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 
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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 
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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.