Long Bridge Act of 2020

Long Bridge Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to convey to Virginia or the District of Columbia any federal land or interest in federal land under the jurisdiction of the NPS that is identified by Virginia or the District as necessary for the Long Bridge Project, a project to expand commuter and regional passenger rail service and provide bicycle and pedestrian access crossings over the Potomac River.

The NPS may allow the temporary use of any federal land under the jurisdiction of the NPS that is identified by Virginia or the District as necessary for the construction of the Long Bridge Project.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7489 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7489

      To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
 Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia certain Federal 
land under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service 
 for the construction of rail and other infrastructure, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2020

  Mr. Wittman (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cline, Mr. Griffith, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Luria, and 
    Mr. Brown of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
      To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
 Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia certain Federal 
land under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service 
 for the construction of rail and other infrastructure, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Long Bridge Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Conveyances Authorized.--On request of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, the Secretary of 
the Interior may, subject to any terms and conditions that the 
Secretary determines to be necessary, convey to the Commonwealth of 
Virginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, any Federal land 
or interest in Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
that is identified by the Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of 
Columbia, as applicable, as necessary for the Long Bridge Project.
    (b) Reversion.--If any portion of the Federal land or interest in 
Federal land conveyed under subsection (a) is no longer being used for 
railroad purposes or recreational use, title to the portion of the 
Federal land or interest in the portion of the Federal land shall 
revert to the Secretary, on a determination by the Secretary that the 
portion of the Federal land has been remediated and restored to a 
condition determined to be satisfactory by the Secretary.
    (c) Temporary Use.--The Secretary may allow the temporary use of 
any Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that is 
identified by the Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia, 
as applicable, as necessary for the construction of the Long Bridge 
Project, subject to any terms and conditions determined to be necessary 
by the Secretary.
    (d) Recovery of Costs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may recover from the Commonwealth of Virginia or the 
District of Columbia, as applicable, all costs incurred by the 
Secretary in providing or procuring necessary services associated with 
a conveyance under subsection (a) or use authorized under subsection 
(c), with such amounts to remain available to the Secretary until 
expended, without further appropriation.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Long bridge project.--The term ``Long Bridge Project'' 
        means the project consisting of improvements to the Long Bridge 
        and related railroad infrastructure between Rossyln (RO) 
        Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, and L'Enfant (LE) 
        Interlocking near 10th Street SW in the District of Columbia, 
        the purpose of which is to expand commuter and regional 
        passenger rail service and provide bicycle and pedestrian 
        access crossings over the Potomac River.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
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