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[CITE: 40USC79]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 79. Transfers of jurisdiction between Director of National 
        Park Service and Mayor of District of Columbia
        
    When in accordance with law or mutual legal agreement, spaces or 
portions of public land are transferred from the jurisdiction of the 
Director of the National Park Service, as established by this Act to 
that of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or vice versa, the 
letters exchanged between them of transfer and acceptance shall be 
sufficient authority for the necessary change in the official maps and 
for record when necessary.

(July 1, 1898, ch. 543, Sec. 5, 30 Stat. 570; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 339, 
Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 983; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 1933, 
Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, 48 Stat. 389; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 303(b), 
eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1427; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 
Sec. 401, eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93-
198, title IV, Sec. 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is act July 1, 1898, ch. 543, 30 
Stat. 570, as amended, which enacted sections 60, 75, 78, 79, and 80 of 
this title and amended section 67 of this title. Sections 60, 67, 75, 
78, and 80 of this title have been omitted from the Code. See sections 
8-106, 5-204, 8-104, 8-123, and 8-137 of the D.C. Code. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 8-129.
    Act July 1, 1898 applied to transfers of land from the jurisdiction 
of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, as established by 
said act to that of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or 
vice versa.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and 
functions of all agencies and employees of that Department, with two 
exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested 
in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his 
functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. 
Plan No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees. National Park Service, referred to in text, is an agency 
of Department of the Interior.
    Functions of Director of National Park Service relating to public 
buildings transferred to Federal Works Administrator by section 303(b) 
of Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1939.
    Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of National Capital 
abolished and functions thereof transferred to Office of National Parks, 
Buildings and Reservations of Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 
6166. Name of latter office changed to ``National Park Service'' by act 
Mar. 2, 1934.
    Office of Public Buildings and Grounds under Chief of Engineers 
abolished and functions of Chief of Engineers and of Secretary of War 
with respect thereto transferred to Director of Public Buildings and 
Public Parks of National Capital by act Feb. 26, 1925.
    Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, functions 
of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to 
Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 
of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, 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, and 
replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of 
Pub. L. 93-198, classified to section 1-241 of the District of Columbia 
Code. Accordingly, ``Mayor'' substituted in text for ``commissioners''.
    Section 402(181) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, 32 F.R. 
11669, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees, transferred regulatory and other functions of Board of 
Commissioners relating to transferal of jurisdiction over properties or 
parts of properties to Federal authorities, and accepting from Federal 
authorities jurisdiction over properties or parts thereof under this 
section, to District of Columbia Council, subject to right of 
Commissioner as provided by section 406 of the Plan. For provisions 
establishing District of Columbia Council, see section 201 of the Reorg. 
Plan No. 3 of 1967.


                            Cross References

    General authorization for transfer; recommendation by National 
Capital Planning Commission; reports to Congress, see section 122 of 
this title.
