40 U.S.C. § 8712 — Mayor of the District of Columbia

(a) Planning responsibilities. The Mayor of the District of Columbia is the District government’s central planning agency^* in the National Capital^*. The Mayor coordinates District planning and prepares and carries out the District parts of the National Capital comprehensive plan. Those parts may cover land use, urban renewal and redevelopment, a multiyear District public-works program, and physical, social, economic, transportation, and population matters. The Mayor’s planning responsibility does not include (1) federal or international District projects and developments that the National Capital Planning Commission identifies, or (2) the United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds described in sections 5101 and 5102, extensions or additions to them, or buildings and grounds under the Architect of the Capitol. (b) Participation and consultation. In carrying out this section and section 8721, the Mayor must establish procedures for citizens to participate in planning and for appropriate, meaningful consultation with any affected state or local government or planning agency in the National Capital region^* concerning any part of a comprehensive plan, including amendments, that affects or relates to the District.