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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2751
To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to improve the management
and operations of the General Services Administration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1997
Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. TRAFICANT) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to improve
the management and operations of the General Services
Administration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘General Services Ad-
ministration Improvement Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS FOR COURTHOUSES.
(a) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—Section 7(a) of the
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 606(a)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) with respect to any project for the design
or construction of a United States courthouse—
‘‘(A) information concerning courtroom
utilization in the courthouse that is providing
facilities that will be provided in the proposed
courthouse;
‘‘(B) information concerning anticipated
courtroom utilization in the proposed court-
house;
‘‘(C) information concerning anticipated
facilities sharing in the proposed courthouse;
and
‘‘(D) an analysis of whether the project
conforms to the United States Court Design
Guide.’’.
(b) TRANSMITTAL OF DESIGN GUIDE.—Section 7 of
the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 606) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) TRANSMITTAL OF DESIGN GUIDE.—On an an-
nual basis, the Administrator shall obtain from the Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts, and shall
transmit to Congress, the United States Court Design
Guide, including any revisions to the Guide. Together with
each Guide, the Administrator shall also transmit a report
containing a statement by the Administrator as to the ef-
fects of any revisions to the Guide on courthouse construc-
tion costs and such other information as the Adminis-
trator considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 3. ACQUISITIONS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SITES
BY EXCHANGE.
Section 13 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40
U.S.C. 612) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8) The term ‘exchange’ includes an exchange for
future rights or benefits, including rights or benefits relat-
ing to the development of real property.’’.
SEC. 4. PROCEEDS FROM SALES AND LEASES.
The Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 22. PROCEEDS FROM SALES AND LEASES.
‘‘(a) DEPOSIT INTO FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all proceeds
received after the date of the enactment of this section
from the sale of interests in real property, including build-
ings and other improvements thereto, controlled by the
Administrator and from the leasing of space in public
buildings located on such real property to private entities
shall be deposited into the Federal Buildings Fund estab-
lished by section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)).
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Moneys deposited
into the Federal Buildings Fund pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be available only for expenditure for repair and
alteration activities and construction and acquisition of fa-
cilities activities in such amounts as are specified in an-
nual appropriations Acts without regard to fiscal year lim-
itations.’’.
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