[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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            PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE OLD U.S. MINT

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 508, S. 2185, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the 
Administrator of the GSA the Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2185) to require the Secretary of Treasury to 
     transfer to the Administrator of General Services the Old 
     U.S. Mint in San Francisco, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 2441

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator McCain, I send an 
amendment to the desk and ask unanimous consent that the amendment be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2441) was agreed to, as follows:

       Add at the end of the bill the following new section:

     SEC. 2. REPAIRS OF OLD U.S. MINT, SAN FRANCISCO.

       (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     force the General Services Administration to repair the Old 
     U.S. Mint building prior to repairs to other Federal 
     buildings in greater need of repair.

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would like to ask the chairman of the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works if he would be willing to 
respond to a question regarding the committee's authorization on June 
23, 1994, for up to $17.9 million in repairs at the Old U.S. Mint 
Building in San Francisco.
  Mr. BAUCUS. I would be pleased to respond to the Senator's question.
  Mr. McCAIN. I would like to ask the chairman if the committee's 
authorization is intended to compel the administration to request 
funding for repairs to the Mint Building or for the General Services 
Administration to submit a prospectus if the project is not deemed a 
priority repair project of GSA.
  Mr. BAUCUS. The Committee on Environment and Public Works, which 
exercises jurisdiction over the GSA Federal buildings program, 
regularly reviews public building projects. I can assure the 
distinguished Senator from Arizona that the committee resolution 
authorizing safety repairs to the Old Mint Building, contingent upon 
receipt of a prospectus, does not compel the GSA to submit a prospectus 
for repairs if the agency does not deem the repair project a priority 
using the appropriate criteria. Furthermore, the committee 
authorization does not alter the Administration's process for review 
and submission of a prospectus.
  Mr. McCAIN. I thank the Chairman.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for the third reading, was read 
the third time, and passed, as follows:
  (The bill was not available for printing. It will appear in a future 
issue of the Record.)
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill was passed.
  Mr. COHEN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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