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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1015

To establish a 2-year moratorium on construction and leasing of space by

the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. DORGAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To establish a 2-year moratorium on construction and leasing

of space by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Building Mor5 atorium Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY.

7 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ in8 cludes—

9 (1) any Executive Agency (as defined in section

10 105 of title 5, United States Code);
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1 (2) any Executive department (as described in

2 section 101 of such title);

3 (3) any Government corporation (as defined in

4 section 103 of such title);

5 (4) the Executive Office of the President;

6 (5) any independent establishment (as defined

7 in section 104 of such title);

8 (6) any court of the United States;

9 (7) any military department of the United

10 States;

11 (8) the Senate and the House of Representa12 tives; and

13 (9) any other division of the Federal Govern14 ment.

15 SEC. 2. MORATORIUM.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the other provisions of

17 this section, during the 2-year period beginning on the

18 date of enactment of this Act—

19 (1) no Federal agency shall enter into a con20 tract for the construction of a new building or the

21 lease of a building or part of a building; and

22 (2) no funds shall be appropriated for a con23 tract for the construction of a new building or the

24 lease of a building or a part of a building by a Fed25 eral agency.
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1 (b) PENDING PROJECTS.—The limitation imposed in

2 subsection (a) shall not apply to—

3 (1) a contract for the construction or lease of

4 a building entered into before the date of enactment

5 of this Act without regard to whether the construc6 tion or lease term has commenced;

7 (2) a lease that, by its terms—

8 (A) is scheduled to expire not later than 2

9 years after the date of enactment of this Act;

10 and

11 (B) has an option for renewal upon expira12 tion;

13 (3) a contract for the construction of an addi14 tion to a Federal building in existence on the date

15 of enactment of this Act; or

16 (4) a contract for the rehabilitation of a Fed17 eral building in existence on the date of enactment

18 of this Act.

19 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require20 ments of this section if the President determines that the

21 construction or lease of a building by a Federal agency

22 is necessary—

23 (1) to ensure national security;

24 (2) to promote an essential national priority; or

25 (3) to respond to a national emergency.
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1 (d) EXCEPTION.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply

3 to the construction of a building primarily used for

4 education.

5 (2) LIMITATION.—This subsection shall not

6 apply to a building used primarily for administrative

7 or other nonteaching-related aspects of education.

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