A bill to revise and clarify the authority of the Administrator of General Services relating to the acquisition and management of certain property in the city of New York.
PL 101-156 (S.1827), enacted 11/16/1989

103 STAT. 936 
PUBLIC LAW 101-156—NOV. 16, 1989 
Public Law 101-156 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 16, laoiJ 
-PQ revise and clarify the authority of the Administrator of General Services relating 
[S. 1827] 
to the acquisition and management of certain property in the city of New York. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) there is a dire and immediate need for increased space for 
the criminal justice system and for Federal agencies to operate 
in the City of New York; 
(2) the action of condemnation of certain lands would speed 
the process of providing additional space for such needs; 
(3) condemnation procedures authorized in this Act are re-
quired to address a specific dire and immediate need, and 
should not be precedents for action by the Congress or other 
Federal agencies; 
(4) community input is essential to the successful completion 
of construction projects such as those authorized in the 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; 
(5) before and during construction of buildings referred to in 
the first sentence of section 8(a) of the Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1988, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices should consult on an ongoing basis with the community 
board for such building to solicit its input; 
(6) environmental reviews are essential to the successful 
completion of construction projects such as those authorized in 
the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; and 
(7) in the construction of buildings referred to in the first 
sentence of section 8(a) of the Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1988, all federally mandated environmental reviews, 
as required by environmental laws, should be conducted and 
closely monitored. 
SEC. 2. CONDEMNATION AND LEASE AUTHORITY. 
The Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 (as contained 
in title IV of Public Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 1329-401), is amended in 
section 8 of the matter under the heading GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL PROVISIONS— 
(1) by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 8."; and 
(2) by adding at the end of such section the following new 
subsections: 
"(b) The lease entered into between the Administrator of General 
Services and the city of New York (hereinafter in this subsection 
and subsection (c) referred to as the 'City') pursuant to the fifth 
sentence of subsection (a) shall provide for an initial lease period of 
30 years and shall provide options for the City to renew the lease for 
up to three successive lease periods of 30 years each. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-156—NOV. 16, 1989 
103 STAT. 937 
"(c) The total rent paid by the City to the General Services 
Administration for each such renewal period shall not exceed the 
City's pro rata share of the cost of the capital replacement, repair, 
maintenance, and operation of the building in which such office 
space used by the City is located and any associated parking facility. 
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis-
trator of General Services may— 
"(1) acquire from the City by condemnation under judicial 
process the real property necessary for the construction of the 
buildings referred to in the first sentence of subsection (a) and 
for the additional parking space referred to in such sentence; 
"(2) for the purpose of acquiring such real property, establish 
the value of the just compensation of such real property by 
agreement with the City; 
"(3) provide for the contractor responsible for fingmcing the 
construction of such buildings, instead of the United States, to— 
"(A) pay the City the just compensation payable by the 
United States for the acquisition of the real property; or 
"(B) if all parties otherwise agree, compensate the City in 
an alternative negotiated agreement. 
"(4) take title to the property for the United States after 
payment of such amount to the City by the contractor; 
"(5) reimburse the contractor for the payment of that amount, 
and pay the contractor reasonable interest on that amount, over 
a period not to exceed 30 years and make such reimbursement 
and interest payments out of funds available in the Federal 
Building Fund for the rental of space; and 
"(6) in the case of any real property referred to in clause (1) 
that is acquired by condemnation, establish rental rates for the 
lease to the City provided for in the fifth sentence of subsection 
(a) without applying a credit reflecting the value of the land 
acquired.". 
Approved November 16, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1827: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Nov. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 2, considered and passed House.