D.C. Code § 2-301.05a
Sections 2 and 5 of D.C. Law 17-290 provided:
"Sec. 2. The Mayor transmitted to the Council a request for Council approval of a proposed lease agreement ('Lease') by which, subject to certain conditions contained in the Lease, the District will lease a portion of the Benning-Stoddert Recreation Center property, consisting of Lot 807, Square 5407, and portions of Lots 802, 803, 812, and 25, Square 5402, as further defined in Exhibit A to the Lease ('Property'), for a term of 70 years (including option years) to the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation, to be used for recreational purposes."
"Sec. 5. The Lease and the Memorandum of Agreement shall be exempt from the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Official Code § 2-301.01 et seq.)."