D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act
This act transfers the administration of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia.
The District, after the transfer, may develop and use, and permit the development and use of, the campus for the following purposes:
The Declaration of Covenants must include specified requirements for the District, including that the District must (1) ensure that development does not adversely impact National Park Service lands, and (2) designate at least 30% of the campus as parks and open space.
The District must conduct a survey of the campus and submit it to Congress.
The Department of the Interior and the District must enter into a memorandum of understanding to determine an allocation of certain environmental and cleanup costs.
The act (1) prohibits the use of federal funds for stadium purposes; and (2) sets the term of the transfer, subject to reversion under specified circumstances.
[118th Congress Public Law 274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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D.C. ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL
STADIUM CAMPUS REVITALIZATION ACT
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Public Law 118-274
118th Congress
An Act
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative
jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the
District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for
purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other
purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 6, 2025 - [H.R. 4984]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: D.C. Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus Revitalization Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER RFK MEMORIAL
STADIUM CAMPUS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Exercise of Transfer Authority.--
(1) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Transfer.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior (hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary''),
acting under the authority of section 8124 of title 40, United
States Code (except as provided under paragraph (2)), shall
transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy
Memorial Stadium Campus (hereafter referred to as the
``Campus'') to the District of Columbia (hereafter referred to
as the ``District''), subject to a Declaration of Covenants with
the District which is consistent with the succeeding provisions
of this Act and which includes such other terms and conditions
as may be agreed to by the Secretary and the District.
(2) Waiver of requirement for prior recommendation of
national capital planning commission.--The second sentence of
section 8124(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply
to the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus
under this section.
(3) No effect on status of ownership of campus.--Consistent
with section 8124 of title 40, United States Code, the transfer
of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this
section does not change the status of the ownership of the
Campus by the United States.
(b) Development and Uses of Campus.--After transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section, the
District may develop and use, and permit the development and use of, the
Campus for any of the following purposes:
(1) Stadium purposes, including training facilities,
offices, and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
(2) Commercial and residential development.
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(3) Facilities, open space, and public outdoor
opportunities, which may include supporting cultural activities,
educational activities, and recreational activities, as such
terms are defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States
Code.
(4) Such other public purposes for which the Campus was used
or approved for use prior to June 1, 1985.
(5) Demolition purposes to facilitate development and use of
the Campus under subparagraphs (1) through (4).
(c) Specific Requirements Relating to Development and Use of
Campus.--The Declaration of Covenants entered into under subsection
(a)(1) shall include provisions to require the District to meet the
following requirements as a condition of the development and use of the
Campus as set forth under subsection (b) after transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section:
(1) The District shall ensure that the development and use
does not materially degrade or adversely impact any lands under
the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the
restoration of the wetlands south of Kingman Island.
(2) <<NOTE: Designation.>> The District shall designate,
develop, operate, and maintain at least 30 percent of the Campus
(excluding the riparian area of the Campus as defined in
subsection (g)(2)) as the ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Park'' as
parks and open space to provide land for passive and active
outdoor recreation and shall require that portion to be reserved
for such purposes for the duration of the transfer.
(3) The District shall ensure that the development and use
provides for improved public access to the Anacostia River and
shall not interrupt the Anacostia River Trail.
(4) The District shall, to the extent necessary, ensure that
parking facilities are provided to accommodate the development.
(5) The District shall provide for adequate public safety
and security measures and resources in the planning and ongoing
management of the development.
(6) The District shall carry out measures that, to the
greatest extent practicable, will reduce the impact of noise and
traffic of the development on surrounding residential areas in
the District.
(7) The District shall operate and maintain the riparian
area of the Campus in accordance with subsection (g).
(8) <<NOTE: Contracts.>> The District shall ensure that no
Member of Congress, Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress, or any other official of the Government of the United
States or the Government of the District of Columbia shall be
admitted to any share or part of any lease entered into by the
District in the exercise of the administrative jurisdiction over
the Campus transferred under this section, or to any benefit
that may arise therefrom, including any contract or agreement
made, entered into, or accepted by or on behalf of the District
as a result of this section. Nothing in the previous sentence
may be construed to apply to a person who is a shareholder or
other beneficial owner of any publicly held corporation or other
entity, if the lease is for the general benefit of such
corporation or other entity.
(d) Survey.--
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(1) <<NOTE: Determination.>> Requiring survey.--As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
District shall conduct a survey of the Campus, which shall
determine the exact acreage and legal description of the Campus
by a boundary survey prepared by a qualified Federally-, State-,
or District-licensed surveyor who is approved by the Secretary.
(2) Submission to congress.--Upon completion, the survey
conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to--
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate.
(3) Incorporation in declaration of covenants for
transfer.--The survey conducted under paragraph (1) shall be
incorporated in the Declaration of Covenants entered into under
subsection (a)(1).
(4) Availability of survey and map for public inspection.--
The survey conducted under paragraph (1), together with the map
of the Campus referred to in subsection (m), shall be kept on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the Secretary.
(e) <<NOTE: Determination. Cost allocations.>> Memorandum of
Understanding.--As a condition of the development and use of the Campus
after transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this
section, the Secretary and the District shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding to determine an allocation of the costs of carrying out
all responsibilities of the United States and the District with respect
to the Campus under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), including any costs
of any response action with respect to any contamination present on the
Campus.
(f) Costs.--
(1) Costs of transfer.--The District shall be responsible
for payment of any costs of carrying out the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section,
including--
(A) any costs of carrying out the survey under
subsection (d); and
(B) any costs of carrying out any environmental
analysis required under Federal law.
(2) Costs after transfer.--Except as provided under the
memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (e),
the Secretary shall not be responsible for payment of any costs
or expenses that are incurred by the District or any other party
(other than the United States) associated with the Campus after
the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under this section.
(g) Special Rules for Riparian Area.--
(1) Restriction on development and use.--The Declaration of
Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions to ensure that the riparian area of the Campus may
not be developed or used for any purposes other than the
continuing maintenance of any development, use, or
infrastructure (including roads and pathways) existing at the
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time of the execution of the transfer of administrative
jurisdiction over the Campus under this section.
(2) Riparian area of the campus defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``riparian area of the Campus'' means the
area designated in the map referred to in subsection (m) as
``Riparian Area (Area F)''.
(h) Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds for Stadium.--The Declaration
of Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions to ensure that the District may not use Federal funds for
stadium purposes on the Campus, including training facilities, offices,
and other structures necessary to support a stadium.
(i) Term.--The transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus under this section shall be in effect for a term of not less than
99 years, and may be renewed for subsequent periods agreed to by the
Secretary and the District.
(j) Reversion of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
(1) Grounds for reversion.--The Declaration of Covenants
entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include provisions
stating that administrative jurisdiction over the Campus
transferred under this section shall revert to the Secretary if
each of the following occurs:
(A) <<NOTE: Determination.>> The terms and
conditions of the Declaration of Covenants have not been
complied with, as reasonably determined by the
Secretary.
(B) <<NOTE: Deadline. Notice.>> Such noncompliance
has not been corrected within 90 days after written
notice of such noncompliance has been received by the
District. <<NOTE: Contracts.>> Such noncompliance shall
be treated as corrected if the District and the
Secretary enter into an agreement that the Secretary
finds adequate to ensure that the Campus will be
developed and used in a manner consistent with the
purposes referred to in subsection (b).
(2) <<NOTE: Notice.>> Timing.--The Secretary may not seek
the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over the Campus
under this subsection before the expiration of 90 days after the
date on which written notice of the alleged violation is
received by the District. The notice shall include notice of the
Secretary's intention for administrative jurisdiction over the
Campus to revert to the Secretary.
(3) Cost of rehabilitating property.--The Declaration of
Covenants entered into under subsection (a)(1) shall include
provisions requiring the District to bear the actual cost of
removing structures from or rehabilitating the Campus if
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus reverts to the
Secretary under this subsection.
(k) Rule of Construction Related to the Applicability to the
Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to affect or limit the application of or obligation to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(l) Conforming Amendment; Termination of Existing Lease.--
<<NOTE: Effective date.>> Effective on the date of the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over the Campus under this section--
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(1) <<NOTE: Repeal.>> the District of Columbia Stadium Act
of 1957 (sec. 3-321 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed;
and
(2) the lease dated January 14, 1988, between the United
States and the District for the use of the Campus, as authorized
by section 7(b)(1)(B) of such Act (sec. 3-326(b)(1)(B), D.C.
Official Code), is terminated.
(m) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus'' means the approximately 174 acres of Federal land as
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Anacostia Park, Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus - Transfer of Administrative
Jurisdiction'', numbered 831/189,767, and dated January 2024.
Approved January 6, 2025.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4984:
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HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 118-400, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Natural Resources) and Pt.
2 (Comm. on Oversight and Accountability).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
Feb. 28, considered and passed House.
Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 55 (Roll no. 56). (text: CR H715-716)
Roll Call #56 (House)On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 55 (Roll no. 56). (text: CR H715-716)
Roll Call #56 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
Enacted as Public Law 118-274
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 648.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7312-7313)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 118-274.
Became Public Law No: 118-274.