PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1223 number of stories, and size of federal public buildings in the District of Columbia and the provision for open space in and around federal public buildings in the District of Columbia is subject to the approval of the Commission. (e) APPROVAL OF DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL AREA. —Subsection (d) is extended to include public buildings erected by any agency of the Government of the District of Columbia in the central area of the District (as defined by concurrent action of the Commission and the Council of the District of Columbia), except that the Commission shall transmit its approval or disapproval within 30 days after the day the proposal was submitted to the Commission. § 8723. Capital improvements (a) SIX-YEAR PROGRAM OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.— The National Capital Planning Commission shall recommend a sixyear program of public works projects for the Federal Government which the Commission shall review annually with the agencies concerned. Each federal agency shall submit to the Commission in the first quarter of each fiscal year a copy of its advance program of capital improvements within the NationeJ Capital and its environs. (b) SUBMISSION OF MULTIYEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. — By February 1 of each year, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Commission a copy of the multiyear capital improvements plan for the District of Columbia that the Mayor develops under section 444 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198, 87 Stat. 800). The Commission has 30 days in which to comment on the plan but may not change or disapprove of the plan. §8724. Zoning regulations and maps (a) AMENDMENTS OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND MAPS.— The National Capital Planning Commission may make a report and recommendation to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, as provided in section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1938 (ch. 534, 52 Stat. 798), on the relation, conformity, or consistency of proposed amendments of the zoning regulations and maps with the comprehensive plan for the National Capital. The Planning Commission may also submit to the Zoning Commission proposed amendments or general revisions to the zoning regulations or the zoning map for the District of Columbia. (b) ADDITIONAL REPORT BY PLANNING COMMISSION. —When requested by an authorized representative of the Planning Commission, the Zoning Commission may recess for a reasonable period of time any public hearing it is holding to consider a proposed amendment to the zoning regulations or map so that the Planning Commission may have an opportunity to present to the Zoning Commission an additional report on the proposed amendment. (c) ZONING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMIS- SION.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION.—T here is a Zoning Committee of the National Capital Planning Commission. The Committee consists of at least three members of the Planning Commission the Planning Commission designates for that purpose. The number of members serving on the Committee may vary.
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