For the purposes of this subchapter:
- (1) The term “plat” means the plat filed in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia under S.O. 92-252.
- (2) The term “District” means the District of Columbia.
- (3) The term “Islands” means Heritage Island and all of that portion of Kingman Island located south of Benning Road and within the District of Columbia and the Anacostia River, being a portion of United States Reservation 343, Section F, as specified and legally described on the Survey.
- (4) The term “National Children’s Island” means a cultural, educational, and family-oriented recreation park, together with a children’s playground, to be developed and operated in accordance with subchapter II of this chapter.
- (5) The term “playground” means the children’s playground that is part of National Children’s Island and includes all lands on the Islands located south of East Capitol Street.
- (6) The term “recreation park” means the cultural, educational, and family-oriented recreation park that is part of National Children’s Island.
- (7) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
- (8) The term “Survey” means the ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey prepared by Dewberry & Davis and dated February 12, 1994.
History
July 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 1416, Pub. L. 104-163, § 2
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) addition of §§ 10-1503 to 10-1505, see § 2(a) to (c) of Draft Master Plan for Public Reservation 13 Emergency Amendment Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-13, January 27, 2003, 50 DCR 1488).
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 9-901.