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 O ver 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.