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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5001 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5001

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight

                                 An Act

 
 To authorize the Administrator of General Services to provide for the 
redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building located in the District of 
                                Columbia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Old Post Office Building 
Redevelopment Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING DEFINED.
    In this Act, the term ``Old Post Office Building'' means the land, 
including any improvements thereon and specifically including the 
Pavilion Annex, that is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in 
the District of Columbia, and under the jurisdiction, custody, and 
control of the General Services Administration.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) For almost a decade the Subcommittee on Economic 
    Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management of the 
    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
    Representatives has expressed considerable concern about the waste 
    and neglect of the valuable, historic Old Post Office Building, 
    centrally located in the heart of the Nation's Capital on 
    Pennsylvania Avenue, and has pressed the General Services 
    Administration to develop and fully use this building.
        (2) The policy of the Government long has been to preserve and 
    make usable historic properties rather than sell them for revenue.
        (3) Security concerns related to this property's proximity to 
    the White House may hinder the sale of the Old Post Office Building 
    to a private party.
        (4) On December 28, 2000, the General Services Administration, 
    pursuant to Public Law 105-277, submitted to the Committee on 
    Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
    and the Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public 
    Works of the Senate a plan for the comprehensive redevelopment of 
    the Old Post Office.
        (5) The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved 
    the redevelopment plan on May 16, 2001, and the Committees on 
    Appropriations and Environment and Public Works approved the plan 
    on June 15, 2001.
        (6) The General Services Administration issued a Request for 
    Expression of Interest in 2004 for developing the Old Post Office 
    Building that generated a healthy, private sector interest, but the 
    General Services Administration has failed to proceed with 
    implementation of the approved redevelopment plan.
        (7) Redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building will preserve 
    the historic integrity of this unique and important asset, put it 
    to its highest and best use, and provide a lucrative financial 
    return to the Government.
SEC. 4. REDEVELOPMENT OF OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING.
    (a) In General.--The Administrator of General Services is directed 
to proceed with redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building, in 
accordance with existing authorities available to the Administrator and 
consistent with the redevelopment plan previously approved by the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate.
    (b) Relocation of Existing Building Tenants.--The Administrator is 
authorized, notwithstanding section 3307 of title 40, United States 
Code, and otherwise in accordance with existing authorities available 
to the Administrator, to provide replacement space for Federal agency 
tenants housed in the Old Post Office Building whose relocation is 
necessary for redevelopment of the Building.
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
    (a) In General.--The Administrator of General Services shall 
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report on any proposed redevelopment agreement 
related to the Old Post Office Building.
    (b) Contents.--A report transmitted under this section shall 
include a summary of a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed 
development agreement and a description of the material provisions of 
the proposed agreement.
    (c) Review by Congress.--Any proposed development agreement related 
to the Old Post Office Building may not become effective until the end 
of a 30-day period of continuous session of Congress following the date 
of the transmittal of the report required under this section. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, continuity of a session of Congress 
is broken only by an adjournment sine die, and there shall be excluded 
from the computation of such 30-day period any day during which either 
House of Congress is not in session during an adjournment of more than 
3 days to a day certain.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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