A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land located in the State of Maryland to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
PL 99-215 (H.R.3003), enacted 12/26/1985

99 STAT. 1724 
PUBLIC LAW 99-215—DEC. 26, 1985 
Public Law 99-215 
99th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 26, 1985 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land located in the State 
[H.R. 3003] 
°^ Maryland to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Real property. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (aXD notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized and directed to convey, without monetary consideration, 
to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission 
all right, title, and interest of the United States to a parcel of land 
comprising approximately fifty-five acres located in Prince Georges 
County, Maryland. 
Recreation. 
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), the land conveyed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall be used solely for park and outdoor 
recreation purposes in accordance with a land use plan for the 
property prepared by the Maryland-National Capital Park and 
Planning Commission and submitted to the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission for review and comment. The instrument for 
conveyance for the real property conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall set forth all terms and conditions of the conveyance. Such 
instrument shall further provide that all right, title, and interest 
conveyed to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning 
Commission pursuant to such instrument, except such access as is 
authorized by subsection (bXD, shall revert to the United States if 
such land is used for any purpose other than as stated in this 
paragraph. 
(3) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the area 
designated under paragraph (1) with the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs, United States House of Representatives, and with 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate. Such map and description shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the correction of 
clerical and tjrpographical errors in such legal description and map 
Public 
may be made. Such map and legal description shall be on file in the 
availability. 
office of the regional director. National Park Service and the Na-
tional Capital Park Region. 
(4) The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for the costs of the 
land conveyance described in paragraph (1). 
(bXD Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission may grant access 
across the real property conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) to the 
owner of any adjacent real property contingent upon each of the 
following: 
(A) Submission by the owner of the adjacent real property of a 
land use and development plan, incorporating the provisions of 
the memorandum of May 7, 1985, to the National Capital 
Planning Commission for review and comment; 
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(B) Approval of the terms and conditions of the memorandum 
of May 7,1985, by the Prince Georges County Council; 
(C) Compliance by the owner of the adjacent real property 
seeking such access with the terms and conditions of the memo-
randum of May 7, 1985, as determined by the National Capital 
Planning Commission; 
(D) Conveyance by the owner of the adjacent real property to 
the National Capital Planning Commission of an easement in 
perpetuity which shall run with the land, incorporate the 
restrictions on development contained in the memorandum of 
May 7, 1985, and incorporate any other l£ind restrictions im-
posed by Prince Georges County; and 
(E) The availability for such access for public use. 
(2) The owner of the adjacent real property shall obtain appro-
priate road construction bonds as required by State and local 
government regulation prior to the construction of such access road, 
and shall establish an interest bearing escrow account in an amount 
necessary to insure protection of the surrounding parkland and 
compliance with the conditions of subsection (bXD. Such amount 
shall be determined by the owner of the adjacent real property and 
the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. 
Following completion of the construction of such public use access 
road, and review by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission, said escrow account shall be returned to the 
owner of the adjacent real property. 
(3XA) The National Capital Planning Commission and the Mary-
land-National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall make a 
copy of the memorandum of May 7, 1985, available for public 
inspection in the offices of each commission during business hours. 
(B) Upon approval of any proposed amendment by both of the 
parties to the memorandum of May 7, 1985, the proposed amend-
ment shall be published in the Federal Register and concurrently 
submitted to the congressional committees referred to in subsection 
(a)(3). The amendment shall not be effective until 60 calendar days 
after it has been transmitted to the committees. 
(c) For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term "memorandum of May 7,1985" means the memo-
randum of understanding entered into on May 7, 1985, between 
the National Capital Planning Commission and the owner of 
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State and local 
governments. 
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the real property adjacent to the land to be conveyed pursuant 
to subsection (aXD; and 
(2) the term "owner of the adjacent real property" means the 
owner of the adjacent real property, its successors or assigns, as 
described in the memorandum of understanding entered into on 
May 7,1985. 
Approved December 26, 1985. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3003: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 99-313 (Ck)mm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 99-186 (Coram, on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): 
Oct. 23, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 3, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment.