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PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972

PUBLIC LAW 92-227-FEB. 15, 1972

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[86 STAT.

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 United 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.

Public Law 92-227 February 15, 197 2 [H. R. 11487]

Chapel of the Astronauts, Inc., Fla. Conveyance.

Termination.

AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to convey certain lands in Brevard County, Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is authorized to convey for fair market value to the Chapel of the Astronauts, Incorporated, a nonprofit Florida corporation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in not to exceed seven acres of unimproved land situated adjacent to the present Visitor Information Center, John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Brevard County, Florida, together with necessary rights of vehicular, pedestrian and utilities access, for the purpose of construction, operation, and maintenance thereon by the said corporation of a nondenominational, nonsectarian, nonprofit public facility 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 financially 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 operation 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 compensation 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.