ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-278
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 3, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend the Walter Reed Development Omnibus Act of 2016 to provide that revenues
received from the Developer as Initial Consideration Payments under the Walter Reed
Land and Disposition Agreement shall, after October 1, 2023, be deposited into the
Walter Reed Reinvestment Fund and issued as a grant to the Developer to pay or
reimburse certain costs of job creation and economic development of or related to the
Walter Reed Redevelopment Site.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Walter Reed Development Assistance Congressional Review
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) On July 11, 2023, the Council unanimously passed the Walter Reed
Development Assistance Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective August 2, 2023 (D.C.
Act 25-215; 70 DCR 10929), which is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2023.
(b) The Council unanimously passed the Walter Reed Development Assistance
Temporary Amendment Act of 2023, passed on 2nd reading on September 19, 2023 (Enrolled
version of Bill 25-384), which will become effective following approval by the Mayor (or, in the
event of a veto, Council action to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review,
and publication in the Register.
(c) To avoid an imminent lapse in the law between the expiration of the emergency act
and the effective date of the temporary act, it is necessary to pass congressional review
emergency legislation.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Walter Reed Development Assistance
Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.