476 XII. NATIONAL PARKWAYS-GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL Full construc tion, etc., costs may be advanced by United States upon agree ments for reimbursement within eight years. Additional appropriation authorized. Rock Creek Agreement for extension of, with Maryland tal Park and Planning Commission. Territory included. Sum authorized for. Provisos. Agreement for sewage disposal. tribution for Provided, That in the discretion of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, upon agreement duly entered into by the State of Maryland or Virginia or any political subdivision thereof to reimburse the United States as hereinafter provided, it may advance the full amount of the funds necessary for the acquisition of the lands and the construction of said roads in any such unit referred to in this paragraph, such agreement providing for reimbursement to the United States to the extent of one-half of the cost thereof without interest within not more than eight years from the date of any such expenditure. The appropriation of the amount necessary for such advance, in addition to the contribution by the United States, is hereby authorized from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. (b) For the extension of Rock Creek Park into Maryland as may be agreed upon between the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Maryland National Capl- National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for the preservation of the flow of water in Rock Creek, for the extension of the Anacostia Park system up the valley of the Anacostia River, Indian Creek, the Northwest Branch, and Sligo Creek, and of the George Washington Memorial Parkway up the valley of Cabin John Creek. as may be agreed upon between the National Capital Park and Planning Commision and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, $1,500,000: Provided, That no appropriation authorized in this subsection shall be available for expenditure until a suitable agreement is entered into by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission as to sewage disposal No Federal con- and storm water flow: Provided further, That no money shall be contributed by the United States for any unit of such extensions until the National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall have received definite commitments from the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the balance of the cost of acquiring such unit of said extensions deemed by said commission sufficiently complete, other than lands now belonging to the United States or donated to the United States: Provided further, That in the discretion of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission upon agreement duly entered into with the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission to reimburse the United States as hereinafter provided, it may advance the full amount of the funds necessary for the acquisition of the lands required for such extensions referred to in this paragraph, such advance, exclusive of said contribution of $1,500,000 by the United States, not to exceed $3,000,000, the appropriation of which amount from funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated is hereby authorized, such agree extension unit, until definite commitment for balance of cost from Maryland Commission. Advancement of full amount, to be reim bursed within eight years. Appropriation authorized. Post, p. 1411. Maryland and etc., under to Federal-aid ment providing for reimbursement to the United States of such advance, exclusive of said Federal contribution, without interest within not more than eight years from Title vested in the date of any such expenditure. The title to the lands development, acquired hereunder shall vest in the State of Maryland. Maryland The development and administration thereof shall be Commission. under the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and in accordance with plans approved by Federal exthe National Capital Park and Planning Commission. pense limited The United States is not to share in the cost of construc- highways. tion of roads in the areas mentioned in this paragraph, except if and as Federal-aid highways. SEC. 2. Whenever it becomes necessary to acquire by condemnation proceedings any lands in the States of Virginia or Maryland for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, such acquisition shall be under and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888 (U.S.C., p. 1302, sec. 257). No payment shall be made for any such lands until the title thereto in the United States shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General of the United States. SEC. 3. Whenever the use of the Forts Washington, Foote, and Hunt, or either of them, is no longer deemed necessary for military purposes they shall be turned over to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, without cost, for administration and maintenance as a part of the said George Washington Memorial Parkway. SEC. 4. There is hereby further authorized to be appropriated the sum of $16,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the acquiring of such lands in the District of Columbia as are necessary and desirable for the suitable development of the National Capital park, parkway, and playground system, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of June 6, 1924, as amended, except as in this section otherwise provided. Such funds shall be appropriated for the fiscal year 1931 and thereafter as required for the expeditious, economical, and efficient accomplishment of the purposes of this Act and shall be reimbursed to the United States from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia as follows, to wit: $1,000,000 on the 30th day of June, 1931; and $1,000,000 on the 30th day of June each year thereafter until the full amount expended hereunder is reimbursed without interest. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall, before purchasing any lands hereunder for playground, recreation center, community center, and similar municipal purposes, request from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a report thereon. Condemnation proceedings for and Maryland un lands in Virginia der laws thereof. Vol. 25, p. 357. No payments, until title U.S.C., p. 1302. secured. Forts WashingHunt, when made part of George Washrial Parkway. abandoned, ington Memo Additional sum authorized District. Vol. 43, p. 463. authorized annually. Amount Reimbursement to the United District Commissioners sites for playgrounds, etc. to report on Donations of lands, etc., to be accepted. Amendment. Bridge across Vol. 45, p. 443, Rights, title, etc., to, may be acquired by United States, after establish Washington Said commission is authorized to accept the donation to the United States of any lands deemed desirable for inclusion in said park, parkway, and playground system, and the donation of any funds for the acquisition of such lands under this Act. SEC. 5. The right of Congress to alter or amend this Act is hereby reserved. SEC. 6. Section 4 of Public Act 297 of the Seventieth Congress, entitled "An Act authorizing the Great Falls Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Great Falls," approved April 21, 1928, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: "Provided, That after the George Washington Memorial Parkway is established and the lands necessary for such parkway at and near Great Falls have been acquired by the United States, the United States may at any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in such bridge, its approaches and approach roads, and any interest in real property necessary therefor, by purchase or by condemnation, paying therefor not more than the cost of said bridge and its approaches and approach Vol. 45, p. 444. roads, as determined by the Secretary of War under section 6 of this Act plus 10 per centum." Payment. George Washington Memorial Parkway. 46 Stat. 484. Extension of Park, etc. An Act To amend the Act entitled: "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital," approved May 29, 1930, approved August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 960) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1(a) of the Act entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital", approved May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), is amended by striking out the third proviso and by striking out of the fourth proviso the words "and the construction of said roads". SEC. 2. Section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof. SEC. 3. So much of section 1(b) of such Act as precedes the first proviso thereof is amended to read as follows: "(b) For the extension of Rock Creek Park into Maryland, as may be agreed upon between the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for the preservation of the flow of water in Rock Creek for the extension of the Anacostia Park system up the valley of the Anacostia River, Indian Creek, Paint Branch and Little Paint Branch, the Northwest Branch and Sligo Creek; of the Oxon Run Parkway from the District of Columbia line to Marlboro Road; and of the George Washington Memorial Parkway up the valley of Cabin John Creek, Little Falls Branch, and Willet Run, as may be agreed upon between the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, $1,500,000:". Excerpts from “An Act To authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes,” approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 961, 963, 964) TITLE II-BRIDGE IN VICINITY OF JONES POINT SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (referred to hereinafter as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to construct, maintain, and operate a six-lane bridge over the Potomac River, from a point at or near Jones Point, Virginia, across a certain portion of the District of Columbia, to a point in Maryland, together with bridge approaches on property owned by the United States in the State of Virginia. (b) The bridge shall be of deck girder structure with Structure. a swing span having a one-hundred-and-fifty-foot horizontal clearance on each side of the pivot pier and a seventy-foot vertical clearance above mean low water, and shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 502 of the "General Bridge Act of 1946," approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 847), as amended, and subject to the conditions and limi- 33 U.S.C. 525. tations in this title. ommendations. (c) The Secretary shall request recommendations and Design, recsuggestions of the National Capital Planning Commission relative to the design of such bridge and approaches. * * * * SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall not begin construction of the bridge above referred to until the State of Virginia and the State of Maryland have taken such steps as the Secretary deems adequate to give assurances that there will be constructed and maintained, by and in such States, such approaches to such bridge as will be reasonably adequate to make possible the full and efficient utilization of such bridge. Approaches, assurances of Va. and Md. Jones Point bridge. An Act To amend title II of the Act of August 30, 1954, entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1956 (70 Stat. 184) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaPotomac River. tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201 of title II of the Act of August 30, 1954, entitled "An Act to authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River, and for other purposes" (68 Stat. 963), is hereby amended to read as follows: Construction. Approaches. Structure. 33 U.S.C. 525. Design, recommendations. Jurisdiction, etc., of acquired land. "SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary of Commerce (referred to hereinafter as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to construct a six-lane bridge over the Potomac River, from a point at or near Jones Point, Virginia, across a certain portion of the District of Columbia, to a point in Maryland, together with bridge approaches on property owned by the United States in the State of Virginia: Provided, That nothing in this section or in other sections of this Act shall be construed as authorizing or as requiring the Secretary to construct any ingress or egress approaches to the bridge which will directly connect with or empty into those streets within the corporate limits of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, which are east of Mount Vernon Boulevard (now known as Washington Street) and are now known as Potomac Street, South Lee Street, South Fairfax Street, South Royal Street, South Pitt Street, South St. Asaph Street, Green Street, and Jefferson Street. "(b) The bridge shall be of deck girder construction, with a movable span of the double-leaf bascule type over the navigable channel having horizontal clearance of approximately one hundred and fifty feet and vertical clearance above mean low water of approximately forty feet, and shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 502 of the "General Bridge Act of 1946", approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 847), as amended, and subject to the conditions and limitations in this title. "(c) The Secretary shall request the recommendations and suggestions of the National Capital Planning Commission relative to the design of such bridge and approaches and shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior with respect to all plans for overpasses, approaches, interchanges, and connecting roads at both ends of the bridge which affect lands and facilities administered or authorized to be administered by the Department of the Interior. "(d) Upon the completion of the bridge project all lands acquired pursuant to this Act that are located within the authorized boundaries of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, with the exception of such portions thereof that shall be actually occupied by the bridge |