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[H.R. 4984 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 648
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4984
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 29, 2024
Received
March 5, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
November 21, 2024
Reported by Mr. Manchin, without amendment
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AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative
jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the
District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for
purposes including residential and commercial development, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus Revitalization Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER RFK MEMORIAL
STADIUM CAMPUS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Exercise of Transfer Authority.--
(1) Transfer.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
(hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting under the
authority of section 8124 of title 40, United States Code
(except as provided under paragraph (2)), shall transfer
administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus (hereafter referred to as the ``Campus'') to the
District of Columbia (hereafter referred to as the
``District''), subject to a Declaration of Covenants with the
District which is consistent with the succeeding provisions of
this Act and which includes such other terms and conditions as
may be agreed to by the Secretary and the District.
(2) Waiver of requirement for prior recommendation of
national capital planning commission.--The second sentence of
section 8124(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall not
apply to the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus under this section.
(3) No effect on status of ownership of campus.--Consistent
with section 8124 of title 40, United States Code, the transfer
of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this
section does not change the status of the ownership of the
Campus by the United States.
(b) Development and Uses of Campus.--After transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section, the
District may develop and use, and permit the development and use of,
the Campus for any of the following purposes:
(1) Stadium purposes, including training facilities,
offices, and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
(2) Commercial and residential development.
(3) Facilities, open space, and public outdoor
opportunities, which may include supporting cultural
activities, educational activities, and recreational
activities, as such terms are defined in section 3306(a) of
title 40, United States Code.
(4) Such other public purposes for which the Campus was
used or approved for use prior to June 1, 1985.
(5) Demolition purposes to facilitate development and use
of the Campus under subparagraphs (1) through (4).
(c) Specific Requirements Relating to Development and Use of
Campus.--The Declaration of Covenants entered into under subsection
(a)(1) shall include provisions to require the District to meet the
following requirements as a condition of the development and use of the
Campus as set forth under subsection (b) after transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section:
(1) The District shall ensure that the development and use
does not materially degrade or adversely impact any lands under
the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the
restoration of the wetlands south of Kingman Island.
(2) The District shall designate, develop, operate, and
maintain at least 30 percent of the Campus (excluding the
riparian area of the Campus as defined in subsection (g)(2)) as
the ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Park'' as parks and open space
to provide land for passive and active outdoor recreation and
shall require that portion to be reserved for such purposes for
the duration of the transfer.
(3) The District shall ensure that the development and use
provides for improved public access to the Anacostia River and
shall not interrupt the Anacostia River Trail.
(4) The District shall, to the extent necessary, ensure
that parking facilities are provided to accommodate the
development.
(5) The District shall provide for adequate public safety
and security measures and resources in the planning and ongoing
management of the development.
(6) The District shall carry out measures that, to the
greatest extent practicable, will reduce the impact of noise
and traffic of the development on surrounding residential areas
in the District.
(7) The District shall operate and maintain the riparian
area of the Campus in accordance with subsection (g).
(8) The District shall ensure that no Member of Congress,
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress, or any other
official of the Government of the United States or the
Government of the District of Columbia shall be admitted to any
share or part of any lease entered into by the District in the
exercise of the administrative jurisdiction over the Campus
transferred under this section, or to any benefit that may
arise therefrom, including any contract or agreement made,
entered into, or accepted by or on behalf of the District as a
result of this section. Nothing in the previous sentence may be
construed to apply to a person who is a shareholder or other
beneficial owner of any publicly held corporation or other
entity, if the lease is for the general benefit of such
corporation or other entity.
(d) Survey.--
(1) Requiring survey.--As soon as practicable after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the District shall conduct a
survey of the Campus, which shall determine the exact acreage
and legal description of the Campus by a boundary survey
prepared by a qualified Federally-, State-, or District-
licensed surveyor who is approved by the Secretary.
(2) Submission to congress.--Upon completion, the survey
conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to--
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate.
(3) Incorporation in declaration of covenants for
transfer.--The survey conducted under paragraph (1) shall be
incorporated in the Declaration of Covenants entered into under
subsection (a)(1).
(4) Availability of survey and map for public inspection.--
The survey conducted under paragraph (1), together with the map
of the Campus referred to in subsection (m), shall be kept on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the Secretary.
(e) Memorandum of Understanding.--As a condition of the development
and use of the Campus after transfer of administrative jurisdiction
over the Campus under this section, the Secretary and the District
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to determine an
allocation of the costs of carrying out all responsibilities of the
United States and the District with respect to the Campus under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), including any costs of any response action with
respect to any contamination present on the Campus.
(f) Costs.--
(1) Costs of transfer.--The District shall be responsible
for payment of any costs of carrying out the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section,
including--
(A) any costs of carrying out the survey under
subsection (d); and
(B) any costs of carrying out any environmental
analysis required under Federal law.
(2) Costs after transfer.--Except as provided under the
memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (e),
the Secretary shall not be responsible for payment of any costs
or expenses that are incurred by the District or any other
party (other than the United States) associated with the Campus
after the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under this
section.
(g) Special Rules for Riparian Area.--
(1) Restriction on development and use.--The Declaration of
Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions to ensure that the riparian area of the Campus may
not be developed or used for any purposes other than the
continuing maintenance of any development, use, or
infrastructure (including roads and pathways) existing at the
time of the execution of the transfer of administrative
jurisdiction over the Campus under this section.
(2) Riparian area of the campus defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``riparian area of the Campus'' means the
area designated in the map referred to in subsection (m) as
``Riparian Area (Area F)''.
(h) Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds for Stadium.--The Declaration
of Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions to ensure that the District may not use Federal funds for
stadium purposes on the Campus, including training facilities, offices,
and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
(i) Term.--The transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus under this section shall be in effect for a term of not less
than 99 years, and may be renewed for subsequent periods agreed to by
the Secretary and the District.
(j) Reversion of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
(1) Grounds for reversion.--The Declaration of Covenants
entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include provisions
stating that administrative jurisdiction over the Campus
transferred under this section shall revert to the Secretary if
each of the following occurs:
(A) The terms and conditions of the Declaration of
Covenants have not been complied with, as reasonably
determined by the Secretary.
(B) Such noncompliance has not been corrected
within 90 days after written notice of such
noncompliance has been received by the District. Such
noncompliance shall be treated as corrected if the
District and the Secretary enter into an agreement that
the Secretary finds adequate to ensure that the Campus
will be developed and used in a manner consistent with
the purposes referred to in subsection (b).
(2) Timing.--The Secretary may not seek the reversion of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this
subsection before the expiration of 90 days after the date on
which written notice of the alleged violation is received by
the District. The notice shall include notice of the
Secretary's intention for administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus to revert to the Secretary.
(3) Cost of rehabilitating property.--The Declaration of
Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions requiring the District to bear the actual cost of
removing structures from or rehabilitating the Campus if
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus reverts to the
Secretary under this subsection.
(k) Rule of Construction Related to the Applicability to the
Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(l) Conforming Amendment; Termination of Existing Lease.--Effective
on the date of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus under this section--
(1) the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (sec. 3-
321 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed; and
(2) the lease dated January 14, 1988, between the United
States and the District for the use of the Campus, as
authorized by section 7(b)(1)(B) of such Act (sec. 3-
326(b)(1)(B), D.C. Official Code), is terminated.
(m) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus'' means the approximately 174 acres of Federal land as
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Anacostia Park, Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus - Transfer of Administrative
Jurisdiction'', numbered 831/189,767, and dated January 2024.
Calendar No. 648
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4984
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative
jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the
District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for
purposes including residential and commercial development, and for
other purposes.
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November 21, 2024
Reported without amendment