[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11484]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO AMEND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STADIUM ACT OF 
  1957 TO EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50 YEARS THE LEASE UNDER WHICH THE 
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA USES THE GROUND UNDER AND THE 
 PARKING FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL STADIUM

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 24, 2017

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce a bill to extend the 
District of Columbia's lease with the National Park Service to use the 
land under Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (RFK) by 50 years, for a 
total period of 100 years.
  RFK Stadium--a memorial to a great civil rights champion, a former 
United States Senator and U.S. Attorney General--has seen better days. 
The District has put together a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate not 
just the stadium, but the surrounding area to include more green space 
for public use, sports fields, pedestrian bridges to connect the area 
to Wards 7 and 8, and a memorial more fitting to the legacy of Robert 
F. Kennedy. In order to get started on these improvements, a lease 
extension is required to ensure that the city is able to secure 
financing.
  I urge my colleagues to support the bill.

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