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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 redevel-
opment of the Old Post Office Building located in the District of Colum-
bia. 
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 pro-
vide for the redevelopment of the Old Post Office Build-
ing located in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 specifi-
cally 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 Gen-
eral Services Administration. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) For almost a decade the Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emer-
gency Management of the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives 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 de-
velop 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. 
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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 au-
thorities available to the Administrator and consistent with 
the redevelopment plan previously approved by the Com-
mittee 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 ac-
cordance with existing authorities available to the Adminis-
trator, to provide replacement space for Federal agency ten-
ants housed in the Old Post Office Building whose reloca-
tion 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. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—A report transmitted under this sec-
tion 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 develop-
ment agreement related to the Old Post Office Building may 
not become effective until the end of a 30-day period of con-
tinuous session of Congress following the date of the trans-
mittal of the report required under this section. For pur-
poses 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. 
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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 
to provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post 
Office Building located in the District of Colum-
bia. 
JUNE 19, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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