113 HR 1016 IH: Community Post Office Relocation Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-03-06
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Community Post Office Relocation
Act
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2.Sale of post
office buildings subject to relocation
(a)Chapter 4 of title
39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
417.Authority to
sell buildings containing post offices subject to relocation
(a)In addition to the
authority provided under section 401(5), the Postal Service may sell, at fair
market value, to an eligible buyer fee simple title to a covered post office
building.
(b)(1)Beginning on the date on
which the Postal Service makes an announcement, as described in paragraph (2),
that a covered post office building is for sale, an eligible buyer shall have
30 days to make an offer to the Postal Service for the purchase of such
building.
(2)The announcement under paragraph (1)
shall be posted prominently in a publicly accessible space in the covered post
office building subject to sale.
(c)(1)The Postal Service shall
enter into negotiations for the sale of such building with the eligible buyer
that submits the first offer, as determined by postmark date, during such
30-day period. If such negotiations fail, then the Postal Service shall enter
into negotiations for sale with each subsequent eligible buyer, as determined
by postmark date, that submits an offer during such 30-day period until a sale
is made or until all such eligible buyers are exhausted.
(2)If an offer under paragraph (1) is
for the fair market value of such building, and all other relevant conditions
have been met with respect to making a successful sale within 45 days after the
postmark date of such offer, the Postal Service shall sell such building to
such buyer.
(3)The fair market value of a post
office building sold by the Postal Service under this section shall be
determined by an independent professional appraiser, licensed within the State
in which such building is located, mutually agreed upon by the Postal Service
and the eligible buyer.
(d)(1)After the sale of a
covered post office building to an eligible buyer under this section, the
Postal Service may lease, at fair market value, such building from such buyer
for purposes of operating a post office in such building.
(2)If the Postal Service does not require all
of the space in such building while operating a post office pursuant to
paragraph (1), the eligible buyer may use the remaining space for any purpose
permitted under Federal, State, or local law or regulation.
(e)If an eligible
buyer makes a covered post office purchased under this section available for
sale, the Postal Service shall have the right of first refusal to purchase such
building at fair market value or at the price of such purchase plus any
improvements, whichever is less.
(f)For purposes of
this section—
(1)the term
covered post office building means a building owned by the Postal
Service that contains a post office subject to relocation (as that term is
described in section 241.4 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations);
and
(2)the term eligible buyer means
a private organization—
(A)that is described
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code;
(B)that operates
primarily within the geographic area served by a covered post office building
subject to sale under this section; and
(C)that has been in operation within such area
for at least 5 years prior to the date on which the announcement of the sale of
the building is made (as described in subsection
(b)(1)).
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(b)The table of sections of chapter 4 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 416 the
following new item:
417. Authority to sell buildings
containing post offices subject to relocation.
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