Territory and boundaries
Title I — State of Washington, D.C. › Subtitle B — Seat of Government of the United States
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(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds survey conducted under subsection (c). (b) Exclusion of portion remaining as seat of Government of United States The territory of the State shall not include the area described in section 112, which shall be known as the Capital and shall serve as the seat of the Government of the United States, as provided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United States. (c) Metes and bounds survey Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President (in consultation with the Chair of the National Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 112(b).