Transfer of Jurisdiction Over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

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Emergency Transfer of RFK Stadium to D.C.

This resolution declares an emergency and allows the District of Columbia to take over control of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium from the National Park Service before a set deadline.

What This Bill Does

• Declares that there is an emergency situation regarding the need for the District of Columbia to take control of RFK Stadium.
• Transfers jurisdiction over the RFK Campus, including Reservation 343-F, from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia.
• Requires this transfer to happen within 180 days after a specific federal law was passed.

Who It Names or Affects

• The District of Columbia
• National Park Service
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration

A statement that a situation is urgent and requires immediate action.

Reservation 343-F

The specific area of land where the RFK Stadium Campus is located, as shown on official maps.

Limits and Unknowns

• This resolution only applies to the transfer of jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus.
• It does not provide details about how the District will manage or use the stadium after taking control.

Official Summary Text

Transfer of Jurisdiction Over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-15

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

February 4, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the transfer of
jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus from the National
Park Service to the District of Columbia.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Transfer of Jurisdiction Over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium Campus Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus (“RFK Campus”)
comprises a portion of Reservation 343-F, as shown on the Surveyor’s plat in S.O. 25-01723.
(b) The D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, approved
January 6, 2025 (Pub. L. No. 118-274; 138 Stat. 3234), requires the National Park Service to
transfer jurisdiction over the RFK Campus to the District for a period of not less than 99 years
and requires that the transfer of jurisdiction be effectuated within 180 days after the date of
enactment of that law.
(c) Emergency legislation is necessary to expeditiously approve transfer of jurisdiction
over the RFK Campus to the District prior to the close of the 180-day period specified in the
federal law.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Transfer of Jurisdiction Over the Robert F. Kenndy Memorial Stadium Campus Emergency
Approval Resolution of 2025 be adopted on an emergency basis.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.