Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)

[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2275-S2276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT IN THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 352, H.R. 2297.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

A bill (H.R. 2297) to promote the development of the
Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes.

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Lieberman
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon
the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any related
statements be printed in the Record as if read.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 1998) was agreed to, as follows:

(Purpose: To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation of the
Corps of Engineers at Potomac River, Washington Channel, District of
Columbia)

On page 5, after line 6, add the following:

SEC. 4. PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, WASHINGTON CHANNEL, DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.

(a) In General.--The portion of the project for navigation
of the Corps of Engineers at Potomac River, Washington
Channel, District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of
August 30, 1935 (chapter 831; 49 Stat. 1028), and described
in subsection (b), is deauthorized.
(b) Description of Project.--The deauthorized portion of
the project for navigation is as follows: Beginning at
Washington Harbor Channel Geometry Centerline of the 400-
foot-wide main navigational ship channel, Centerline Station
No. 103+73.12, coordinates North 441948.20, East 1303969.30,
as stated and depicted on the Condition Survey Anacostia,
Virginia, Washington and Magazine Bar Shoal Channels,
Washington, D.C., Sheet 6 of 6, prepared by the United States
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore district, July 2007;
thence departing the aforementioned centerline traveling the
following courses and distances: N. 40 degrees 10 minutes 45
seconds E., 200.00 feet to a point, on the outline of said
400-foot-wide channel thence binding on said outline the
following 3 courses and distances: S. 49 degrees 49 minutes
15 seconds E., 1,507.86 feet to a point, thence; S. 29
degrees 44 minutes 42 seconds E., 2,083.17 feet to a point,
thence; S. 11 degrees 27 minutes 04 seconds E., 363.00 feet
to a point, thence; S. 78 degrees 32 minutes 56 seconds W.,
200.00 feet to a point binding on the centerline of the 400-
foot-wide main navigational channel at computed Centerline
Station No. 65+54.31, coordinates North 438923.9874, East
1306159.9738, thence; continuing with the aforementioned
centerline the following courses and distances: N. 11 degrees
27 minutes 04 seconds W., 330.80 feet to a point, Centerline
Station No. 68+85.10, thence; N. 29 degrees 44 minutes 42
seconds W., 2,015.56 feet to a point, Centerline Station No.
89+00.67, thence; N. 49 degrees 49 minutes 15 seconds W.,
1,472.26 feet to the point of beginning, the area in total
containing a computed area of 777,284 square feet or 17.84399
acres of riparian water way.
The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a
third time.
The bill (H.R. 2297), as amended, was read the third time and passed,
as follows:

H.R. 2297

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2297) entitled ``An Act to promote the development of
the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes.'', do pass with the following amendment:
On page 5, after line 10, add the following:

SEC. 4. PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, WASHINGTON CHANNEL, DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.

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