use of certain lands for civil defense purposes

use of certain lands for civil defense purposes Sec. 1018. Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the conveyance of a tract of land in Prince Georges County, Maryland, to the State of Maryland for use as a site for a National Guard Armory and for training the National Guard or for other military purposes”, approved August 10, 1949 (63 Stat. 592), is amended by striking out “The land” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the land” and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall execute the necessary instrument or instruments to provide that a certain portion of land, not to exceed two acres, on the easterly side of the land described in the first section of this Act, as more particularly determined and designated by the Secretary of the Army, may be used for civil defense or other emergency preparedness purposes or the purposes stated in subsection (a) and that such use shall not cause the reverter clause set forth herein to become operable.”