An Act to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to convey certain lands in Brevard County, Fla
PL 92-227 (H.R.11487), enacted 02/15/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-227-FEB. 15, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
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SEC. 410. The Congress strongly urges the President to undertake 
such negotiations as may be necessary to implement that portion of 
the recommendations of the Report of the President's Commission for 
the Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Ignited 
Nations (known as the "Lodge Commission'*) which proposes that the 
portion of the regular assessed costs to be paid by the United States 
to the L^nited Nations be reduced so that the United States is assessed 
in each year not more than 25 per centum of such costs assessed all 
members of the Ignited Nations for that year. 
Approved February 7, 1972. 
February 15, 197 2 
[H. R. 11487] 
Public Law 92-227 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration to convey certain lands in Brevard County, Florida. 
Chapel of the 
Astronauts, Inc., 
Fla. 
Conveyance. 
Termination. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis-
trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is 
authorized to convey for fair market value to the Chapel of the Astro-
nauts, Incorporated, a nonprofit Florida corporation, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in not to exceed seven acres of unim-
proved land situated adjacent to the present Visitor Information 
Center, John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, Brevard County, Florida, together with neces-
sary rights of vehicular, pedestrian and utilities access, for the purpose 
of construction, operation, and maintenance thereon by the said cor-
poration of a nondenominational, nonsectarian, nonprofit public facil-
ity for worship or meditation and a memorial to the Astronauts, who 
have served as envoys of all mankind in the exploration of outer space, 
including the moon and other celestial bodies, which facility shall be 
open at all times to any individual or group without discrimination as 
to race, creed, color, or national origin: Provided, That— 
(1) such conveyance shall take place when the Administrator 
determines that (A) paid corporation is ready, willing, and finan-
cially and otherwise able to construct, operate, and maintain the 
said facility, and (B) the plans for such facility are appropriate 
for the intended purpose, will not detract from the surrounding 
Government facilities and have made adequate provision for 
access by, and accommodation of, the public and for the safe opera-
tion of the facility and surrounding Government facilities; and 
(2) the deed of conveyance shall include suitable covenants (A) 
restricting the use of the property to the purpose for which it was 
conveyed, (B) requiring the corporation to construct, maintain, 
and operate the facility for, and in a manner appropriate to, the 
purpose for which the property was conveyed, without at any 
time impairing the safety or interfering with the operation of 
surrounding Government facilities; and (C) providing that title 
to the land conveyed thereunder and any improvements thereon 
shall revert to the United States, without payment of compensa-
tion therefor, whenever the Administrator, or the official having 
jurisdiction and control over adjacent Government-owned land, 
determines that any of the foregoing covenants are being breached. 
SEC. 2. The authority to convey land to the Chapel of the Astronauts, 
Incorporated, under this Act shall terminate two years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
Approved February 15, 1972.