[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4599 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4599

To authorize the lease of certain property transferred to the District 
                  of Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the lease of certain property transferred to 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 ``National Children's Island Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

    In order to accomplish the purposes for which the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, 
transferred to the District of Columbia administrative jurisdiction 
over a portion of land in the District of Columbia identified as United 
States Reservation 343, Section F, as specified on the plat map 
recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia as 
S.O. 92-252, pursuant to authority provided in sections 1 and 2 of the 
Act of May 20, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 122 and 123) and D.C. Code 8-111 and 8-
112, and as approved by the Council of the District of Columbia by 
Resolution 10-14, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby 
authorized, under such terms and conditions as are consistent with the 
purposes specified in such transfer of jurisdiction to--
            (1) lease the property so transferred for an initial term 
        not to exceed 35 years, and an additional renewal term not to 
        exceed 30 years; and
        (2) after completion of all required environmental studies and 
        reports, allow construction of improvements of such property.

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