I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 690 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer administrative 
jurisdiction, custody, and control of the building located at 600 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, NW., in the District of Columbia, to the National Gallery 
of Art, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2011 
Mr. MICA (for himself, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. COBLE, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. LONG, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CAPITO, 
Mr. DENT, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. REICHERT, 
Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. GERLACH, and Mr. BUCHANAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of the 
building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in 
the District of Columbia, to the National Gallery of 
Art, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Federal Trade Com-
mission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolida-
tion, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and not 
later than December 31, 2014, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall transfer administrative jurisdiction, 
custody, and control of the building located at 600 Penn-
sylvania Avenue, NW., District of Columbia, to the Na-
tional Gallery of Art for the purpose of housing and exhib-
iting works of art and to carry out administrative func-
tions and other activities related to the mission of the Na-
tional Gallery of Art. 
SEC. 3. REMODELING, RENOVATING, OR RECONSTRUCTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Gallery of Art shall 
pay for the costs of remodeling, renovating, or recon-
structing the building referred to in section 2. 
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—No appropriated funds may 
be used for the initial costs for the remodeling, renovating, 
or reconstructing of the building referred to in section 2. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—The National Gallery of Art may 
not use sale, lease, or exchange, including leaseback ar-
rangements, for the purposes of remodeling, renovating, 
or reconstructing the building referred to in section 2. 
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SEC. 4. RELOCATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) RELOCATION.—Not later than the date specified 
in section 2, the Administrator of General Services shall 
relocate the Federal Trade Commission housed in the 
building identified in section 2 to— 
(1) up to 200,000 usable square feet of space 
located in Federal Office Building Number 8, SW., 
District of Columbia; 
(2) 1800 F Street, NW., District of Columbia; 
or 
(3) such other building in the District of 
Colunbia owned by the Government that the Admin-
istrator of General Services considers appropriate. 
(b) RENT.—The rental rate applied to the Federal 
Trade Commission by the Administrator of the General 
Services for use of the building identified in section 2 as 
of the date of enactment of this Act shall apply to replace-
ment space provided by the Administrator pursuant to 
subsection (a) for 10 years after the relocation of such 
Commission. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. 
Beginning on the date that the National Gallery of 
Art occupies the building referred to in section 2— 
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(1) the building shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘North Building of the National Gallery of 
Art’’; and 
(2) any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the building shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘North Building of the National Gal-
lery of Art’’. 
SEC. 6. OFFSETTING SAVINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an amount avail-
able from the savings, described in subsection (b), in the 
Federal Buildings Fund established by section 592 of title 
40, United States Code, for the purposes of relocating the 
Federal Trade Commission pursuant to section 4. 
(b) SAVINGS.—The amount referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be derived from the difference between the 
amount made available from the Fund for fiscal year 2010 
and prior fiscal years related to the a courthouse located 
in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the amount approved in the 
resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure adopted December 2, 2010, related to such 
courthouse. 
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