for African-American men and women, respectively. 
The golf course was named for John Mercer 
Langston, the first African-American Congressman 
from Virginia, elected in 1888. 
(6) Each of the three courses contains valuable 
historic components that must be maintained. 
(7) Langston Golf Course is listed on the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places. 
(8) Langston Golf Course is believed to be the 
first regulation course built in the United States al-
most entirely on a refuse landfill. 
(9) The first American-born golf professional of 
African-American ancestry was John Shippen, who 
was born in 1879 in the Anacostia area of Wash-
ington, DC, placed fifth in the second United States 
Open golf tournament in 1896 at 16 years of age, 
and helped found the Capitol City Golf Club in 
1925. 
(10) The Capitol City Open golf tournament 
has made Langston Golf Course its home for the 
past 40 years. 
(11) The Capitol City Golf Club, renamed the 
Royal Golf Club and Wake Robin Women’s Club, 
has historically promoted a safe golf facility for Afri-
can-Americans in Washington, DC, during an era of 
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few available facilities, and these two clubs remain 
the oldest African-American golf clubs in the United 
States. 
(12) The Langston facility provides important 
recreational outlets, instructional forums, and a 
‘‘safe haven center’’ for the enhancement of the lives 
of inner city youth and other residents in Wash-
ington, DC. 
(13) The Langston, Rock Creek, and East Po-
tomac golf courses provide a home for the Nation’s 
important minority youth ‘‘First Tee’’ golf instruc-
tion and recreational program in Washington, DC. 
(14) The Langston, Rock Creek, and East Po-
tomac golf courses have traditionally provided addi-
tional quality of life value to Washington, DC, and 
regional residents and visitors and the golf courses 
will reach their considerable potential once upgraded 
to meet their athletic and historical promise. 
(b) MANAGEMENT OF GOLF COURSES.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 
section, the following apply: 
(A) ROCK
CREEK.—The term ‘‘Rock 
Creek’’ means the federally owned golf course 
and related facilities located at 16th and Rit-
tenhouse NW, Washington, DC 20011, within 
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the boundaries of 16th Street NW to the East; 
Military Road NW to the South; Beach Drive 
NW to the West; and Sherrill Drive NW to the 
North. 
(B) LANGSTON.—The term ‘‘Langston’’ 
means the federally owned golf course and re-
lated facilities located at 26th and Benning 
Road NE, Washington, DC 20002, within the 
boundaries of Anacostia River to the East; 
Hickory Hill Road to the Northeast; Valley 
Road NE to the Northeast; Azalea Road NE to 
the North; Ellipse Road NE to the West; M 
Street NE to the North; Maryland Avenue NE 
to the Northwest; 22nd Street NE to the West; 
26th Street to the West; and Benning Road NE 
to the South. 
(C) EAST POTOMAC.—The term ‘‘East Po-
tomac’’ means the federally owned golf course 
and related facilities located at 972 Ohio Drive 
SW, Washington DC 20024, within the bound-
aries of Ohio Drive to the East, South, and 
West; and Buckeye Drive SW to the North. 
(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
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through the Director of the National Park 
Service. 
(c) LEASE EXPIRATION DATES.—The Secretary shall 
ensure, that upon the expiration of the lease currently in 
force for East Potomac, that any new lease for East Poto-
mac shall be set to expire on the same date as the lease 
currently in force for Langston and Rock Creek and upon 
the expiration of Langston, Rock Creek, and the new lease 
for East Potomac, the lease referred to in subsection (d) 
shall commence. 
(d) LEASE.—The lease referred to in subsection (e) 
is a lease for the continued operation and maintenance 
of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf 
courses. A lease entered into under this section shall in-
clude the 3 golf courses in one lease agreement and re-
quire that the golf courses be operated and maintained 
in a manner that— 
(1) retains the historic nature of the courses in-
cluding an appropriate commemoration of the 
Langston Golf Course’s historic place in African- 
American golf history; 
(2) at least 2 of the 3 courses maintain fees re-
lated to use of the golf courses to be affordable in 
light of the current fee system used today at the 
courses; 
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(3) may allow fees collected at one golf course 
to subsidize the maintenance and operation of one or 
more of the other golf courses; and 
(4) allows for a long-term ground lease on the 
3 courses. 
(e) REQUESTS
FOR
PROPOSALS.—The Secretary 
shall solicit proposals, through a competitive process, to 
procure the lease described in subsection (d) and may, 
after such solicitation, enter into agreements to procure 
the lease. The Secretary shall solicit the request for pro-
posals under this subsection in such a manner which en-
sures, to the greatest extent practicable, the participation 
of disadvantaged business enterprises among the equity 
partners of the sponsors of the proposals. 
(f) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.—The Na-
tional Park Service Concessions Management Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 5951 et seq.) shall not apply 
to requests for proposals submitted and leases and agree-
ments entered into under this section. 
Æ 
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