[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 757 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 757

 To prohibit the construction of new facilities and structures within 
  the boundaries of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the 
Potomac River in Virginia between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the 
                  Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1999

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the construction of new facilities and structures within 
  the boundaries of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the 
Potomac River in Virginia between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the 
                  Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the shoreline along the Potomac River in the State of 
        Virginia between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Theodore 
        Roosevelt Memorial Bridge within the boundaries of the George 
        Washington Memorial Parkway is pristine and currently 
        undeveloped;
            (2) the viewshed and other resources enjoyed by the public 
        who visit Theodore Roosevelt Island and surrounding environs 
        would be negatively impacted by development along this 
        shoreline; and
            (3) in order to protect the park resources along this 
        shoreline, construction of new facilities and structures must 
        be prohibited.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT PROHIBITION.

    (a) Prohibition.--No facility or structure may be constructed after 
the enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and 
the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge along the Potomac River in the 
State of Virginia. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
prohibit the repair or reconstruction of any part of the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway.
    (b) Map.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, shall prepare a map showing the 
specific boundaries of the prohibition per subsection (a) of this 
section. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the office of the Director of the National Park Service.
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