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S. 1838 (109th)

Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2005

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Introduced

6 October 2005

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By Senator Collins from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 109-359.

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5 December 2025

Summary

Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2005 - Directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to convey U.S. Reservation 13, subject to specified conditions, and the Old Naval Hospital to the District of Columbia, on the day on which the District conveys to GSA certain real property on the West Campus of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Terminates any pending District claim against the United States for failure to perform or to reimburse the District for the cost of performing specified services concerning Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia Mental Health Services. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain conveyed properties from the District to the Secretary of the Interior for administration by the Director of the National Park Service (NPS). Transfers administrative jurisdiction over other specified properties from the United States to the District. Requires the properties transferred to the Secretary to be used as the site for establishment of a memorial to honor disabled veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Conveys specified properties: (1) by the District to the Secretary, to be administered by NPS for the closure of a one-block long roadway adjacent to Montrose Park and for the closing of the rights-of-way now occupied by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; and (2) by the Secretary to the District upon such conveyance. Requires the Secretary to convey U.S. Reservation 174 to the District upon the District's enactment of a final plan that meets specified requirements for the development of the former Convention Center Site. Amends the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to direct the Secretary to convey 15 contiguous acres of specified land (RFK Stadium) to the District for a public educational institution, with first preference given to a pre-collegiate public boarding school. Requires NPS, upon certification by the Secretary (acting through NPS), to convey Poplar Point to the District after the District adopts a land-use plan for it meeting specified requirements. Provides for conveyance: (1) from the District to NPS of certain facilities and properties to which NPS is to be relocated; and (2) from NPS to the District of certain other properties withheld from the conveyance of Poplar Point.

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