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for direct construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2001,
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided further,
That of the amount provided under this heading in Public Law
104–208, $20,782,000 are rescinded and shall remain in the Fund;
(2) $598,674,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs
and alterations which includes associated design and construction
services, of which $333,000,000 shall be available for basic repairs
and alterations: Provided further, That funds made available in
any previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and
Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount
identified for each project, except each project in any previous
Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent
unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of a greater amount: Provided further, That the amounts
provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’
may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance
with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’,
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided further,
That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall
expire on September 30, 2001, and remain in the Federal Buildings
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design or
other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date: Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay
claims against the Government arising from any projects under
the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized
increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That the General
Services Administration is directed to use funds available for
Repairs and Alterations to undertake the first construction phase
of the project to renovate the Department of the Interior Head-
quarters Building located in Washington, D.C.; (3) $205,668,000
for installment acquisition payments including payments on pur-
chase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4)
$2,782,186,000 for rental of space which shall remain available
until expended; and (5) $1,580,909,000 for building operations which
shall remain available until expended, of which $475,000 shall
be available for the Plains States De-population Symposium and
of which $1,974,000 shall be available until expended for acquisi-
tion, lease, construction, and equipping of flexiplace telecommuting
centers: Provided further, That funds available to the General Serv-
ices Administration shall not be available for expenses of any
construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which
a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959,
as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds
may be expended for each project for required expenses for the
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds
available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emer-
gency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary
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to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under
section 210(f )(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f )(6)) and amounts
to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and
other facilities on private or other property not in Government
ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United
States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and
collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections and
any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2000,
excluding reimbursements under section 210(f )(6) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
490(f )(6)) in excess of $5,342,416,000 shall remain in the Fund
and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized
in appropriations Acts.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for,
for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with
asset management activities; utilization and donation of surplus
personal property; transportation; procurement and supply; Govern-
ment-wide responsibilities relating to automated data management,
telecommunications, 
information 
resources 
management, 
and
related technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance
inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land
use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus real prop-
erty; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals;
accounting, records management, and other support services
incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United
States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $116,223,000, of which $12,758,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated from this Act shall be available to convert the Old Post
Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington,
D.C., from office use to any other use until a comprehensive plan,
which shall include street-level retail use, has been approved by
the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee
on Environment and Public Works: Provided further, That no funds
from this Act shall be available to acquire by purchase, condemna-
tion, or otherwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with
private parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of
the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,317,000: Provided, That
not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for information
and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment
for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees
of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of
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efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector
General effectiveness.
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, $2,241,000:
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 SERVICES ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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 2000 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 2001 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 2001 request must be accompanied by a standardized
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. Funds provided to other Government agencies by
the Information Technology Fund, General Services Administration,
under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law
104–106, Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996,
for performance of pilot information technology projects which have
potential for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid
to this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects
or other funding, to the extent feasible.
SEC. 407. 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
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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. 408. Funds made available for new construction projects
under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’ in Public Law 104–208 shall remain available
until expended so long as funds for design or other funds have
been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 1999.
SEC. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East Rosser
Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby designated as the
‘‘William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United States
Courthouse’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper or other record of the United States to the Federal building
herein referred to shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘William
L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 410. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
FOR WOMEN. (a) ADMINISTRATOR
OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Upon
receipt of written notice and the consideration specified herein
from the Columbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-In Asylum, located in Washington, District
of Columbia; in this section referred to as ‘‘Columbia Hospital’’),
subject to subsection (f ) and such other terms and conditions as
the Administrator of General Services (in this section referred to
as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall require, the Administrator shall
convey to Columbia Hospital, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to those pieces or parcels of land in the
District of Columbia, described in subsection (b), together with
all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto (in this section
referred to as ‘‘the Property’’). The purchase price for the Property
shall be $14,000,000 (not including any accrued interest) to be
paid in accordance with the terms set forth in subsection (d).
The purpose of this conveyance is to provide hospital, medical
and healthcare services and related uses, including but not limited
to the expansion by Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory Care
Center, Betty Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia Hospital
Center for Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology Center.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The land referred to in subsection (a)
was conveyed to the United States of America by deed dated
May 2, 1888, from David Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber
1314, folio 102, of the land records of the District of Columbia,
and is that portion of square numbered 25 in the city of Wash-
ington in the District of Columbia which was not previously
conveyed to such hospital by the Act of June 28, 1952 (66
Stat. 287; chapter 486).
(2) PARTICULAR
DESCRIPTION.—The Property is more
particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or as follows:
all that piece or parcel of land situated and lying in the city
of Washington in the District of Columbia and known as part
of square numbered 25, as laid down and distinguished on
the plat or plan of said city as follows: beginning for the
same at the northeast corner of the square being the corner
formed by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-fourth
Street Northwest, with the south line of north M Street North-
west and running thence south with the line of said Twenty-
fourth Street Northwest for the distance of two hundred and
thirty-one feet ten inches, thence running west and parallel