ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-648
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 1, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 to authorize the
Director to make grants of more than $1 million to the National Park Service for certain
projects in the Buzzard Point neighborhood.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Buzzard Point Park and Trails National Park Service Grant
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) On July 9, 2024, the Council passed the Buzzard Point Park and Trails
National Park Service Grant Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective July 23, 2024 (D.C.
Act 25-524; 71 DCR 9584) (“emergency legislation”). The emergency legislation is set to expire
on October 21, 2024.
(b) The Buzzard Point Park and Trails National Park Service Grant Temporary
Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on September 17, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill
25-889) (“temporary legislation”), is currently under mayoral review and will not complete its
30-day congressional review period prior to the expiration of the emergency legislation.
(c) Congressional review emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law
between the expiration of the emergency legislation and effective date of the temporary
legislation.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Buzzard Point Park and Trails National
Park Service Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after
a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.