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Title 24 — Hospitals and Asylums

Chapter 4 — Saint Elizabeths Hospital

§ 225f. Property transfer

Statutory text

(a)

Authority of Secretary; exclusion of certain real property

(1)

Except as provided in paragraph (2), on , the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in all real property at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia together with any buildings, improvements, and personal property used in connection with such property needed to provide mental health and other services provided by the Department of Human Services indentified 1 pursuant to section 225b(c)(7) of this title.

(2)

Such real property as is identified by the Secretary by , as necessary to Federal mental health programs at Saint Elizabeths Hospital under section 225(b)(5) of this title shall not be transferred under this subsection.

(b)

Preparation of master plan; consultation; approval; property transfer; exclusion of Oxon Cove Park

On or before , the Mayor shall prepare, and submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a master plan, not inconsistent with the comprehensive plan for the National Capital, for the use of all real property, buildings, improvements, and personal property comprising Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia not transferred or excluded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. In developing such plan, the Mayor shall consult with, and provide an opportunity for review by, appropriate Federal, regional, and local agencies. Such master plan submitted by the Mayor shall be approved by a law enacted by the Congress within the 2-year period following the date such plan is submitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. Immediately upon the approval of any such law, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such property in accordance with such approved plan. The real property, together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, including personal property used in connection therewith, known as the Oxon Cove Park and operated by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, shall not be transferred under this subchapter.

(c)

Transfer of J.B. Johnson Building and grounds

On , the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States to lot 87, square 622, in the subdivision made by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, as per plat recorded in the Office of the Surveyor for the District of Columbia, in liber 154 at folio 149 (901 First Street N.W., the J.B. Johnson Building and grounds).

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “identified”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act

    Pub. L. 98–621 § 8 · 98 Stat. 3369

    Enacted · 24 U.S.C. § 225f

    Pub. L. 98–621, § 8, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3377

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 98–621, § 8, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3377

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 8. property transfer (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on October 1, Effective dates. 24 USC 225f. 1987, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in all real property at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia together with any buildings, improvements, and personal property used in connection with such property needed to provide mental health and other services provided by the Department of Human Services indentified pursuant to section 4(c)(7) of this Act. (2) Such real property as is identified by the Secretary by September 30, 1987, as necessary to Federal mental health programs at Saint Elizabeths Hospital under section 2(b)(5) shall not be transferred under this subsection. (b) On or before October 1, 1991, the Mayor shall prepare, and Development plan. submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a master plan, not inconsistent with the comprehensive plan for the National Capital, for the use of all real property, buildings, improvements, and personal property comprising Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia not transferred or excluded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. In developing such plan, the Mayor shall consult with, and provide an opportunity for review by, appropriate Federal, regional, and local agencies. Such master plan submitted by the Mayor shall be approved by a law enacted by the Congress within the twelve-month period following the date such plan is submitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. Immediately upon the approval of any such law, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such property in accordance with such approved plan. The real property, together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, including personal property used in connection therewith, known as the Oxon Cove Park and operated by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, shall not be transferred under this Act. (c) On October 1, 1985, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States to lot 87, square 622, in the subdivision made by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, as per plat recorded in the Office of the Surveyor for the District of Columbia, in liber 154 at folio 149 (901 First Street N.W., the J.B. Johnson Building and grounds).

  2. Pub. L. 102–150 § 3(b) · 105 Stat. 981

    1. Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 225f(b)

      Pub. L. 102–150 substituted “October 1, 1992” for “October 1, 1991”

    2. Substituted · 24 U.S.C. § 225f(b)

      Pub. L. 102–150 substituted “2-year” for “twelve-month”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–150 substituted “October 1, 1992” for “October 1, 1991” and “2-year” for “twelve-month”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Congressional Authorization of Transfer of Saint Elizabeths Campus to District; Submission of Master Plan for Use of Real Property.— Section 24 USC 225f. 8(b) of such Act (sec. 32–627, D.C. Code) is amended— (1) by striking “October 1, 1991” and inserting “October 1, 1992”; and (2) by striking “twelve-month” and inserting “2-year”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–150 substituted “” for “” and “2-year” for “twelve-month”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of Senate, effective , by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Congress, .

Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, .

Abolition of House Committee on the District of Columbia

Committee on the District of Columbia of House of Representatives abolished by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, . References to Committee on the District of Columbia treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives, see section 1(b) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, . Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, . Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, . Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, .

Credits

1984–1991 · 2 acts
  1. 1984Pub. L. 98–621, § 8, , 98 Stat. 3377
  2. 1991Pub. L. 102–150, § 3(b), , 105 Stat. 980.
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(Pub. L. 98–621, § 8, , 98 Stat. 3377; Pub. L. 102–150, § 3(b), , 105 Stat. 980.)

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