[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 31 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 31

To direct the Administrator of General Services to take such action as 
   may be necessary to have the Federal Trade Commission vacate the 
  building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the District of 
   Columbia and to make that building available for occupancy by the 
                        National Gallery of Art.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

   Mr. Mica introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to take such action as 
   may be necessary to have the Federal Trade Commission vacate the 
  building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the District of 
   Columbia and to make that building available for occupancy by the 
                        National Gallery of Art.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.

    (a) Location.--Not later than December 31, 2012, the Administrator 
of General Services shall take such action as may be necessary to--
            (1) have the Federal Trade Commission vacate the building 
        located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the District of 
        Columbia;
            (2) make that building available for occupancy by the 
        National Gallery of Art; and
            (3) relocate the Federal Trade Commission into another 
        appropriate building in a location selected in consultation 
        with the Commission.
    (b) Reconstruction.--The Administrator shall reconstruct the 
building referred to in subsection (a)(1) to house and exhibit works of 
art and carry administrative functions, subject to the requirements of 
the Director of the National Gallery of Art.
    (c) Designation.--Beginning on the date that the National Gallery 
of Art takes occupancy of the building referred to in subsection 
(a)(1)--
            (1) the building shall be known and designated as the 
        ``National Gallery of Art''; and
            (2) any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
        paper, or other record of the United States to the building 
        shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``National Gallery of 
        Art''.
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