[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2176 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2176

To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to authorize the 
   construction, maintenance, and operation of a new stadium in the 
             District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 1993

   Ms. Norton (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred jointly to the Committees on the District of Columbia and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to authorize the 
   construction, maintenance, and operation of a new stadium in the 
             District of Columbia, 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 ``District of Columbia Stadium Act of 
1957 Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF A NEW STADIUM.

    The District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 619; D.C. 
Code sections 2-321 through 2-330) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section:
    ``Sec. 12. (a)(1) The District of Columbia is authorized to use, 
for a period not to exceed 99 years from the date of enactment of the 
District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 Amendments of 1993, a portion 
of the lands adjacent to the stadium constructed pursuant to section 2 
(known as `Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium'), as generally shown on 
the map identified as `Map to Designate Location of Stadiums and Lease 
of Parking Lots to the District', and further identified as National 
Park Service Drawing No. 831/87306, for the purposes of constructing, 
maintaining, and operating, itself or through a third party, either 
public or private, a new stadium, or any replacement of a new stadium.
    ``(2) The use of the new stadium shall not be limited by the 
seating capacity, cost, and other provisions in section 2.
    ``(3) Nothing in section 7(b), or any lease or deed executed 
pursuant thereto, or in this section, shall be construed to limit the 
authority or ability of the District of Columbia to sublease or 
otherwise encumber the said portion to a third party, either public or 
private, for--
            ``(A) any use consistent with the use authorized by this 
        section; and
            ``(B) any term not exceeding that which is authorized in 
        this section.
    ``(b)(1)(A) Except for those lands used by the District of Columbia 
for the new stadium authorized by subsection (a), the use of the lands 
leased to the District of Columbia for stadium and stadium parking lots 
purposes pursuant to section 7(b) shall continue in accord with the 
provisions of that section subject to the provisions of subparagraphs 
(B) and (C).
    ``(B) The term of the authorized use of the lands leased to the 
District of Columbia for stadium and stadium parking lots is extended 
for a period not to exceed 99 years from the date of enactment of the 
District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 Amendments of 1993.
    ``(C) Nothing in section 7(b), or any lease or deed executed 
pursuant thereto, or in this section, shall be construed to limit the 
authority or ability of the District of Columbia to sublease or 
otherwise encumber the lands to a third party, either public or 
private, for--
            ``(i) any use consistent with the use authorized by section 
        7(b) and this section: and
            ``(ii) any term not exceeding that which is authorized in 
        this section.
    ``(2) The responsibility and authority for construction, 
maintenance, and operation of the parking lots on the lands leased to 
the District of Columbia for parking lots purposes is vested 
exclusively in the District of Columbia. Such responsibility and 
authority for the parking lots may be assigned by the District of 
Columbia to a third party under any sublease executed pursuant to the 
authority provided in this section. The National Park Service shall not 
be responsible for construction, maintenance, or operation of the 
parking lots, or any cost arising therefrom.
    ``(c)(1)(A) Except for the lands described in subparagraph (B), the 
lands designated as `Area F' on the map entitled `Map to designate 
Location of Stadiums and Lease of Parking Lots to the District', and 
further identified as National Park Service Drawing No. 831/87306 
(hereinafter referred to as `Area F'), are leased to the District of 
Columbia. Such lands may be used by the District of Columbia, or any 
sublessee of the District of Columbia, for the stadium parking lots 
purposes specified in section 7(b), during the term of use of stadium 
parking lots authorized by subsection (b)(1) of this section, only for 
`overflow' parking, that is not to exceed 2,000 automobiles, and only 
when all other stadium striped parking spaces are filled to capacity.
    ``(B) The area described in subparagraph (A) excludes that area of 
land used by the District of Columbia for the new stadium authorized by 
subsection (a) of this section.
    ``(2) The use of Area F shall be in accord with the terms and 
conditions specified in an agreement between the National Park Service 
and the District of Columbia. The terms and conditions specified in 
such agreement shall be reasonable and necessary to ensure that Area F 
is maintained as grassed park land suitable for public recreational 
uses.
    ``(3) The National Park Service shall not be responsible for 
improvement, maintenance, or operation of Area F, or any costs arising 
therefrom.
    ``(d) The responsibility and authority for construction, 
maintenance, naming, and operation of the new stadium authorized by 
subsection (a) of this section is vested exclusively in the District of 
Columbia. Such responsibility and authority for the new stadium may be 
assigned by the District of Columbia to a third party, either public or 
private. The National Park Service shall not be responsible for 
construction, maintenance, naming, or operation of the new stadium, or 
any costs arising therefrom.
    ``(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act entitled `An Act to 
regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia', approved 
June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452; D.C. Code 5-401 through 5-409), a stadium 
authorized by subsection (a) may be constructed if--
            ``(1) the design has been reviewed by the Commission of 
        Fine Arts; and
            ``(2) reviewed and approved by the National Capital 
        Planning Commission.''.

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