Washington Channel Public Access Act
This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled Washington Channel, Fort McNair, Washington, DC; Restricted Area, published on December 29, 2020. The proposed rule establishes a permanent restricted area in the Washington Channel adjacent to Fort McNair in the District of Columbia. The bill also prohibits the USACE from implementing any other rule that restricts public access to the Washington Channel in the District.
To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a proposed rule 
relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in Washington, 
                     D.C., and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Washington Channel Public Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RULE.

    The Secretary of the Army may not finalize, implement, or enforce 
the proposed rule entitled ``Washington Channel, Fort McNair, 
Washington, DC; Restricted Area'', published by the Department of the 
Army on December 29, 2020 (Docket No. COE-2019-0010; 85 Fed. Reg. 
85570), or any other rule that restricts public access to the 
Washington Channel in Washington, DC.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 27

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1765

                          [Report No. 117-44]

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Washington Channel Public Access Act
To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from implementing a proposed rule relating to restricted access to the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
Washington Channel Public Access Act
Washington Channel Public Access Act
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes