[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2751 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2751

To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to improve the management and 
           operations of the General Services Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1997

Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. Traficant) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to improve the management and 
           operations of the General Services Administration.

    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 ``General Services Administration 
Improvement Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS FOR COURTHOUSES.

    (a) Required Information.--Section 7(a) of the Public Buildings Act 
of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 606(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) with respect to any project for the design or 
        construction of a United States courthouse--
                    ``(A) information concerning courtroom utilization 
                in the courthouse that is providing facilities that 
                will be provided in the proposed courthouse;
                    ``(B) information concerning anticipated courtroom 
                utilization in the proposed courthouse;
                    ``(C) information concerning anticipated facilities 
                sharing in the proposed courthouse; and
                    ``(D) an analysis of whether the project conforms 
                to the United States Court Design Guide.''.
    (b) Transmittal of Design Guide.--Section 7 of the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 606) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(g) Transmittal of Design Guide.--On an annual basis, the 
Administrator shall obtain from the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, and shall transmit to Congress, the United States Court 
Design Guide, including any revisions to the Guide. Together with each 
Guide, the Administrator shall also transmit a report containing a 
statement by the Administrator as to the effects of any revisions to 
the Guide on courthouse construction costs and such other information 
as the Administrator considers appropriate.''.

SEC. 3. ACQUISITIONS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SITES BY EXCHANGE.

    Section 13 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 612) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(8) The term `exchange' includes an exchange for future rights or 
benefits, including rights or benefits relating to the development of 
real property.''.

SEC. 4. PROCEEDS FROM SALES AND LEASES.

    The Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 22. PROCEEDS FROM SALES AND LEASES.

    ``(a) Deposit Into Federal Buildings Fund.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all proceeds received after the date of the 
enactment of this section from the sale of interests in real property, 
including buildings and other improvements thereto, controlled by the 
Administrator and from the leasing of space in public buildings located 
on such real property to private entities shall be deposited into the 
Federal Buildings Fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)).
    ``(b) Availability of Amounts.--Moneys deposited into the Federal 
Buildings Fund pursuant to subsection (a) shall be available only for 
expenditure for repair and alteration activities and construction and 
acquisition of facilities activities in such amounts as are specified 
in annual appropriations Acts without regard to fiscal year 
limitations.''.
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