street 
Southwest; 
thence along the said west line of Thirteenth Street due north 
140.92 feet to the south line of D Street; 
thence due east 110.0 feet to the east line of Thirteenth Street 
Southwest; 
thence along the said line of Thirteenth Street due south 101.67 
feet to the northerly line of Maryland Avenue; 
thence along the northerly line of Maryland Avenue in a north-
easterly direction 255.85 feet; 
thence leaving the said line of Maryland Avenue and running 
along the arc of a circle, the radius of which is 811.27 feet, a 
central angle of 1 degree 40 minutes 55 seconds, deflecting to the 
left an arc distance of 23.82 feet; 
thence south 70 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 592.28 feet; 
thence south 64 degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds west 146.81 feet; 
thence along the arc of a circle, the radius of which is 60.0 feet, 
a central angle of 60 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds, deflecting to 
the right an arc distance of 63.47 feet to a point of tangent; 
thence south 60 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds west 184.47 feet; 
thence north 51 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds west 38.0 feet 
to a point of curve; 
thence along the arc of a circle, the radius of which is 47.0 feet, 
a central angle of 51 degrees 37 minutes, deflecting to the right 
an arc distance of 42.34 feet to a point of tangent; 
thence due north 30.06 feet to the point of beginning, containing 
61,786.20 square feet; 
all as shown on plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Surveyor 
of the District of Columbia in survey book 173, page 458. 
(b) Part of Thirteenth Street Southwest, closed, part of Thirteen-
and-a-Half Street Southwest, closed, and part of E Street Southwest, 
closed, as per plat recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District 
of Columbia in book 140, page 73, described in one piece, as follows: 
Beginning for the same at a point in the southerly line of Maryland 
Avenue Southwest, said point being south 70 degrees 28 minutes 40 
seconds west 361.01 feet from the intersection of the west line of 
Twelfth Street Southwest, with the said southerly line of Maryland 
Avenue, said point being also the northwesterly comer of original 
square 299; and running thence along the east line of Thirteenth Street 
Southwest, closed, due south 409.71 feet; 
thence due west 95.59 feet; 
thence north 71 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds west 15.21 feet 
to the west line of said Thirteenth Street closed; 
thence along said line due north 79.47 feet to the south line of 
E Street Southwest, closed, said point being also the northeast 
corner of original square 270; 
thence along the south line of said E Street closed due west 
234.62 feet; 
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thence north 71 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds west 106.13 feet; 
thence north 51 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds west 90.15 feet 
to the north line of said E Street closed; 
thence along said line due east 94.12 feet to the west line of 
Thirteenth-and-a-Half Street Southwest, closed, said point being 
also the southeast comer of original square east-of-267; 
thence along the west line of said Thirteen-and-a-Half Street 
closed due north 85.83 feet to the said southerly line of Maryland 
Avenue; 
thence along said line north 70 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds 
east 74.27 feet to the east line of said Thirteen-and-a-Half Street 
closed, said point being also the northwesterly corner of original 
square 269 ; 
thence along the east line of said Thirteen-and-a-Half Street 
closed due south 110.65 feet to the north line of said E Street 
closed; 
thence along said line due east 241.66 feet to the west line of 
said Thirteenth Street closed; 
thence along said line due north 196.33 feet to the southerly 
line of said Maryland Avenue; 
thence along said line north 70 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds 
east 116.71 feet to the point of beginning, containing 80,206.53 
square feet; 
all as shown on plat of computation recorded in the Office of the Sur-
veyor of the District of Columbia in survey book 183, page 81. 
(c) Part of Maryland Avenue Southwest, described as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the west line of 
Twelfth Street Southwest, with the southerly line of Maryland Ave-
nue Southwest, said point being also the northeasterly corner of 
original square 299; and running thence along the said southerly line 
of Maryland Avenue south 70 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds west 
889.79 feet; 
thence north 53 degrees 21 minutes 10 seconds east 104.83 feet; 
thence north 72 degrees 43 minutes 00 seconds east 790.21 feet 
to the point of beginning, containing 13,733.95 square feet; 
all as shown on plat of computation recorded in the Office of the Sur-
veyor of the District of Columbia in survey book 183, page 81. 
(d) Parts of Third Street Southwest, Fourth Street Southwest, and 
Virginia Avenue Southwest, abutting square 537, described in one 
piece as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the north line of E 
Street Southwest, wdth the west line of Third Street Southwest, said 
point also being the southeast corner of said square 537, and running 
thence along the said line of Third Street, due north 122.08 feet to the 
southerly line of Virginia Avenue Southwest; 
thence along said line of Virginia Avenue in a northwesterly 
direction 598.0 feet to the east line of Fourth Street Southwest; 
thence along said line of Fourth Street due south 323.33 feet to 
the southwest corner of said square 537; 
thence due w^est 13.0 feet; 
thence due north 373.68 feet; 
thence in a southeasterly direction, parallel with and 16.0 feet 
south 
west 
wardly at right angles from the centerline of track 
numbered 1 of railroad of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and 
Washington Railroad Ct>mpany, 633.12 feet; 
thence due south 160.60 feet; 
thence due west 19.36 feet to the point of beginning, contain-
ing 33,698.44 square feet; 
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all as shown on plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Surveyor 
of the District of Columbia in survey book 1Y4, page 413. 
(e) Parts of Third Street Southwest, Virginia Avenue Southwest, 
and public space abutting square N-583, described in one piece, as 
follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the north line of E 
Street Southwest, with the east line of Third Street Southwest, said 
point also being the southwest corner of square N-583, and running 
thence due west 20.42 feet; 
thence due north 135.50 feet; 
thence in a southeasterly direction, parallel with and 16.0 feet 
south 
west 
wardly at right angles from the centerline of track 
numbered 1 of railroad of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and 
Washington Railroad Company, 390.04 feet; 
thence due south 4.23 feet; 
thence due west 225.71 feet to the southeast corner of said 
square N-583; 
thence along said square due north 40.0 feet to the southwesterly 
line of Virginia Avenue Southwest; 
thence along said line in a northwesterly direction 128.33 feet 
to the said east line of Third Street; 
thence along said line due south 82.67 feet to the point of begin-
ning, continuing 18,229.36 square feet; 
all as shown on plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Surveyor 
of the District of Columbia in survey book 174, page 413. 
(f) Part of Virginia Avenue, Sixth Street, and public space 
abutting square S-463, described as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the west line of Sixth 
Street, southw^est, with the northerly line of Virginia Avenue, said 
point of beginning being also the most southerly corner of square 
S-463; and running thence along the said west line of Sixth Street 
due north 75.33 feet; 
thence due east 9.25 feet; 
thence due south 106.15 feet; 
thence in a northwesterly direction along the line 25.90 feet 
from and parallel to the said northerly line of Virginia Avenue 
north 70 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds west 522.42 feet; 
thence due north 20.0 feet; 
thence due east 134.24 feet to the northwest corner of said 
square S-463; 
thence along the west line of said square due south 40.58 feet to 
the said northerly line of Virginia Avenue; 
thence in a southeasterly direction along the said northerly line 
of Virginia Avenue south 70 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds east 
370.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 16,461.50 square 
feet; 
all as shown on plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Surveyor 
of the District o
f
* Columbia in survey book 176, page 372. 
(g) Part of D Street and Maryland Avenue, southwest, described 
as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the southeast corner of square 386, and 
running thence due south 14.26 feet; 
thence due west 605.71 feet to a point of curve; 
thence along the arc of a circle, the radius of which is 600.0 feet, 
deflecting to the left an arc distance of 125.58 feet; 
thence north 70 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds east 774.97 feet; 
thence due south 47.51 feet to the northeast corner of said 
square 386; 
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thence along the northwesterly boundary of said square in a 
southwesterly direction 432.25 feet to the northwest corner of said 
square; 
thence due south 40.0 feet to the southwest corner of said 
square; 
thence along the southerly boundary of said square due east 
407.42 feet to the point of beginning, containing 39,922.0 square 
feet; 
all as shown on plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Surveyor 
of the District of Columbia in survey book 173, page 396. 
SEC. 2. The Agency is hereby authorized in accordance with the 
D°c*code°' 
Redevelopment Act, to lease or sell, as an entirety or parts thereof 
note. • 
separately, to one or more redevelopment companies or other lessees 
or purchasers, such real property as may be transferred to the Agency 
under the authority of this joint resolution. 
Transfer of 
SEQ_ 3_ xhe Ageucv is authorized to transfer to the government of 
the District oi Columbia all right, title, and interest oi the Agency 
in that portion of the right-of-way formerly occupied by the rail-
roads, which is now a part of the land included in the District of 
Columbia highway system, for which the Agency compensated the 
railroads and acquired the interest of said railroads, and the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized in this 
instance to pay the Agency the sum of $82,896 for said sites, which are 
described as follows: 
(a) Part of Thirteen-and-a-Half Street Southwest, and E Street 
Southwest described in one piece as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the east line of Thirteen-
and-a-Half Street Southwest with the northeasterly line of Maine 
Avenue Southwest; and running thence north 51 degrees 37 minutes 
00 seconds west 119.22 feet to the southerly line of said Thirteen-and-
a-Half Street and E Street closed b^ plat recorded in the Office of the 
Surveyor of the District of Columbia in book 140, page 73; 
thence along said line south 71 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds 
east 106.13 feet to the south line of said E Street; 
thence along said line due west 7.04 feet to the east line of said 
Thirteen-and-a-Half Street; 
thence along said line due south 40.0 feet to the point of begin-
ning containing 1,990.50 square feet; 
all as shown on plat of computation recorded in the Office of the Sur-
veyor of the District of Columbia in survey book 174, page 308. 
(b) Part of Thirteenth Street Southwest, described as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the east line of Thir-
teenth Street Southwest with the northeasterly line of Maine Avenue 
Southwest; and running thence north 71 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds 
west 116.14 feet to the west line of said Thirteenth Street; 
thence along said line due north 42.37 feet to the southerly line 
of Thirteenth Street closed by plat recorded in the Office of the 
Surveyor of the District of Columbia in book 140, page 73; 
thence along said line south 71 degrees 17 minutes 15 seconds 
east 15.21 feet; 
thence still along said line due east 95.59 feet to the said east 
line of Thirteenth Street; 
thence along said line due south 74.75 feet to the point of be-
ginning containing 6,209.20 square feet; 
all as shown on plat of computation recorded in the Office of the Sur-
veyor of the District of Columbia in survey book 174, page 308. 
SEC. 4. No transfer or donation of any interest in real property 
under the authority of this joint resolution shall constitute a local 
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grant-in-aid in connection with any urban renewal project being 
undertaken with Federal assistance under title I of the Housing Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
63 stat. 4i4. 
SEC. 5. As used in this joint resolution, the terms "Agency", "lessee", 
"purchaser", "real property", "redevelopment", and "redevelopment 
company" shall have the respective meanings provided for such terms 
by section 3 of the Eedevelopment Act. 
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o stat. 791; 
Approved November 2, 1965. 
42 u s e 1450-
1465. 
72 Stat. 1102, 
D.C. Code 5-702. 
Public Law 89-318 
AN A C T 
November 2, 1965 
Providing for the acquisition and preservation by tlie United States of certain 
[H. R. 9545] 
items of evidence pertaining to the asisassination of President John F. 
Kennedy. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That it is hereby 
president john F. 
declared that the national interest requires that the United States nat'ion!^^' ^*^^^^^" 
acquire all right, title, and interest, in and to, certain items of evi- preservation of 
dence, to be designated by the Attorney General pursuant to section 2 ^"'^'^^'^'^^• 
of this Act, which were considered by the President's Commission on 
the Assassination of President Kennedy (hereinafter referred to as 
"items"), and requires that those items be preserved by the United 
States. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Attorney General is authorized to determine, from At°oVne"'Genrr'lii^^ 
time to time, which items should, in conformity with the declaration 
""^"^^ genera. 
contained in the first section of this Act, be acquired and preserved 
by the United States. Each such determination shall be published in 
Publication in 
the Federal Register. 
Federal Register. 
(b) Whenever the Attorney General determines that an item should 
be acquired and preserved by the United States, all right, title, and 
interest in and to, that item shall be vested in the United States upon 
the publication of that determination in the Federal Register. 
(c) The authority conferred upon the Attorney General by sub- Authority, ex-
section (a) of this section to make determinations shall expire one P*'^*^"" 
year from the date of enactment of this Act, and the vesting provisions 
of subsection (b) of this section shall be valid only with respect to 
items described in determinations published in the Federal Register 
within that one-year period. 
SEC. 3. The United States Court of Claims or the United States jjjfi^^°<;f"' 
district court for the judicial district wherein the claimant resides 
shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, 
to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim for just com-
pensation for any item or interest therem acquired by the United 
States pursuant to section 2 of this Act; and where such claim is filed 
in the district court the claimant may request a trial by jury: Provided^ 
That the claim is filed within one year from the date of publication 
in the Federal Register of the determination by the Attorney General 
with respect to such items. 
SEC. 4. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section Preservation o
f 
2 of this Act shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the Adminis- ^'^"'^ ^^ ^^^' 
trator of General Services for preserv^ation under such rules and 
regulations as he may prescribe. 
SEC. 5. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section 
u.s. property. 
2 of this Act shall be deemed to be personal property and records of sion."^"^ '''°''^' 
the United States for the purposes of laws relating to the custody, 
administration, and protection of personal property and records of