Pub. L. 91-650, tit. VII, sec. 705

Sec. 705. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to enter into lease agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other entity, which do not bind the government of the District of Columbia for periods in excess of twenty years for each such lease agreement, on such terms and conditions, including, without limitation, lease-purchase, as he deems to be in the interest of the District of Columbia and necessary for the accommodation of District of Columbia agencies and activities in buildings or other improvements which are in existence or are to be constructed by the lessor for such purposes, or on unimproved real property. (b) No lease agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall provide for the payment of rental in excess of the limitations prescribed84 Stat. 1940 by section 322 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes”, approved June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 278a), except that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to leases made prior to the date of the enactment of the District of Columbia Revenue Act. of 1970 except when renewals thereof are made after such date. (c) (1) Section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945 (D.C. Code., sec. 1–243) is repealed. (2) Section 12 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1959 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–243a) is repealed.