Transfer of Jurisdiction Over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025
This bill approves the transfer of jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus (approximately 177 acres) from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia. The transfer is required by the federal D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act (approved January 6, 2025), which mandates completion within 180 days. This resolution allows the District to control the waterfront property for redevelopment, including housing, jobs, parks, and recreational facilities along the Anacostia riverfront. The District already leases the land from the National Park Service, and this transfer enables expanded uses permitted by federal law.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Council Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025
Signed Feb 4, 2025
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The document changed from a Mayor's letter introducing a proposed resolution to the final enrolled version of the resolution itself. The content and substantive provisions remain identical, but the format shifted from a letter with attachments to a formal legislative resolution with an enrolled original designation. This represents the bill's progression through the legislative process rather than a policy change.
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The document format changed from a Mayor's cover letter introducing a proposed resolution to the final enrolled resolution text itself, including the addition of an enrolled original designation and removal of the Mayor's signature block and enclosures.
The Attorney General's legal counsel memorandum was replaced with the enrolled resolution header, indicating the bill has been formally adopted and enrolled for final passage.
Floor votes · Council Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
12–0
Passed
Total votes 12
Feb 4, 2025
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
Vote distribution
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All Nay
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Total actions
6
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Committee
1
Feb 4, 2025
Council · Passed
Council Vote: pass (12-0)
council
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole
legislature
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
PR26-0056 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
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State
District
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Phil Mendelson
DDemocratic
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