[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 196 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 196

To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to require the Administrator 
of General Services to prioritize construction and alteration projects 
 in accordance with merit-based needs criteria, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 1997

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to require the Administrator 
of General Services to prioritize construction and alteration projects 
 in accordance with merit-based needs criteria, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Buildings Construction and 
Alteration Funding Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITIZATION OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION 
              FUNDING REQUESTS.

    (a) In General.--The Public Buildings Act of 1959 is amended by 
inserting after section 6 (40 U.S.C. 605) the following:

``SEC. 6A. PRIORITIZATION OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION AND 
              ALTERATION FUNDING REQUESTS.

    ``(a) Annual Submission to Congress.--As part of the submission to 
Congress of the budget of the United States Government for a fiscal 
year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the President 
shall submit a list, in order of need (as determined in accordance with 
the regulations issued under subsection (b)), of projects for the 
construction and alteration of public buildings for which 
authorizations of appropriations are requested for the fiscal year.
    ``(b) Criteria for Determining Need.--The Administrator shall issue 
regulations specifying merit-based criteria for determining the 
relative need for a project described in subsection (a).''.
    (b) Building Project Surveys.--Section 11(b) of the Act (40 U.S.C. 
610(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of 
a surveyed project for the construction or alteration of a public 
building, the report shall specify the relative need (as determined in 
accordance with the regulations issued under section 6A(b)) for the 
project with respect to all other such surveyed projects that are not 
approved under section 7(a).''.
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