§ 225f. — Property transfer.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 24USC225f]
TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 4--SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL
SUBCHAPTER III--MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 225f. Property transfer
(a) Authority of Secretary; exclusion of certain real property
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on October 1, 1987, the
Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in all real property at
Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia together with any
buildings, improvements, and personal property used in connection with
such property needed to provide mental health and other services
provided by the Department of Human Services indentified \1\ pursuant to
section 225b(c)(7) of this title.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``identified''.
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(2) Such real property as is identified by the Secretary by
September 30, 1987, as necessary to Federal mental health programs at
Saint Elizabeths Hospital under section 225(b)(5) of this title shall
not be transferred under this subsection.
(b) Preparation of master plan; consultation; approval; property
transfer; exclusion of Oxon Cove Park
On or before October 1, 1992, the Mayor shall prepare, and submit to
the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate, a master plan, not inconsistent with the
comprehensive plan for the National Capital, for the use of all real
property, buildings, improvements, and personal property comprising
Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia not transferred or
excluded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. In developing such
plan, the Mayor shall consult with, and provide an opportunity for
review by, appropriate Federal, regional, and local agencies. Such
master plan submitted by the Mayor shall be approved by a law enacted by
the Congress within the 2-year period following the date such plan is
submitted to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate. Immediately upon the approval of any such
law, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such
property in accordance with such approved plan. The real property,
together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, including
personal property used in connection therewith, known as the Oxon Cove
Park and operated by the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior, shall not be transferred under this subchapter.
(c) Transfer of J.B. Johnson Building and grounds
On October 1, 1985, the Secretary shall transfer to the District,
without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United
States to lot 87, square 622, in the subdivision made by the District of
Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, as per plat recorded in the Office
of the Surveyor for the District of Columbia, in liber 154 at folio 149
(901 First Street N.W., the J.B. Johnson Building and grounds).
(Pub. L. 98-621, Sec. 8, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3377; Pub. L. 102-150,
Sec. 3(b), Oct. 31, 1991, 105 Stat. 980.)
Amendments
1991--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-150 substituted ``October 1, 1992''
for ``October 1, 1991'' and ``2-year'' for ``twelve-month''.
Abolition of House Committee on the District of Columbia
Committee on the District of Columbia of House of Representatives
abolished by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan.
4, 1995. References to Committee on the District of Columbia treated as
referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of
Representatives, see section 1(b) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on
Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5,
One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 225b of this title.
