(B) that such entity may not execute any
instrument or document creating or evidencing
any indebtedness unless such instrument or docu-
ment specifically disclaims any liability of the
United States under the instrument or document;
and
(7) shall include such other terms and conditions
as the Administrator considers appropriate.
(c) CONSIDERATION.—An agreement entered into
under this section shall be for fair consideration, as deter-
mined by the Administrator. Consideration under such an
agreement may be provided in whole or in part through
in-kind consideration. In-kind consideration may include
provision of space, goods, or services of benefit to the United
States, including construction, repair, remodeling, or other
physical improvements of Federal property, maintenance of
Federal property, or the provision of office, storage, or other
usable space.
(d) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—In carrying out an
agreement entered into under this section, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to convey interests in real property, by
lease, sale, or exchange, to a private entity.
(e) OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—Any obliga-
tion to make payments by the Administrator for the use
of space, goods, or services by the General Services Adminis-
tration on property that is subject to an agreement under
this section may only be made to the extent that necessary
funds have been made available, in advance, in an annual
appropriations Act, to the Administrator from the Federal
Buildings Fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 490(f)).
(f) NATIONAL CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION.—
(1) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
section may be construed to limit or otherwise affect
the authority of the National Capital Planning Com-
mission with respect to the Southeast Federal Center.
(2) VISION PLAN.—An agreement entered into
under this section shall ensure that redevelopment of
the Southeast Federal Center is consistent, to the ex-
tent practicable (as determined by the Adminis-
trator), with the objectives of the National Capital
Planning Commission’s vision plan entitled ‘‘Extend-
ing the Legacy: Planning America’s Capital in the
21st Century’’, adopted by the Commission in Novem-
ber 1997.
(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Adminis-
trator under this section shall not be subject to—
(A) section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932
(40 U.S.C. 303b);
(B) sections 202 and 203 of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (40 U.S.C. 483, 484);
(C) section 7(a) of the Public Buildings Act
of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 606(a)); or
(D) any other provision of law (other than
Federal laws relating to environmental and his-
toric preservation) inconsistent with this section.
(2) UNUTILIZED
OR
UNDERUTILIZED
PROP-
ERTY.—Any facility covered under an agreement en-
tered into under this section may not be considered to
be unutilized or underutilized for purposes of section
501 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 11411).
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before entering into an agreement
under section 3, the Administrator of General Services shall
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report
on the proposed agreement.
(b) CONTENTS.—A report transmitted under this sec-
tion shall include a summary of a cost-benefit analysis of
the proposed agreement and a description of the provisions
of the proposed agreement.
(c) REVIEW BY CONGRESS.—A proposed agreement
under section 3 may not become effective until the end of
a 30-day period of continuous session of Congress following
the date of the transmittal of a report on the agreement
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 is not in session during an ad-
journment of more than 3 days to a day certain.
SEC. 5. USE OF PROCEEDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Net proceeds from an agreement en-
tered into under section 3 shall be deposited into, adminis-
tered, and expended, subject to appropriations Acts, as part
of the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f)). In this subsection, the term ‘‘net proceeds from an
agreement entered into under section 3’’ means the proceeds
from the agreement minus the expenses incurred by the Ad-
ministrator with respect to the agreement.
(b) RECOVERY
OF EXPENSES.—The Administrator
may retain from the proceeds of an agreement entered into
under section 3 amounts necessary to recover the expenses
incurred by the Administrator with respect to the agree-
ment. Such amounts shall be deposited in the account in
the Treasury from which the Administrator incurs expenses
related to disposals of real property.
Union Calendar No. 321
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3069
[Report No. 106–591]
A BILL
To authorize the Administrator of General Services
to provide for redevelopment of the Southeast
Federal Center in the District of Columbia.
APRIL 13, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed