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[CITE: 40USC607]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
    CHAPTER 12--CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC 
                                BUILDINGS
 
Sec. 607. Buildings and sites within District of Columbia


(a) Construction in harmony with plan of Peter Charles L'Enfant

    The purposes of this chapter shall be carried out in the District of 
Columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan of 
Peter Charles L'Enfant and such public buildings shall be so constructed 
or altered as to combine architectural beauty with practical utility.

(b) Contiguous squares; closing of streets and alleys

    Whenever in constructing or altering a public building under this 
chapter in the District of Columbia the Administrator determines that 
such construction or alteration requires the utilization of contiguous 
squares as a site for such building, such portions of streets as lie 
between such squares and such alleys as intersect such squares are 
authorized to be closed and vacated if such closing and vacating is 
mutually agreed to by the Administrator, the Council of the District of 
Columbia, and the National Capital Planning Commission. The portions of 
such streets and alleys so closed and vacated shall thereupon become 
part of such site.

(c) Consultations prior to acquisitions

    With respect to any lands located south of Independence Avenue, 
between Third Street SW. and Eleventh Street SE., in the District of 
Columbia, no such lands shall be acquired by the Administrator for use 
as sites, or additions to sites, without prior consultation with the 
House Office Building Commission created by the Act of March 4, 1907.
    With respect to any lands located in the area extending from the 
United States Capitol Grounds to Eleventh Street NE. and SE. and bounded 
by Independence Avenue on the south and G Street NE. on the north, in 
the District of Columbia, no such lands shall be acquired by the 
Administrator for use as sites, or additions to sites, without prior 
consultation with the Architect of the Capitol.

(d) Stadium; contracts for athletic and other events; additional seating 
        capacity: financing, terms and conditions; restriction of right 
        to revenues

    (1) Notwithstanding the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 
[D.C. Code, Sec. 2-321 et seq.] or any other provision of law, the 
Armory Board (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the 
``Board''), created by the Act of June 4, 1948 (D.C. Code, sec. 2-1702 
[sec. 2-302]), is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the 
conduct in the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium authorized by such Act of 1957 
of major league football, baseball, and softball, and motorcycle races, 
rodeos, musical concerts, and other events, and to increase the seating 
capacity of such stadium by an additional number of seats, not to exceed 
eight thousand, and at a cost not to exceed $1,500,000. Notwithstanding 
such Act of 1957, or any other provision of law, the Board is further 
authorized to borrow such sums as may be necessary to provide for the 
additional seating authorized by this subsection in accordance with the 
following terms and conditions, which terms and conditions shall be 
effective during the period that any of such sums so borrowed remain 
unpaid:
        (A) 50 per centum of all revenues from professional football 
    derived from such additional seats shall be used solely for the 
    purpose of repaying the sums borrowed for such seats;
        (B) 44 per centum of such revenues shall be paid to the team 
    operating under the trade name of the Washington Redskins, or its 
    successors; and
        (C) 6 per centum of such revenues shall be subject to the 
    provisions of section 6 of such Act of 1957 [D.C. Code, Sec. 2-325].

    (2) In no case shall the National Football League or any team within 
such league (other than the aforementioned Redskins team or its 
successors), during the period within which any part of such sums so 
borrowed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection remains unpaid, be 
considered as being entitled to, or as acquiring any right in connection 
with, any part of the revenues attributable to the additional seats 
authorized by this subsection.

(Pub. L. 86-249, Sec. 8, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 87-476, 
Secs. 1-3, June 8, 1962, 76 Stat. 92; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 
Sec. 402(431), eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 
93-72, July 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 169; Pub. L. 93-198, title IV, Sec. 401, 
Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 785.)

                       References in Text

    Provisions of the Act of March 4, 1907, referred to in subsec. (c), 
that created the House Office Building Commission are classified to 
section 175 of this title.
    The District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, referred to in subsec. 
(d), is Pub. L. 85-300, Sept. 7, 1957, 71 Stat. 619, as amended, which 
appears in subchapter II (Sec. 2-321 et seq.) of chapter 3 of Title 2, 
District Boards and Commissions, of the District of Columbia Code.
    Act of June 4, 1948, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 4, 
1948, ch. 418, 62 Stat. 339, which appears in subchapter I (Sec. 2-301 
et seq.) of chapter 3 of Title 2 of the District of Columbia Code.


                               Amendments

    1973--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-72 added subsec. (d).
    1962--Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 87-476 repealed subsec. (a), 
redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c) as (a) and (b), respectively, and 
added subsec. (c).

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Council of the District of Columbia'' substituted for ``District 
of Columbia Council'' in subsec. (b), pursuant to section 401 of Pub. L. 
93-198. District of Columbia Council, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 
3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93-198, title 
VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, classified to section 1-211 
of the District of Columbia Code, and replaced by Council of District of 
Columbia, as provided by section 401 of Pub. L. 93-198, classified to 
section 1-221 of the District of Columbia Code.
    Previously, reference to the Board of Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia had been changed to the District of Columbia Council 
pursuant to section 402(431) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, 32 
F.R. 11669, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organizations 
and Employees, which transferred the regulatory and other functions of 
the Board of Commissioners relating to agreements as to the closing and 
vacating of alleys and portions of streets to the District of Columbia 
Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided by section 
406 of the Plan. For provisions establishing the District of Columbia 
Council, see section 201 of the Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967.
