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HR 5773 110th Congress House

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2008 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources BlacksCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommemorationsCommerce
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Competitive biddingConcessionsDiscrimination in public facilitiesDistrict of ColumbiaEconomics and Public FinanceGolfGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment contractorsHistoric sitesHistoryLand transfersLeasesMinoritiesMinority business enterprisesSegregationSports and RecreationSports facilitiesUser charges
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Apr 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 10, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 10, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) solicit proposals to procure the lease for the continued operation and maintenance of the Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses in the District of Columbia; and (2) ensure that month-to-month concessions contracts are continued for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek and Langston golf courses until the lease in force on the date of this Act's enactment for East Potomac expires.

Requires the lease to include the three golf courses in one lease agreement and mandate that the courses be operated and maintained in a manner that: (1) retains the historic nature of the courses, including an appropriate commemoration of the Langston Golf Course's historic place in African American golf history; (2) ensures that at least two of the courses maintain fees related to use that are affordable; (3) may allow fees collected at one course to subsidize the maintenance and operation of one or more of the others; and (4) allows for a long-term ground lease on the three courses.

Directs the Secretary to solicit the request for proposals in a manner that: (1) provides that the lease shall be entered into within a specified time frame; and (2) ensures the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises among the equity partners of the sponsors of the proposals.

Makes the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 inapplicable to requests for proposals submitted and leases and agreements entered into under this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5773: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5773/
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"H.R. 5773: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5773/.
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H.R. 5773, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5773/.
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