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Union Calendar No. 459 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5001 

[Report No. 110–724] 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2008 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

JUNE 19, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 16, 2008] 

A BILL 

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

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Old Post Office Building 

3 Redevelopment Act of 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING DEFINED. 

5 In this Act, the term ‘‘Old Post Office Building’’ means 

6 the land, including any improvements thereon and specifi7 cally including the Pavilion Annex, that is located at 1100 

8 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in the District of Columbia, 

9 and under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Gen10 eral Services Administration. 

11 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

12 Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) For almost a decade the Subcommittee on 

14 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emer15 gency Management of the Committee on Transpor16 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa17 tives has expressed considerable concern about the 

18 waste and neglect of the valuable, historic Old Post 

19 Office Building, centrally located in the heart of the 

20 Nation’s Capital on Pennsylvania Avenue, and has 

21 pressed the General Services Administration to de22 velop and fully use this building. 

23 (2) The policy of the Government long has been 

24 to preserve and make usable historic properties rather 

25 than sell them for revenue. 


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1 (3) Security concerns related to this property’s 

2 proximity to the White House may hinder the sale of 

3 the Old Post Office Building to a private party. 

4 (4) On December 28, 2000, the General Services 

5 Administration, pursuant to Public Law 105–277, 

6 submitted to the Committee on Transportation and 

7 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Committees on Appropriations and Environment and 

9 Public Works of the Senate a plan for the comprehen10 sive redevelopment of the Old Post Office. 

11 (5) The Committee on Transportation and Infra12 structure approved the redevelopment plan on May 

13 16, 2001, and the Committees on Appropriations and 

14 Environment and Public Works approved the plan on 

15 June 15, 2001. 

16 (6) The General Services Administration issued 

17 a Request for Expression of Interest in 2004 for devel18 oping the Old Post Office Building that generated a 

19 healthy, private sector interest, but the General Serv20 ices Administration has failed to proceed with imple21 mentation of the approved redevelopment plan. 

22 (7) Redevelopment of the Old Post Office Build23 ing will preserve the historic integrity of this unique 

24 and important asset, put it to its highest and best 


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1 use, and provide a lucrative financial return to the 

2 Government. 

3 SEC. 4. REDEVELOPMENT OF OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 

5 Services is directed to proceed with redevelopment of the 

6 Old Post Office Building, in accordance with existing au7 thorities available to the Administrator and consistent with 

8 the redevelopment plan previously approved by the Com9 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

10 of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 

11 and Environment and Public Works of the Senate. 

12 (b) RELOCATION OF EXISTING BUILDING TENANTS.— 

13 The Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding section 

14 3307 of title 40, United States Code, and otherwise in ac15 cordance with existing authorities available to the Adminis16 trator, to provide replacement space for Federal agency ten17 ants housed in the Old Post Office Building whose reloca18 tion is necessary for redevelopment of the Building. 

19 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 

21 Services shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation 

22 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

24 a report on any proposed redevelopment agreement related 

25 to the Old Post Office Building. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—A report transmitted under this sec2 tion shall include a summary of a cost-benefit analysis of 

3 the proposed development agreement and a description of 

4 the material provisions of the proposed agreement. 

5 (c) REVIEW BY CONGRESS.—Any proposed develop6 ment agreement related to the Old Post Office Building may 

7 not become effective until the end of a 30-day period of con8 tinuous session of Congress following the date of the trans9 mittal of the report required under this section. For pur10 poses of the preceding sentence, continuity of a session of 

11 Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die, and 

12 there shall be excluded from the computation of such 30- 

13 day period any day during which either House of Congress 

14 is not in session during an adjournment of more than 3 

15 days to a day certain. 


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Union Calendar No. 459 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5001 

[Report No. 110

–724] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Administrator of General Services 

bia. Office Building located in the District of Columto provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post 

JUNE 19, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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