[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.

       (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.

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