85th Congress, H. R. 12162 July 28, 1958 AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to require the stadium to be constructed substantially in accordance with certain plans, to provide for a contract with the United States with respect to the site of such stadium, and for other purposes. 72 Stat. 421. Columbia Sta Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District District of of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 is amended as follows: (1) The first sentence of section 2 of such Act is amended by strik- dium Aet of ing out "(including necessary motor-vehicle parking areas)". 1957. Amendment. (2) The last sentence of section 2 of such Act is amended to read 71 Stat. 619. as follows: "In the event the Board exercises the authority vested in Construction it by this section, such stadium shall be constructed substantially in plans. accordance with the plans for such stadium contained in the PraegerKavanagh-Waterbury survey entitled 'Engineering and Economic Study, District of Columbia Stadium' dated March 31, 1958.". (3) Section 3 of such Act is amended by striking out all that follows Contract. in that section after "and thereafter," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "acting under authority of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes', approved August 25, 1916, as amended (16 U. S. C. 1 and the following), the 39 Stat. 535. Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a contract with the Board for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the stadium on such East Capitol Street site, except that such contract may be for a term of not more than thirty years.". (4) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 4 of such Act is Bonds. amended to read as follows: "The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the cost of preliminary engineering and economic surveys relating to the stadium, and for the payment of the cost of planning, designing and constructing such stadium, and to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of such stadium, and for the payment of interest on the bonds authorized herein during the period of construction and during the 12-month period following completion of construction of the stadium, by an issue or issues of negotiable bonds of the Board, bearing interest, payable annually or semiannually, as the Board shall determine, at a rate not exceeding such rate as shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury." (5) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 4 of such Act is amended by striking out "Act, but such cost shall not exceed $6,000,000." and inserting in lieu thereof "Act.". (6) The fourth sentence of subsection (a) of section 4 of such Act is amended (a) by inserting immediately after "outstanding bonds" a comma and the following: "and interest thereon," and (B) by striking out "occur, and shall not exceed in principal amount the principal amount of outstanding bonds replaced by such refunding bonds." and inserting in lieu thereof "occur.". (7) Subsection (a) of section 4 of such Act is further amended by striking out the last two sentences of that subsection. (8) Subsection (c) of section 4 of such Act is amended (A) by striking out "obligations" and inserting in lieu thereof "securities" and (B) by striking out "by the United States, or". Authority of 72 Stat. 421. 72 Stat. 422. Operating fund. Advances. 62 Stat. 341; 69 Stat. 498. Sinking fund. Use. Right, title, and interest. Retirement of bonds, Ato. (9) Section 5 of such Act is amended by striking out "without regard to any other provision of law-" and inserting in lieu thereof "without regard to any other provision of law, but subject to any contract entered into with the Secretary of the Interior under section 3 of this Act-". (10) Paragraph (5) of section 5 of such Act is further amended by striking out on such land as is provided for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior under section 3 of this Act". (11) Section 5 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(11) to enter into contracts, contingent or otherwise, for expert, professional, and other personal services, and for printing, engraving, supplies, or any items or services necessary and incident to the preparation and sale of bonds, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds." (12) Subsection (a) of section 6 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(a) The Board shall place into an operating fund all receipts derived from the exercise by the Board of the powers granted by this Act. All records and accounts relating to the operations, revenues, expenses, and costs of the stadium shall be kept separate and distinct from the records and accounts relating to the operations, revenues, expenses, and costs of the District of Columbia National Guard Armory. The Board is authorized, from time to time, to make advances for the operation and maintenance of the stadium from the armory board working capital fund established in section 8 of the Act approved June 4, 1948 (D. C. Code, sec. 2-1708), but not to exceed a total of $25,000 at any one time. Such advances shall be reimbursed from the operating fund created by this subsection. The operating fund shall be used for constructing, operating, maintaining, and repairing the stadium. After payment or provision for payment from the operating fund of all costs for construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of the stadium and the reservation of an amount of money estimated to be sufficient for the maintenance, repair, and operation during the ensuing period of not more than twelve months, the remainder of the receipts derived from the exercise by the Board of the powers granted by this Act shall be placed in a sinking fund. Such sinking fund shall be used for the following purposes and in the following order of priority: (1) to pay the interest on and principal of bonds and other securities issued under authority of section 4 of this Act; (2) to reimburse the District of Columbia for any moneys advanced from its revenues and any amounts borrowed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia from the Secretary of the Treasury, including interest on such borrowed amounts, to pay interest on or principal of bonds issued by the Board; and (3) to redeem bonds before maturity as provided in section 4 of this Act, or to repurchase bonds before maturity. All revenues from the operation of the stadium are hereby pledged to the uses and to the application thereof as heretofore in this section required. An accurate record of the cost of the stadium, the expenditures for maintaining and operating it, and of rentals and lease receipts shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all interested persons." (13) Section 7 of such Act is amended by striking out all that follows in that section after "date of enactment of this Act," and inserting in lieu thereof: "all right, title, and interest in and to the stadium constructed under this Act shall vest in the United States.". (14) The last sentence of section 9 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "Whenever the Board certifies to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia that there will not be a sufficient amount in the sinking fund created by section 6 (a) of this Act to pay amounts becoming due and payable during any fiscal year on account of interest on or retirement of the bonds, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall include in the budget estimates for the District of Columbia for such fiscal year such amounts out of the revenues of 72 Stat. 422. the District of Columbia as may be necessary to insure the payment 72 Stat. 423. of such interest or the retirement of such bonds. In the event an appropriation has not been made by the time the amount becomes due and payable on account of interest on or retirement of the bonds, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to borrow from the Secretary of the Treasury the amounts required, to bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average rate on current marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities as of the last day of the month preceding the month in which the amount is borrowed. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to lend to said Commissioners the amounts required hereunder and for such purposes the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the pur- 40 Stat. 288. poses for which securities may be issued under the Second Liberty 31 USC 774 (2). Bond Act, as amended, are extended to include any loans to said Commissioners hereunder. Amounts borrowed by said Commissioners from the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this section and the interest thereon shall be repaid promptly from the funds appropriated pursuant to authority in this section and from any other appropriation available for such purpose. Amounts appropriated for payment of interest on or retirement of bonds and amounts borrowed by the Commissioners for such purpose shall be advanced by the Commissioners to the Board and shall be placed by the Board in such sinking fund. All bonds and other securities issued by the Board under authority of this Act are hereby guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.". (15) Section 10 of such Act is amended by striking out "the Reports to accuracy by the auditor of the District of Columbia," and inserting Congress. in lieu thereof "accuracy by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their designated agent,". (16) Such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 11. As used in this Act the term "(1) 'stadium' includes necessary motor-vehicle parking areas, and "Stadium". all equipment, appliances, facilities, and property of any kind, neces sary to carry out the purposes of this Act." 62 Stat. 341; SEC. 2. (a) Section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Armory Board. District of Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes", Working capital approved June 4, 1948 (D. C. Code, sec. 2-1708), as amended, is fund. amended (1) by striking out "$50,000" each place where it appears 69 Stat. 498. and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place "$100,000"; (2) by office expenses striking out "not to exceed $11,000 at any one time to be used for office and sundry expenses of the Armory Board, including use for change-making purposes", and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed $15,000 at any one time to be used by the Armory Board for its office and sundry expenses and for change-making purposes in connection with the secondary purposes of this Act, and in connection with the operation of the stadium pursuant to the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957" and (3) by striking out "Provided further, That Promotional an amount not to exceed $3,000 in any fiscal year shall be available expenses. for promotional expenses in the furtherance of the secondary purposes of this Act," and inserting in lieu thereof: "Provided further, 72 Stat. 423. 72 Stat. 424. Effective date. That an amount not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year shall be available for promotional expenses in the furtherance of the secondary purposes of this Act, and of the purposes of the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957.". (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the first day of the first month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 28, 1958. 85th Congress, S. 495 August 6, 1958 AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of the remaining property in square 725 in the District of Columbia for the purpose of extension of the site of the additional office building for the United States Senate or for the purpose of addition to the United States Capitol Grounds. 72 Stat. 495. 72 Stat. 496. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to Senate Office the real property contained in square 725 in the District of Columbia Building heretofore acquired as a site for an additional office building for the Commission. United States Senate under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Property Appropriation Act, 1948, approved June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1028), the acquisition. Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, for purposes of extension of such site or for additions to the United States Capitol Grounds, all other publicly or privately owned real property (including alleys or parts of alleys and streets) contained in said square 725 in the District of Columbia, except lots 863, 864, 885, 892, 893, 894, and 905: Provided, That upon the acquisition of such real property by the Architect of the Capitol on behalf of the United States, such property shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 718), in the same manner and to the same extent as 40 USC 193a the present Senate Office Building and the grounds and sidewalks et seq. surrounding the same. SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act and of such Act of June 25, 1948, square 725 shall be deemed to extend to the outer face of the curbs surrounding such square. SEC. 3. Any proceeding for condemnation brought under this Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia for the use of the United States", approved March 1, 1929 (16 D. C. Code, 45 Stat. 1415. secs. 619-644). SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States and contained in square 725 shall, upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, made with the approval of the Senate Office Building Commission, be transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol, and any alley, or part thereof, contained in such square, shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of such Commission. SEC. 5. Upon acquisition of any real property pursuant to this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, when directed by the Senate Office Building Commission to so act, is authorized to provide for the demolition and/or removal of any buildings or other structures on, or constituting a part of, such property and, pending demolition, to lease any or all of such property for such periods and under such terms and conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the United States and to provide for the maintenance and protection of such property. SEC. 6. The jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall extend over Capitol any real property acquired under this Act. Upon completion of Police. the acquisition of all properties in square 725, herein authorized to be acquired, the following streets shall become a part of the United States Capitol Grounds and as such shall be subject to the provisions of Public Law 570, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended: First Street Northeast, between Constitution Avenue and C_Street; C Street 40 USC 193a Northeast, between First and Second Streets. Such streets shall et seq. 60 Stat. 718. |