[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8257

  To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a withdrawn 
    rule relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in 
                Washington, DC, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2024

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a withdrawn 
    rule relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in 
                Washington, DC, 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 ``Washington Channel Public Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RULE.

    The Secretary of the Army may not finalize, implement, or enforce 
the withdrawn rule entitled ``Washington Channel, Fort McNair, 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.
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