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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5001 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24 (legislative day, JUNE 23), 2008 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

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. 

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 Build3 ing Redevelopment Act of 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING DEFINED. 

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

6 means the land, including any improvements thereon and 

7 specifically including the Pavilion Annex, that is located 

8 at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in the District of Co9 lumbia, and under the jurisdiction, custody, and control 

10 of the General 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 

15 Emergency Management of the Committee on 

16 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

17 Representatives has expressed considerable concern 

18 about the waste and neglect of the valuable, historic 

19 Old Post Office Building, centrally located in the 

20 heart of the Nation’s Capital on Pennsylvania Ave21 nue, and has pressed the General Services Adminis22 tration to develop and fully use this building. 

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

24 to preserve and make usable historic properties rath25 er 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 

3 of the Old Post Office Building to a private party. 

4 (4) On December 28, 2000, the General Serv5 ices Administration, pursuant to Public Law 105– 

6 277, submitted to the Committee on Transportation 

7 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committees on Appropriations and Environ9 ment and Public Works of the Senate a plan for the 

10 comprehensive redevelopment of the Old Post Office. 

11 (5) The Committee on Transportation and In12 frastructure approved the redevelopment plan on 

13 May 16, 2001, and the Committees on Appropria14 tions and Environment and Public Works approved 

15 the plan on June 15, 2001. 

16 (6) The General Services Administration issued 

17 a Request for Expression of Interest in 2004 for de18 veloping the Old Post Office Building that generated 

19 a healthy, private sector interest, but the General 

20 Services Administration has failed to proceed with 

21 implementation of the approved redevelopment plan. 

22 (7) Redevelopment of the Old Post Office 

23 Building will preserve the historic integrity of this 

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


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1 best use, and provide a lucrative financial return to 

2 the 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 

8 with the redevelopment plan previously approved by the 

9 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro11 priations and Environment and Public Works of the Sen12 ate. 

13 (b) RELOCATION OF EXISTING BUILDING TEN14 ANTS.—The Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding 

15 section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, and other16 wise in accordance with existing authorities available to 

17 the Administrator, to provide replacement space for Fed18 eral agency tenants housed in the Old Post Office Building 

19 whose relocation is necessary for redevelopment of the 

20 Building. 

21 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

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

23 Services shall transmit to the Committee on Transpor24 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 


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1 the Senate a report on any proposed redevelopment agree2 ment related to the Old Post Office Building. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—A report transmitted under this sec4 tion shall include a summary of a cost-benefit analysis of 

5 the proposed development agreement and a description of 

6 the material provisions of the proposed agreement. 

7 (c) REVIEW BY CONGRESS.—Any proposed develop8 ment agreement related to the Old Post Office Building 

9 may not become effective until the end of a 30-day period 

10 of continuous session of Congress following the date of the 

11 transmittal of the report required under this section. For 

12 purposes of the preceding sentence, continuity of a session 

13 of Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die, 

14 and there shall be excluded from the computation of such 

15 30-day period any day during which either House of Con16 gress is not in session during an adjournment of more 

17 than 3 days to a day certain. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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