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Studies and in^ vestigations.

Report to House Committee.

PUBLIC LAW 267-MAR. 4, 1952

ST A T.

bridge so constructed will be of material benefit to the Federal Government in the event that the dispersal of Federal agencies becomes an accomplished fact; and that the construction of such a bridge is hereby declared to be a desirable project. SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to proceed immediately to make such studies and investigations as ma}' be deemed necessary to determine (1) the most suitable site for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge over the Potomac River, including approaches thereto and connecting roads in the District of Columbia and in the State of Virginia; (2) the relative need for such bridge as against the need for other bridges within the District of Columbia, and as to which of such bridges should have priority for construction; (3) the character and volume of traffic that would use such bridge and whether such traffic would be predominantly local or would include a substantial volume of general north and south traffic for which such bridge would serve as a bypass of the most congested areas of the District of Columbia and the city of Washington; (4) the best location of approach roads and direct connections with the Mount Vernon Boulevard and U. S. Route 1 where it passes through Alexandria and with the Shirley Memorial Highway, together with the control of access to such approach or connecting roads and with appropriate recommendation regarding acquisition of the lands that would be required to provide right-of-way therefor both in the State of Virginia and in the District of Columbia; (5) the preliminary plans for and the approximate cost of such a bridge and what would constitute a fair and reasonable basis for distributing such costs as between the District of Columbia, the State of Virginia, and the Federal Government; (6) and such other information as would be helpful to the Congress in deciding whether the construction of such bridge should be authorized. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall initiate and enter into such agreement as may be necessary for making and financing the studies and investigations herein authorized with the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, and the Department of Highways, State of Virginia, and shall enlist the cooperation of the National P a r k Service, Department of the Interior, the National Capital P a r k and Planning Commission, and of any subdivision of the State of Virginia in which any part of such bridge or its approaches or connecting roads would be located, in the studies and investigations made pursiuint to such agreement. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to make such use of federally owned and controlled lands at and adjacent to the site of the bridge as may be necessary for making the studies and investigations authorized by this Act. A report of the results of such studies and investigations, together with recommendations based thereon, shall be made to the House Committee on the District of Columbia by the Commissioners of said District within six months after approval of this Act. Approved March 3, 1952. CHAPTER 77

Public Law 267 March 4, 1952 [H.R.47493

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AN ACT AuthoriziiiL the Secretiiry of Agriculture to return certain lands to the Police Jury of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cadd^'pJuhLa. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to return, by appropriate

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