Old Post Office Building Redevelopment Act of 2008
PL 110-359 (H.R.5001), enacted 10/08/2008

122 STAT. 4005 
PUBLIC LAW 110–359—OCT. 8, 2008 
Public Law 110–359 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to provide for the redevelopment 
of the Old Post Office Building located in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Old Post Office Building Redevel-
opment Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Old Post Office Building’’ means the 
land, including any improvements thereon and specifically including 
the Pavilion Annex, that is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., in the District of Columbia, and under the jurisdiction, cus-
tody, and control of the General Services Administration. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) For almost a decade the Subcommittee on Economic 
Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management 
of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives has expressed considerable concern 
about the waste and neglect of the valuable, historic Old Post 
Office Building, centrally located in the heart of the Nation’s 
Capital on Pennsylvania Avenue, and has pressed the General 
Services Administration to develop and fully use this building. 
(2) The policy of the Government long has been to preserve 
and make usable historic properties rather than sell them 
for revenue. 
(3) Security concerns related to this property’s proximity 
to the White House may hinder the sale of the Old Post Office 
Building to a private party. 
(4) On December 28, 2000, the General Services Adminis-
tration, pursuant to Public Law 105–277, submitted to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a plan for the 
comprehensive redevelopment of the Old Post Office. 
(5) The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
approved the redevelopment plan on May 16, 2001, and the 
Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public 
Works approved the plan on June 15, 2001. 
(6) The General Services Administration issued a Request 
for Expression of Interest in 2004 for developing the Old Post 
Old Post Office 
Building 
Redevelopment 
Act of 2008. 
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Office Building that generated a healthy, private sector interest, 
but the General Services Administration has failed to proceed 
with implementation of the approved redevelopment plan. 
(7) Redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building will 
preserve the historic integrity of this unique and important 
asset, put it to its highest and best use, and provide a lucrative 
financial return to the Government. 
SEC. 4. REDEVELOPMENT OF OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services is 
directed to proceed with redevelopment of the Old Post Office 
Building, in accordance with existing authorities available to the 
Administrator and consistent with the redevelopment plan pre-
viously approved by the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
on Appropriations and Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate. 
(b) 
RELOCATION
OF
EXISTING
BUILDING
TENANTS.—The 
Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding section 3307 of title 
40, United States Code, and otherwise in accordance with existing 
authorities available to the Administrator, to provide replacement 
space for Federal agency tenants housed in the Old Post Office 
Building whose relocation is necessary for redevelopment of the 
Building. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services shall 
transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report on any proposed redevelop-
ment agreement related to the Old Post Office Building. 
(b) CONTENTS.—A report transmitted under this section shall 
include a summary of a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed 
development agreement and a description of the material provisions 
of the proposed agreement. 
(c) REVIEW BY CONGRESS.—Any proposed development agree-
ment related to the Old Post Office Building may not become 
effective until the end of a 30-day period of continuous session 
of Congress following the date of the transmittal of the report 
required 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 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5001: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 110–724 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 110–501 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): 
June 23, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 26, considered and passed Senate. 
is not in session during an adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a day certain. 
Approved October 8, 2008. 
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