40 U.S.C. § 8303 — Declaration of policy of coordinated development and management

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-217 to r/title-40-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-PROPERTY-AND-WORKS · 160 words · no verdicts yet

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This law sets the official policy for reaching the coordination goal from section 8302. Congress, federal agencies, the D.C. Mayor, and other D.C. officials must use their powers to help the whole Washington region develop and manage its affairs together. It still respects Maryland's and Virginia's authority over their own areas.

This section lays out the policy that Congress, the executive branch of the federal government, the Mayor of D.C., and every other D.C. officer, agency, and body must follow to reach the goal set in section 8302 — coordinated growth for the whole Washington region. The policy is this: whenever these officials use their powers and carry out their duties that affect the Washington metropolitan region, they must do it in a way that best helps the areas of the region grow together and manage their public affairs together. The law adds one limit. Maryland and Virginia are sovereign states, and they keep authority over the parts of the region inside their own borders. Nothing here overrides that. The overall aim is the same as in section 8302: helping the whole Washington region solve its development problems as one unified metropolitan area, not as separate, disconnected pieces.

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The policy to be followed for the attainment of the objective established by section 8302 of this title, and for the more effective exercise by Congress, the executive branch of the Federal Government, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and all other officers, agencies, and instrumentalities of the District of Columbia of their respective functions, powers, and duties in respect of the Washington metropolitan region, shall be that the functions, powers, and duties shall be exercised and carried out in a manner that (with proper recognition of the sovereignty of Maryland and Virginia in respect of those areas of the Washington metropolitan region that are located within their respective jurisdictions) will best facilitate the attainment of the coordinated development of the areas of the Washington metropolitan area and the coordinated management of their public affairs so as to contribute effectively to the solution of the community development problems of the Washington metropolitan region on a unified metropolitan basis.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1210.)

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2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-217 · 116 Stat. 1210

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