A stopgap funding measure unveiled Tuesday to avert an impending government shutdown includes a provision that will allow the Washington Commanders to eventually return to the District of Columbia with a new stadium.

Tucked away starting on page 225 of the mammoth 1,547-page bill is the authorization Commanders fans, the team, and local officials have for years sought from the federal government: city control over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium site for the next 99 years.