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[H.R. 4192 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4192

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the height of buildings 
 in the District of Columbia'' to clarify the rules of the District of 
Columbia regarding human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of 
            the building upon which the penthouse is placed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF RULES APPLYING TO HUMAN OCCUPANCY OF 
PENTHOUSES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUILDINGS.
    (a) Permitting Human Occupancy of Penthouses Within Certain Height 
Limit.--The eighth paragraph of section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia'', 
approved June 1, 1910 (sec. 6-601.05(h), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``penthouses over elevator shafts,'' and 
    inserting ``penthouses,''; and
        (2) by striking ``and no floor or compartment thereof shall be 
    constructed or used for human occupancy above the top story of the 
    building upon which such structures are placed'' and inserting 
    ``and, except in the case of a penthouse which is erected to a 
    height of one story of 20 feet or less above the level of the roof, 
    no floor or compartment thereof shall be constructed or used for 
    human occupancy above the top story of the building upon which such 
    structures are placed''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.