2000 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 71f - Capital improvements

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§71f. Capital improvements (a) Six-year program of public works; recommendations and annual review; submission of advance programs

The Commission shall recommend a six-year program of public works projects for the Federal Government which it shall review annually with the agencies concerned. To this end, each Federal agency shall submit to the Commission in the first quarter of each fiscal year a copy of its advance program of capital improvements within the National Capital and its environs.

(b) Submission of multiyear capital improvement plan

The Mayor shall submit to the Commission, by February 1 of each year, a copy of the multiyear capital improvements plan for the District developed by him under section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The Commission shall have thirty days within which to comment upon such plan but shall have no authority to change or disapprove of such plan.

(June 6, 1924, ch. 270, §7, as added July 19, 1952, ch. 949, §1, 66 Stat. 789; amended 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §402(32), eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93–198, title II, §203(f), title IV, §421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 782, 789; Pub. L. 105–33, title XI, §11717(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 786.)

References in Text

Section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 444 of Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 800, as amended, which is not classified to the Code.

Prior Provisions

Similar provisions relating to preparation and maintenance of a comprehensive plan for the National Capital and its environs, including public works, and for cooperation between the former National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Federal and District Governments were contained in section 71 of this title prior to amendment by act July 19, 1952.

Amendments

1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–33 substituted “District of Columbia Home Rule Act” for “District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act”.

1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–198 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted “for the Federal Government” after “public works projects”, and struck out “and the District of Columbia Council” after “Federal agency”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–198 added subsec. (b).

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–33 effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise provided in title XI of Pub. L. 105–33, see section 11721 of Pub. L. 105–33, set out as a note under section 4246 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Transfer of Functions

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, §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. Accordingly, “Mayor” substituted in subsec. (b) for “commissioner”.

Previously, reference to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia had been changed to the District of Columbia Council pursuant to section 402(32) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred the regulatory and other functions of the Board of Commissioners relating to the submission of a copy of the District's advance program of capital improvements to the National Capital Planning Commission, to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided by section 406 of the Plan. For provisions establishing the District of Columbia Council, see section 201 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 71, 71a, 71i, 72, 72a, 136 of this title.