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not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees
of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of
efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector
General effectiveness.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that
enable the Federal Government to expand its ability to conduct
activities electronically, through the development and implementa-
tion of innovative uses of the Internet and other electronic methods,
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
these funds may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out
the purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That such transfers may not
be made until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and justifica-
tion for each project to be undertaken has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958,
as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $3,106,000:
Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer
to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of such Acts.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING RECISSION OF FUNDS)
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to
the General Services Administration shall be credited with the
cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and
improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government
corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available
for fiscal year 2005 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed trans-
fers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used
to transmit a fiscal year 2006 request for United States Courthouse
construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide standards
for construction as established and approved by the General Serv-
ices Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States,
and the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect
the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That
the fiscal year 2006 request must be accompanied by a standardized
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courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed,
replaced, or expanded.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usu-
ally provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency
that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space
and services as determined by the General Services Administration
in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–313).
SEC. 406. From funds made available under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’, claims
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior
notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 407. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the
Administrator of General Services may sell the Middle River Depot
at Middle River, Maryland, and credit the proceeds of such sale
as offsetting collections to the Federal Buildings Fund, to be avail-
able, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for such Fund,
for such capital activities of the Fund as the Administrator may
deem appropriate: Provided, That the Administrator shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, cooperate and consult with Baltimore
County, Maryland officials and other interested persons in commu-
nities located near the Middle River Depot so that the sale and
use of the property is compatible with local economic development
plans and is not inconsistent with local land use, environmental
and zoning laws.
SEC. 408. Section 572(a)(2)(ii) of title 40, United States Code,
is amended by inserting the following before the period: ‘‘, highest
and best use of property studies, utilization of property studies,
deed compliance inspection, and the expenses incurred in a reloca-
tion’’.
SEC. 409. Of the amounts made available under the heading
‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ for New Construction and Repairs and
Alterations in this or any prior Act, a total amount of $106,000,000
are rescinded: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate of the specific projects, or parts thereof,
from which funds have been rescinded within 30 days of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 410. In order to address heightened security requirements
for the proposed Moss United States Courthouse Annex project,
the Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire
and demolish the real property, including land and improvements,
located in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the corner of 400 South Street
and West Temple, said land and improvements commonly known
as the Shubrick Building; to use previously appropriated project
funds to immediately initiate compliance procedures in accordance
with the National Historic Preservation Act and the National
Environmental Policy Act; and to redesign the proposed courthouse
expansion to incorporate this new site.
SEC. 411. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE RECREATION AND PARK
COMMISSION FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Postmaster General of the United States