85th Congress, S. 1429

July 10, 1957

AN ACT

Authorizing the enlargement and remodeling of Senators' suites and structural, mechanical, and other changes and improvements in the existing Senate Office Ruilding, to provide improved accommodations for the United States Senate.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ArchitectSenate office of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Com-Building. mission, created by the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of April

28, 1904 (33 Stat. 481), as amended, is authorized and directed to 70 Stat. 966. enlarge and remodel Senators' suites and to make structural, mechani- 40 USC 174b-1 cal, and other changes and improvements in the existing Senate Office note. Building, to provide improved accommodations for the United States Senate, in accordance with plans to be prepared by or under direction of the Architect of the Capitol and to be submitted to and approved by the Senate Office Building Commission.

SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums Appropriation. as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the 71 Stat. 289. Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office 71 Stat. 290. Building Commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and to make such other expenditures, including expenditures for personal and other services, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Approved July 10, 1957.

(501)

To further amend the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended by the Act of October 25, 1951 (65 Stat. 657), to provide for the exchange of lands of the United States as a site for the new Sibley Memorial Hospital; to provide for the transfer of the property of the Hahnemann Hospital of the District of Columbia, formerly the National Homeopathic Association, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, to the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, including Sibley Memorial Hospital, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph Sibley Memo(c) of section 1 of the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as rial Hospital. amended by the Act of October 25, 1951 (65 Stat. 657), is further Site. amended by inserting immediately after the word "otherwise" and before the closing parenthesis in the first clause thereof the following

language: "including the transfer to the Lucy Webb Hayes National Exchange of Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, including Sibley properties. Memorial Hospital, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, hereinafter referred to as 'Sibley Memorial Hospital', of so much of the lands of the United States reserved for a site for the National Training School for Girls by the Act of July 14, 1892 (27 Stat. 165), as amended, not exceeding twelve acres, as the Administrator determines will provide an adequate site for the new Sibley Memorial Hospital and Nurses Home project, in exchange for the transfer by the Sibley Memorial Hospital, as hereinafter provided, of the land and buildings comprising the site of the hospital and nurses home now held by the Hahnemann Hospital of the District of Columbia, formerly the National Homeopathic Association, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, hereinafter referred to as Hahnemann Hospital, upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines to be in the public interest: Provided, That the exchange of properties herein authorized shall not be made until the Administrator determines the fair market value of the respective properties to be exchanged and credits in the grant agreement to be executed between the United States of America and the Sibley Memorial Hospital to the appropriate transferee the amount by which the value of one property exceeds the value of the other property: Provided further, That the value of any interest in the properties to be exchanged which the District of Columbia may have, as determined by the Administrator of General Services, shall be credited against the amount repayable by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 5 of this Act: Provided further, That the Administrator may, in his discretion, with the consent of the Sibley Memorial Hospital, defer the exchange of deeds to such properties until such time as construction of the new Sibley Memorial Hospital and Nurses Home is determined by him to have been substantially completed: And provided further, That the board of trustees of the Hahnemann Hos, al are hereby empowered to transfer and convey to the Sibley Memoria. Hospital, upon such terms as may be approved by the Administrator, all the property, real, personal, and mixed of the Hahnemann Hospital, and dissolve the same; and the Sibley Memorial Hospital is hereby empowered to lease, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all such property and apply the proceeds to the objects for which the Sibley Memorial Hospital is incorporated: Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to make the United States liable in any way on account of said

71 Stat. 611.

Liens.

transfer, or the changing of the direction of any charitable trust involved in such action."

SEC. 2. Such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

"SEC. 7. The Administrator, upon application of any private agency participating under the provisions of this Act, with respect to any lien or encumbrance of the United States created prior to June 28, 1941, under authority of the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 552; title 32, D. C. Code, 1950 edition, sec. 1003), or similar statutory provision including but not limited to the Act of February 25, 1885 (23 Stat. 310), the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 807), the Act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1295, 1350), and the Act of July 28, 1866 (14 Stat. 310, 317), as amended and supplemented, existing upon or against any lands acquired or buildings or improvements constructed thereon, with moneys in.whole or in part appropriated or expended under authority of any Act of Congress, which lands and improvements are now held by any nonprofit private hospital agencies operating hospital facilities in the District of Columbia and participating in the District of Columbia Hospital program under the provisions of this Act, and which are determined by the Administrator to be no longer required for hospital purposes, shall equitably determine the amount to which the United States would be entitled to reimbursement in the event of the dissolution of any such private agency or in the event of the disposal of such property by any such private agency, by ascertaining as near as may be practicable the proportionate amount which any such lien bears to any other contribution or fund used for such purposes; and the lien in the amount so determined, upon acceptance by any such agency, shall be transferred from and in discharge of the old hospital site to and become a lien against the land upon which the new hospital facilities have been constructed or otherwise provided for any such private agency under the provisions of this Act, as amended: Provided, That any such lien so transferred shall be consolidated with the lien created upon the acceptance of any grant of funds from the Administrator of General Services Administration under authority of this Act, as amended and the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. 552), and shall be subordinate to any deed of trust, mortgage, or other security or encumbrance on such property then existing, or hereafter created for the purpose of providing new or additional hospital facilities."

Approved September 4, 1957.

85th Congress, H. R. 1937
September 7, 1957

AN ACT

71 Stat. 619.

To authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation by the Armory Board of the District of Columbia of a stadium in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may District of be cited as the "District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957".

Columbia Sta

SEC. 2. In order to provide the people of the District of Columbia dium Aot of with a stadium suitable for holding athletic events and other activities 1957. and events of a nature requiring such a facility, the Armory Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Board"), created by section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a District of Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes", approved June 4, 1948 (D. C. Code,

sec. 2-1702), is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate 62 Stat. 339. a stadium (including necessary motor-vehicle parking areas) with a seating capacity of not to exceed fifty thousand, on a site in the District of Columbia determined in accordance with provisions of sec

tion 3 of this Act. The cost of constructing such stadium shall not Cost limitaexceed $6,000,000, and such amount shall be deemed to include in- tion. terest during the construction of the stadium and for 12 months thereafter and all engineering, legal, financial, architectural, and other expenses incident to the construction of the stadium.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to Acquisition acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all real prop- of property. erty within the boundaries of the East Capitol Street site, as established in the first paragraph under the heading "(2) East Capitol Street Site" contained in the National Capital Planning Commission report entitled "Preliminary Report on Sites for National Memorial Stadium" dated November 8, 1956, and thereafter, upon the request of the Board, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Board, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all real property within the boundaries of such East Capitol Street site.

SEC. 4. (a) The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the pay- Bonds. ment of the cost of such stadium, including the land upon which said stadium is located, by an issue or issues of negotiable bonds of the Board, bearing interest, payable semiannually, at the rate of not more than to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided in accordance with this Act, and such payments may be further secured by mortgage of the stadium. All such bonds may be registered as to principal alone or both principal and interest, shall be payable as to principal within not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof, shall be in such denominations, shall be executed in such manner, and shall be payable in such medium and at such place or places as the Board may determine, and the face amount thereof shall be so calculated as to produce, at the price of their sale, the cost of the stadium constructed pursuant to this Act, but such cost shall not exceed $6,000,000. The Board may reserve the right to redeem any or all of the bonds before maturity in such manner and at such price or prices not exceeding 105 per centum of the face value and accrued interest as may be fixed by the Board prior to the issuance of the bonds. The Board when it deems advisable may issue refunding bonds to refinance any outstanding bonds at maturity or before maturity when called for redemption, except that such refunding bonds shall mature within not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof, or not to exceed fifty years from the date of enactment of this Act, whichever shall first occur, and shall not exceed in principal amount the principal amount of outstanding bonds replaced by such refunding bonds.

Tax exemption.

Authority

of Board.

38 Stat. 1084.

71 Stat. 620,

The Board may enter into an agreement with any bank or trust company in the United States as trustee having the power to make such agreement, setting forth the duties of the Board with respect to acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the stadium, the conservation and application of all funds, the security for the payment of the bonds, safeguarding of money on hand or on deposit, and the rights and remedies of such trustee and the holders of the bonds, restricting the individual right of action on the bondholders as is customary in trust agreements respecting bonds of corporations. Such trust agreement may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the trustee and the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper.

(b) The bonds may be sold at not less than par. If the proceeds of the bonds shall exceed the cost, the excess shall be placed in the fund created by section 6 for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds the Board may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds, or may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds or interim certificates without coupons, of any denomination whatsoever, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds that have been executed are available for delivery.

(c) All bonds, or other obligations, issued by the Board under authority of this Act, shall be exempt both as to principal and interest, from all taxation (except estate and inheritance taxes) now or hereafter imposed by the United States, or by the District of Columbia.

SEC. 5. In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Board is hereby authorized, without regard to any other provision of law(1) to determine all questions concerning the use of the stadium for the purposes of this Act;

(2) to enter into contracts and agreements with the District of Columbia and the Federal departments, bureaus, establishments, and offices, and the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (31 U. S. C. 686), is hereby made applicable to such contracts;

(3) to acquire by purchase or lease, equipment, appliances, facilities, and property of any kind necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Act, and to sell or dispose of any such property so acquired when in its judgment it shall be advantageous to do so, except that no contract for more than $3,000 shall be entered into for the purpose of this paragraph without competitive bidding;

(4) to make such structural and other changes in the stadium as it may deem necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of this Act;

(5) to prepare, maintain, light, and operate motor-vehicle parking lots on such land as is provided for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior under section 3 of this Act;

(6) to operate or contract for the operation of such concessions, including the checking of clothing and the sale of beverages and food as the Board may deem appropriate to the purposes for which the stadium may be rented or leased;

(7) to furnish such services to renters, lessees, and other occupants of the stadium as in its judgment are necessary or suitable for carrying out the purposes of this Act;

(8) to rent or lease from time to time for any of the purposes of this Act, all or any part or parts of the stadium including any or all structures, equipment, or facilities of the stadium, at such rental values and for such periods of time as the Board shall determine;