A bill to provide financial assistance to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park, and for other purposes.
PL 97-310 (H.R.7293), enacted 10/14/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-310—OCT. 14, 1982 
96 STAT. 1455 
Public Law 97-310 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To provide financial assistance to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts 
for reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Wolf Trap 
Farm Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for other purposes", 
approved October 15, 1966 (16 U.S.C. 284-284b), is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sections: 
"SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make available to the 
Foundation, in the form of a grant, $9,000,000 to be used for the 
reconstruction of the Center, subject to the provisions of this section. 
Such grant shall be made available in increments as needed for such 
purpose and only if the Foundation has agreed under terms and 
conditions satisfactory to the Secretary to provide, from non-Federal 
sources, sufficient contributions on a timely basis to complete the 
reconstruction of the Center. 
"(b) The Secretary may make loans to the Foundation to the 
extent needed to complete the reconstruction of the Center and to 
provide for noise mitigation mesisures, including those on adjacent 
public property, in an amount equal to twice the amount of non-
Federal contributions received, and provided, by the Foundation for 
such reconstruction work. The total amount of such loans may not 
exceed $8,000,000, Loans made under this subsection shall be repaid 
in full, with interest on any unpaid obligation at a rate determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current 
market yields on outstanding marketing obligations of the United 
States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the matu-
rity of the loan, plus such additional charge, if any, as the Secretary 
may determine, for the purpose of covering other costs of servicing 
the loan. In determining the terms and conditions governing any 
loan, the Secretary shall fix a term of not more than five years from 
the date the loan agreement is executed. 
"(c) No grants or loans may be made under this section unless the 
Secretary has entered into a written agreement with the Founda-
tion under which the Foundation agrees— 
"(1) to expend all funds for the reconstruction of the Center 
(and for construction or reconstruction of any related structures 
or fixtures) only in accordance with circulars published by the 
Office of Management and Budget applicable to Federal grants 
to nonprofit organizations, and in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-a7); 
"(2) to comply with such other terms and conditions as the 
Secretary deems appropriate; and 
"(3) to maintain, during the term of the cooperative agree-
ment described in section (5), and at the Foundation's expense, 
insurance on the Center respecting such risks, in such amounts, 
and containing such terms and conditions, as are satisfactory to 
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[H.R. 7293] 
Wolf Trap Farm 
Park Act. 
Grant. 
16 u s e 284c. 
Loans. 
Terms and 
conditions. 
Written 
agreement. 
40 u s e 276a-
276a-5. 
96 STAT. 1456 
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Easement. 
Toll road, truck 
traffic ban. 
Cooperative 
agreement. 
16 u s e 284d. 
26 u s e 501. 
Information 
disclosure. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
the Secretary. Any repairs or reconstruction carried out with 
Funds obtained from the receipt of the proceeds of any such 
insurance shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. 
"(d) The Secretary shall be responsible for overseeing the recon-
struction and shall have final approval over the plans for, and 
location and design of, the Center, and the Foundation shall be 
responsible for managing the construction activities, including the 
selection (in accordance with the requirements referred to in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c)) of persons to perform architec-
tural, engineering, construction, and related services. 
"(e) No grants or loans may be made under this section unless the 
Secretary has received what the Secretary deems to be adequate 
written assurance from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration that any easement granted to the Commonwealth of 
Virginia by the Administrator for construction of the Dulles Toll 
Road will contain noise standards ("A" weighted energy average 
sound level of 52 to 54 dB) £ind other standards set forth in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Dulles Airport Access 
Road Outer Parallel Toll Roads, prepared by the Federal Aviation 
Administration and issued in May of 1982, legally enforceable by the 
Administrator and by the Secretary which are adequate to protect 
the Center from undue noise pollution and other environmental 
degradation attributable to such toll road both during and after its 
construction, and will £dso contain legally enforceable assurances 
that the Commonwealth of Virginia will promptly take measures to 
achieve the noise levels specified in the easement. Such measures 
may include a partial or total ban on truck traffic on the toll road or 
other mitigation recommended by the Secretary £ind the Adminis-
trator. 
"(f) The Secretary may also provide support services, as requested 
by the Foundation, on a reimbursable basis, for purposes of recon-
struction of the Center. 
"SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to enter into 
a cooperative agreement with the Foundation respecting the presen-
tation of performing arts and related educational and cultural 
programs at the Center, and in such other areas of the park as may 
be agreed to. The Secretary majr provide technical and financial 
assistance under such a cooperative agreement for such purposes, 
pursuant to such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate. 
"(b) As a condition of entering into a cooperative agreement under 
this section, the Secretary shall require that— 
"(1) the Foundation maintain the insurance described in sec-
tion 4(c)(3) of this Act; and 
"(2) the Foundation maintain its status as an organization 
described in section 501(cX3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code. 
"(c) A cooperative agreement under this section shall provide 
that— 
"(1) the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United 
States or their duly authorized representatives shall have access 
to any pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the 
Foundation to make audits, examinations, excerpts, and tran-
scripts; 
"(2) the Foundation shall prepare an annual report to the 
Secretary, which shall also be submitted to the appropriate 
committees of the United States House of Representatives and 
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96 STAT. 1457 
the United States Senate, summarizing the activities of the 
previous year (together with a comparison of goals and objec-
tives with actual accomplishments) and presenting a plan for 
the forthcoming year; and 
"(3) such cooperative agreement may be terminated at the 
convenience of the United States if the Secretary determines 
that such termination is required in the public interest. 
The cooperative agreement shall contain such other terms and 
conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Until such coopera-
tive agreement is entered into, nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect or impair the validity of the agreement between 
the National Park Service and the Foundation dated September 16, 
1980. Such agreement shall remain in force and effect until termi-
nated under the terms and conditions of such agreement or until an 
agreement is entered into under this section. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary under any 
other provision of law to enter into a contract or an agreement, not 
conflicting with the cooperative agreement described in this section, 
with any other organization or entity with respect to the administra-
tion of the park. 
"SEC. 6. All right, title, and interest in the Center shall be vested 
in the United States. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
provide that the Foundation shall be considered to be a Federal 
agency or instrumentality for purposes of appl5dng any law or 
regulation of the United States or of any State. 
"SEC. 7. Following disbursement of any grant under this Act for 
the reconstruction of the Center, the Secretary shall submit quar-
terly reports to the appropriate committees of 
the United States House 
of Representatives and the United States Senate setting forth the 
progress of the reconstruction, any present or anticipated problems 
of any type, the financial projections for remaining work, and the 
progress made by the Foundation in raising funds for purposes of 
the reconstruction. The report shall set forth quarterly goals 
respecting the reconstruction of the Center and shall compare the 
performance during the prior quarter to the goals set forth for that 
quarter. 
"SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary shall cooperate with, and seek coopera-
tion from, other Federal, State, and local agencies (including the 
Federal Aviation Administration) to protect the park from undue 
noise intrusions, air pollution, and visual degradation. 
"0)) The Secretary shall monitor noise pollution which is associ-
ated with the Dulles road corridor (including the airport access and 
toll roads) and shall notify the Federal Aviation Administration, the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, and the appropriate committees of Con-
gress if, after conferring with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the Secretary finds that such noise pollu-
tion is exceeding the standards set forth in section 4(e). Within sixty 
days after any such notification, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall take steps to reduce noise pollution so 
as to conform to such standards. The Secretary or the Foundation 
may bring an action in the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia to enjoin any violation by the Commonwealth 
of Virginia of the easement referred to in section 4(e). 
"SEC. 9. A general management plan for the park shall be pre-
pared and periodically revised in a timely manner in accordemce 
with the provisions of section 120t)) of the Act of August 18, 1970 (84 
Stat. 825; 16 U.S.C. la through la-7). Such plan shall be submitted 
Termination. 
Terms and 
conditions. 
16 u s e 284e. 
Reports to 
congressional, 
committees. 
16 u s e 284f. 
16 u s e 284g. 
Noise pollution, 
monitoring. 
Plan. 
16 u s e 284h. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
96 STAT. 1458 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
16 u s e 284i. 
Definitions. 
16 u s e 284j. 
Short title. 
16 u s e 284 note. 
to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United 
States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate no later than Janu-
ary 1, 1984, and such revisions shall be submitted to such commit-
tees of the Congress in a timely manner. 
"SEC. 10. There is authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$17,000,000 to carry out sections 4 and 5 of this Act. No authority 
under this Act to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be 
effective except to the extent and in such amounts as provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts. 
"SEC. 11. As used in this Act, the term— 
"(1) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(2) 'Park' means the Wolf Trap Farm Park established under 
this Act, including the Center. 
"(3) 'Center' means the Filene Center in the Park. Such term 
includes all real property and fixtures which are within or 
directly related to the Filene Center. 
"(4) 'Foundation' means the Wolf Trap Foundation for the 
Performing Arts organized pursuant to the District of Columbia 
Nonprofit Organization Act. 
"SEC. 12. This Act may be referred to as the 'Wolf Trap Farm 
Park Act'.". 
Approved October 14, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7293: 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Oct. 1, considered and passed House and Senate.