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HR 2838 111th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources District of Columbia Historic sites and heritage areas Minority and disadvantaged businesses Parks, recreation areas, trails Public contracts and procurement Racial and ethnic relations Sports and recreation facilities User charges and fees

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: June 11, 2009 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 15, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 11, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1380-1381)
Jun 11, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to solicit proposals to procure a new lease for the continued operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses.

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) allows 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 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.

What's happening now June 15, 2009

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

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