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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3877 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to Maryland, and for other purposes. · Sec. 314

Sec. 314. Federal planning commissions

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Subject to the amendments made by paragraphs
(2)and (3), upon the retrocession under section 102, chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply with respect to the Federal District in the same manner and to the same extent as such chapter applied with respect to the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of such retrocession. Section 8711(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— by amending subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(1)to read as follows: four citizens with experience in city or regional planning, who shall be appointed by the President. ; and by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Of the four citizen members, one shall be a resident of Virginia, one shall be a resident of Maryland, and one shall be a resident of the territory ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to the retrocession under section 102 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act. . Paragraph
(1)of section 8702 of such title is amended by striking the territory surrounding the District of Columbia and inserting the territory surrounding the Federal District . Paragraph
(2)of section 8702 of such title is amended to read as follows: The term Federal District means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act, and the territory the Federal Government owns in the environs. . Subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(3)of section 8702 of such title is amended to read as follows: the Federal District and the territory ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to the retrocession under section 102 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act; . Section 9102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 9102 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: In this chapter, the term Federal District means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act. . Section 9101(d) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Capital . Section 8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: This chapter applies only with respect to commemorative works in the Federal District and its environs. . Paragraph
(2)of section 8902(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: The term Capital and its environs means— the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act; and those lands and properties administered by the National Park Service and the General Services Administration located in the Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the map entitled Commemorative Areas Washington, DC and Environs , numbered 869/86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are located outside of the territory ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to the retrocession under section 102 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act. . Section 8907(a) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District and its environs . Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and its environs each place it appears in the following sections and inserting the Federal District and its environs : Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). Section 8902(a)(4). Section 8903(d). Section 8904(c). Section 8905(a). Section 8906(a). Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking the urban fabric of the District of Columbia and inserting the urban fabric of the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act . This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the retrocession under section 102.
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