An Act to provide for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of public buildings of the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 86-249 (H.R.7645), enacted 09/09/1959

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PUBUC LAW 86-249-SEPT. 9, 1959 
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Public Law 86-249 
AN ACT 
To provide for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of public buildings 
of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
September 9, 1959 
[H. R. 7645] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Public Buildings Act of 1959". 
SEC. 2. No public building shall be constructed except by the Ad-
ministrator, who shall construct such public building ni accordance 
with this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Administrator is authorized to acquire, by purchase, 
condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, any building and its 
site which he determines to be necessary to carry out his duties under 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. (a) The Administrator is authorized to alter any public 
building, and to acquire in accordance with section 5 of this Act such 
land as may be necessary to carry out such alteration. 
(b) No approval under section 7 shall be required for any altera-
tion and acquisition authorized by this section the estimated maximum 
cost of which does not exceed $200,000. 
SEC. 5. (a) The Administrator is authorized to acquire, by pur-
chase, condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, such lands or 
interests in lands as he deems necessary for use as sites, or additions 
to sites, for public buildings authorized to be constructed or altered 
under this Act. 
(b) Whenever a public building is to be used in whole or in part 
for post office purposes, the Administrator shall act jointly with the 
Postmaster General in selecting the tow'n or city wherein such build-
ing is to be constructed, and in selecting the site in such town or city 
for such building. 
(c) Whenever the Administrator is to acquire a site under this sec-
tion, he may, if he deems it necessary, solicit by public advertisement, 
proposals for the sale, donation, or exchange of real property to the 
United States to be used as such site. In selecting a site under this 
section the Administrator (with the concurrence of the Postmaster 
General if the public building to be constructed thereon is to be used 
in whole or in part for post office purposes) is authorized to select 
such site as in his estimation is the most advantageous to the United 
States, all factors considered, and to acquire such site without regard 
to title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
SEO. 6. (a) Whenever the Administrator deems it to be in the best 
interest of the United States to construct a new public building to 
take the place of an existing public building, he is authorized to de-
molish the existing building and to use the site on which it is located 
for the site of the proposed public building, or, if in his judgment it is 
more advantageous to construct such public building on a different site 
in the same city, he is authorized to exchange such building and site, 
or such site, for another site, or to sell such building and site m accord-
ance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
(b) Whenever the Administrator determines that a site acquired 
for the construction of a public building is not suitable for that pur-
pose, he is authorized to exchange such site for another, or to sell it in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
Public B uildings 
Act of 195 9. 
Acquisition 
alteration. 
and 
Sites. 
63 Stat. 393. 
41 U S C 251 ef 
seq. 
New 
b u i l d i n g 
construction. 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
S a l e 
a til d ex-
change of sites. 
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Construction and 
alteration, limita-
tion of funds. 
Proposed proj-
:ts, approval 
Congress. 
of 
Estimated maxi-
mum c o s t , 
in-
crease. 
Project 
appr 
al, restriction. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the Adminis-
trator to use any land as a site for a public building if such project 
has not been approved in accordance with section 7. 
SEC. 7. (a) In order to insure the equitable distribution of public 
buildings throughout the United States with due regard for the 
comparative urgency of need for such buildings, except as provided 
in section 4, no appropriation shall be made to construct any public 
building or to acquire any building to be used as a public building 
involving an expenditure in excess of $100,000, and no appropriation 
shall be made to alter any public building involving an expenditure 
in excess of $200,000, if such construction, alteration, or acquisition 
has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on 
Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and such approval has not been rescinded as provided in 
subsection (c) of this section. For the purpose of securing considera-
tion of such approval the Administrator shall transmit to Congress 
a prospectus of the proposed project, including (but not limited to)— 
(1) a brief description of the building to be constructed, 
altered, or acquired under this Act; 
(2) the location of the project, and an estimate of the maxi-
mum cost of the project; 
(3) a comprehensive plan for providing space for all Gov-
ernment officers and employees in the locality of the proposed 
project, having due regard for suitable space which may con-
tinue to be available in existing Government-owned buildings 
and in rented buildings; 
(4) a statement by the Administrator that suitable space 
owned by the Government is not available and that suitable rental 
space is not available at a price commensurate with th?it to be 
afforded through the proposed action; and 
(5) a statement of rents and other housing costs currently 
,being paid by the Government for Federal agencies to be housed in 
the building to be constructed, altered, or acquired. 
(b) The estimated maximum cost of any project approved under 
this section as set forth in any prospectus may be increased by an 
amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, as determined by 
the Administrator, in construction or alteration costs, as the case 
may be, from the date of transmittal of such prospectus to Congress, 
but in no event shall the increase authorized by this subsection exceed 
10 per centum of such estimated maximum cost. 
(c) In the case of any project approved for construction, alteration, 
or acquisition by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives, respectively, in accordance with 
subsection (a) of this section, for which an appropriation has not 
been made within one year after the date of such approval, either the 
Committee on Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Pub-
lic Works of the House of Representatives, may rescind, by resolution, 
its approval of such project at any time thereafter before such an 
appropriation has been made. 
(d) The Committees on Public Works of the Senate and of the 
House of Representatives, respectively, shall not approve any project 
for construction, alteration, or acquisition under subsection (a) of 
this section whenever there are thirty or more projects the estimated 
maximum cost of each of which is in excess of $100,000 which have 
been approved for more than one year under subsection (a) but for 
which appropriations have not been made, until there has been a 
rescission of approval under subsection (c) or appropriations are 
made which result in there being less than thirty such projects. 
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SEC. 8. (a) In carrying out his duties under this Act, the Ad- 
Acquisition o
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ministrator shall acquire real property within the District of Columbia ^'°^^'^^' 
exclusively within (1) the area bounded by E Street, New York 
Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the north; Dela-
ware Avenue Southwest, on the east; Virginia Avenue and Maryland 
Avenue projected in a straight line to the Tidal Basin, Southwest, 
on the south; and the Potomac River on the west (including properties 
Avithin said area belonging to the District of Columbia; but excluding 
those portions of squares 267,268, and 298 not belonging to the District 
of Columbia, the square known as south of 463, all of square 493, lots 
16, 17, 20, and 21 and 808 in square 536, and lots 16 and 45 in square 
635); and (2) the areas designated as squares 11, 19, 20, 32, 33, 44, 
59, and 167, all of said areas being within the District of Columbia. 
(b) The purposes of this Act shall be carried out in the District of 
Columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan 
of Peter Charles L'Enfant and such public buildings shall be so 
constructed or altered as to combine architectural beauty with prac-
tical utility. 
(c) Whenever in constructing or altering a public building under 
Contiguous 
this Act in the District of Columbia the Administrator determines ^^^t^eet" anci aiiey 
that such construction or alteration requires the utilization of con- closings. 
tiguous squares as a site for such building, such portions of streets as 
lie between such squares and such alleys as intersect such squares are 
authorized to be closed and vacated if such closing and vacating is 
mutually agreed to by the Administrator, the Board of Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia, and the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission. The portions of such streets and alleys so closed 
and vacated shall thereupon become part of such site. 
SEC. 9. The Administrator is authorized to carry out any construc-
tion or alteration authorized by this Act by contract, if he deems it to 
be most advantageous to the United States. 
SEC. 10. (a) The Administrator, whenever he determines it to be 
necessary, is authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, and 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, or to the 
63 stat. 954. 
civil service laws, rules, and regulations, or to section 3709 of the 
use 1 71 note. 
Revised Statutes, the services of established architectural or engineer- 
4i use 5. 
ing corporations, firms, or individuals, to the extent he may require 
such services for any public building authorized to be constructed 
or altered under this Act. 
(b) No corporation, firm, or individual shall be employed under 
authority of subsection (a) on a permanent basis. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section the Ad-
ministrator shall be responsible for all construction authorized by 
this Act, including the interpretation of construction contracts, the 
approval of materials and workmanship supplied pursuant to a con-
struction contract, approval of changes in the construction contract, 
certification of vouchers for payments due the contractor, and final 
settlement of the contract. 
SEC. 11. (a) The Administrator shall submit to Congress each Jan- ^^^^0"^ *° ^°"" 
uary, promptly after the convening of Congress, a report showing 
the location, space, cost, and status, of each public building the con-
struction, alteration, or acquisition of which is to be under authority 
of this Act and which was uncompleted as of the date of the last pre-
ceding report made under this Act. 
(b) The Administrator and the Postmaster General are hereby au-
thorized and directed to make such building project surveys as may 
be requested by resolution hj either the Committee on Public Works 
of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works of the House of 
Representatives, and within a reasonable time shall make a report 
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C o n t inuing 
vestigation. 
72 Stat. 294. 
Definitions. 
thereon to the Congress. 
Such report shall contain all other infor-
mation required to be included in a prospectus of the proposed pub-
lic building project under section 7(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 12. (a) The Administrator is authorized and directed to.make 
a continuing investigation and survey of the public buildings needs 
of the Federal Government in order that he may carry out his duties 
under this Act, and, as he determines necessary, to submit to Congress 
prospectuses of proposed projects in accordance with section 7(a) 
of this Act. 
(b) In carrying out his duties under this Act the Administrator 
shall cooperate with all Federal agencies in order to keep informed 
of their needs, shall advise each such agency of his program with 
respect to such agency, and may request the cooperation and assist-
ance of each Federal agency in carrying out his duties under this Act. 
Each Federal agency shall cooperate with, advise, and assist the 
Administrator in carrying out his duties under this Act as determined 
necessary by the Administrator to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(c) The Administrator in carrying out his duties under this Act 
shall provide for the construction and acquisition of public buildings 
equitably throughout the United States with due regard to the com-
parative urgency of the need for each particular building. 
(d) Clause (1) of section 210(h) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(h)) is amended 
by striking out the words "ten years", and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "twenty years". 
SEC. 13. As used in this Act— 
(1) The term "public building" means any building, whether for 
single or multitenant occupancy, its grounds, approaches, and 
appurtenances, which is generally suitable for office or storage space 
or both for the use of one or more Federal agencies or mixed 
ownership corporations, and shall include: (i) Federal office build-
ings, (ii) post office, (iii) customhouses, (iv) courthouses, (v) ap-
praisers stores, (vi) border inspection facilities, (vii) warehouses, 
(viii) record centers, (ix) relocation facilities, and (x) similar Fed-
eral facilities, and (xi) any other buildings or construction projects 
the inclusion of which the President may deem, from time to time 
hereafter, to be justified in the public interest; but shall not include 
any such buildings and construction projects: (A) on the public 
domain (including that reserved for national forests and other pur-
poses), (B) on properties of the United States in foreign countries, 
(C) on Indian and native Eskimo properties held in trust by the 
United States, (D) on lands used in connection with Federal pro-
grams for agricultural, recreational, and conservation purposes, in-
cluding research in connection therewith, (E) on or used m connection 
with river, harbor, flood control, reclamation or power projects, or for 
chemical manufacturing or development projects, or for nuclear pro-
duction, research, or development projects, (F) on or used in con-
nection with housing and residential projects, (G) on military 
installations (including any fort, camp, post, naval training station, 
airfield, proving ground, military supply depot, military school, or 
any similar facility of the Department of Defense), (H) on Veterans' 
Administration installations used for hospital or domiciliary pur-
poses, and (I) the exclusion of which the President may deem, from 
time to time hereafter, to be justified in the public interest. 
(2) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General 
Services. 
(3) The term "Federal agency" means any executive agency or any 
establishment in the legislative or judicial branch of the Government 
(except the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Architect 
of the Capitol and any activities under his direction). 
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(4) The term "executive agency" means any executive department or 
independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government 
including any wholly owned Government corporation and including 
(A) the Central Bank for Cooperatives and the regional banks for 
cooperatives, (B) Federal land banks, (C) Federal intermediate credit 
banks, (D) Federal home loan banks, (E) Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, and (F) the Federal National Mortgage Association. 
(5) The term "alter" includes repairing, remodeling, improving, or 
extending or other changes in a public building. 
(6) Tlie terms "construct" 
and 
"alter" include 
preliminary 
planning, engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic in-
vestigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, 
specifications, procedures, and other similar actions necessary for the 
construction or alteration, as the case may be, of a public building. 
(7) The term "United States" includes the several States, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 
|x>ssessions of the United States. 
SEC. 14. This Act shall not apply to the construction of any public 
building— 
(1) for which an appropriation for construction is made out of 
the $500,000 made available for construction of small public building 
projects outside the District of Columbia pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, in the third paragraph, 
^^ stat. 630-_^^^ 
or for which an appropriation is made in the fourth, sixth, seventh, 
and eighth paragraphs, under the heading "GENERAL SERVICES AD-
MINISTRATION" in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
A c t , 1959, 
72 Stat. 1066. 
(2) which is a project referred to in the first proviso of the fifth 
paragraph under the heading "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION" in 
title i of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959, 
(3) for which an appropriation for direct construction by an execu-
tive agency other than the General Services Administration of a 
specified public building has been made before the date of enactment 
of this Act, 
(4) within the purview of title 8, United States Code, section 
1252(c) or title 19, United States Code, section 68, as amended. 
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SEO. 15. The performance, in accordance with standards established aJthorit^ ^*'°" °^ 
by the Administrator of General Services, of the responsibilities and 
authorities vested in him under this Act shall, except for tlie authority 
contained in section 4, upon request, be delegated to the appropriate 
executive agency where the estimated cost of the projexjt does not 
exceed $100,000, and may be delegated to the appropriate executive 
agency where the Administrator determines that such delegation will 
promote efficiency and economy. 
No delegation of responsibility or 
authority made under this section shall exempt the person to whom 
such delegation is made, or the exercise of such responsibility or 
authority, from any other provision of this Act. 
SEC. 16. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit or 
Restrictions. 
repeal— 
(1) existing authorizations for the leasing of buildings by and 
for the use of the General Services Administration or the Post 
Office Department, or 
(2) the authorization for the improvement of public buildings 
contained in title I I I of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
postal policy, to adjust postal rates, to adjust the compensation of 
postal employees, and for other purposes", approved May 27,1958 
(72 Stat. 134; 39 U.S.C, sees. 1071,1075). 
SEC. 17. The following provisions of law are repealed except as to 
Repeals. 
their application to any project referred to in section 14: 
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(1) The first sentence of section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act 
making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government 
of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes", approved 
39 Stat. 716. 
September 1,1916 (40 U.S.C. 23). 
(2) The first sentence of the last paragraph under the side head-
ing "LIGHTING AND HEATING FOR THE PUBLIC GROUNDS" under the 
subheading 
"UNDER 
ENGINEER 
DEPARTMENT" under the heading 
"UNDER T H E WAR DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An 
Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
twelve, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1911 (40 
36 Stat. 1404. 
U . S . C . 2 4 ) . 
(3) The proviso in the sixth paragraph under the side heading 
"In the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency" under the head-
ing "TREASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act 
making additional Appropriations and to supply the Deficiencies in 
the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal 
Years ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and June 
thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes", 
1
6 Stat. 311. 
approved July 15, 1870 (40 U.S.C. 32). 
(4) Section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations 
for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for other purposes", 
34 Stat. 1371. 
approved March 4,1907, as amended (40 U.S.C. 33). 
(5) That part of the fourth from last paragrapji under the sub-
heading "BUH^DINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON" under 
the heading "UNDER T H E WAR DEPARTMENT" in the Act 
entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 
the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes", approved March 
22 Stat. 615. 
3^ 1883 (40 U.S.C. 59), as reads "; and all officers in charge of public 
buildings in the District of Columbia shall cause the flow of water 
in the buildings under their charge to be shut off from five o'clock 
postmeridian to eight o'clock antemeridian: Provided^ That the 
water in said public buildings is not necessarily in use for public 
business". 
(6) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to suspend work upon the public buildings", 
18 Stat. 276. 
approved June 23, 1874, as amended (40 U.S.C. 254). 
(7) The thirty-first and thirty-second paragraphs under the sub-
heading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER T H E 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making 
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for 
25 Stat. 941. 
o^i^gj. purposes", approved March 2, 1889, as amended (40 U.S.C. 260 
and 268). 
(8) The fifth from the last paragraph under the subheading "PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER T H E TREASURY DE-
PARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations 
for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes', 
35 Stat. 959. 
approved March 4, 1909, as amended (40 U.S.C. 262). 
(9) The proviso in the fortieth paragraph under the subheading 
"PUBLIC BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER T H E TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT'; in the Act entitled "An Act making appropria-
tions for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for 
other purposes", approved August 7, 1882, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
22 Stat. 305. 
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(10) The proviso in the last paragraph of section 5 of the Act 
entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public build-
ings, to authorize the enlargement, extensionj remodeling^ or improve-
ment of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and com-
pletion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for pub-
lic buildings, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1913 (40 
U.S.C. 264) . 
37 Stat. «79. 
(11) Section 35 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the limit 
of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, 
extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, 
to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to au-
thorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other pur-
poses", approved June 25, 1910, as amended (40 U.S.C. 266). 
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(12) Section 3734 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 267). 
(13) The last paragraph under the subheading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS" 
under the heading "UNDER T H E TREASURY DEPARTMENT" 
in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil 
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes", approved 
March 2,1895, as amended (40 U.S.C. 274). 
28 stat. g u. 
(14) The second and fourth provisos in the paragraph with the 
side heading "Furniture and repairs of furniture" under the sub-
heading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, OPERATING EXPENSES" under the heading 
"TREASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act mak-
ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, 
and for other purposes", approved July 1, 1916, as amended (40 
^9 stat. 273. 
U.S.C. 275 and 282). 
(15) The fourth from the last paragraph under the subheading 
"PUBLIC BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER T H E TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations 
for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes", 
approved June 6,1900, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276). 
(16) That part of the proviso in the last paragraph under the sub-
heading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER 
T H E 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making 
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 
and for other purposes", approved August 5, 1892, as amended (40 
27 stat. 351. 
U.S.C. 277), which reads ": nor shall there hereafter be paid more 
than six dollars per day to any person employed outside of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, in any capacity whatever, whose compensation is 
paid from appropriations for public buildings in course of construc-
tion, but the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, authorize 
payment in cities of eighty thousand or more inhabitants of a sum 
not exceeding eight dollars per day for such purposes". 
(17) So much of the eighth from the last paragraph under the sub-
heading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS" under the heading "UNDER 
THE 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act mak-
ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1887, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 278) as reads ", and hereafter where public buildings 
24 stat. 512. 
shall be completed with the exception of heating apparatus and ap-
proaches but one person shall be employed by the Government for the 
supervision and care of such building". 
31 Stat. 591. 
44 Stat. 630. 
45 Stat. 32. 
45 Stat. 52. 
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(18) Titles I and I I I and sections 401 and 406 of the Public Build-
^^63stat. 176,198. i^gg Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 352, 353, 354, 297, 29Ta, 298, and 298c). 
(19) Except for sections 3 and 8, all of the Act entitled "An Act 
to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for 
other purposes", approved May 25, 1926, as amended (40 U.S.C. 341 
and the following). 
(20) The proviso in the next to last paragraph under the subheading 
'"MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS" Under the 
heading 
"TEEASURY DEPARTMENT" in the Act entitled "An Act making 
appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal jears, to provide 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, 
and for other purposes", approved December 22, 1927 (40 U.S.C. 
342a). 
(21) Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary 
of the Treasury to acquire certain lands within the District of Colum-
bia to be used as sites for public buildings", approved January 13, 
1928, as amended (40 U.S.C. 348). 
(22) Subsections (c) and (e) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend 
the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the construction of certain 
public buildings, and for other purposes,' approved May 25, 1926 
40%^sc^349, (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 630); the Act entitled 'An Act to 
350a. 
amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the con-
struction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes," ap-
proved May 25, 1926,' dated February 24, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, 
page 137); and the Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the Secretary of 
the Treasury to acquire certain land within the District of Columbia 
to be used as space for public buildings,' approved January 13, 1928 
(Forty-fifth Statutes, page 51)", approved March 31,1930, as amended 
46 Stat. 137. 
(^Q ^ . S . C . 349 and 350a). 
(23) The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Treasury to accept donations of sites for public buildings", approved 
46 Stat. 823. 
j ^ ^ e 27,1930, as amended (40 U.S.C. 350). 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
Public Law 86-250 
A N A C T 
September 9, L959 
[H. R. 8374] 
ij-y amend Public Law 85-880, and for other purposes. 
Be it encicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
World Science- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen-
sit?o^.^"'''= ^''^°" tence of section 1 of the Act of September 2,1958 (Public Law 85-880; 
72 Stat. 1703), is hereby amended as follows: 
(a) After the phrase, "World Science—Pan Pacific Exposition", 
insert "now known as Century 21 Exposition". 
(b) Strike "1961" and insert in lieu thereof "1961 and 1962". 
SEC. 2. (a) Clause (5) of section 3 of said Act is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
" (5) incur such other expenses as may be necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this Act, including but not limited to expenditures 
involved in the selection, purchase, rental, construction, and other 
acquisition of exhibits and materials and equipment therefor and 
the actual display thereof, and including but not limited to rela,ted 
expenditures for costs of transportation, insurance, installation, 
safekeeping, maintenance and operation, rental of space, and dis-
mantling; and".