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[H.R. 4984 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4984
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
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,

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This Act may be cited as the ``D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus Revitalization Act''.

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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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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