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If any such contract is negotiated, the determination and findings supporting such negotiation shall be promptly reported in writing to the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives. Proposals for purchase contracts shall be solicited from the maximum number of qualified sources consistent with the nature and requirements of the facility to be procured.

(b) Contract provisions; limitations on amount of payments.

Each such purchase contract shall include such provisions as the Administrator of General Services, in his discretion, shall deem to be in the best interests of the United States and appropriate to secure the performance of the obligations imposed upon the party or parties that shall enter into such agreement with the United States. No such purchase contract shall provide for any payments to be made by the United States in excess of the amount necessary, as determined by the Administrator, to—

(1) amortize the cost of construction of improvements to be constructed plus the fair market value, on the date of the agreement, of the site, if not owned by the United States; and

(2) provide a reasonable rate of interest on the outstanding principal as determined under paragraph (1) above; and

(3) reimburse the contractor for the cost of any other obligations required of him under the contract, including (but not limited to) payment of taxes, costs of carrying appropriate insurance, and costs of repair and maintenance if so required of the contractor.

(c) Utilization of funds for payments.

Funds available on June 16, 1972, for the payment of rent and related charges for premises, whether appropriated directly to the General Services Administration or to any other agency of the Government and received by said Administration for such purpose, may be utilized by the Administrator of General Services to make payments becoming due from time to time from the United States as current charges in connection with agreements entered into under authority of this section.

(d) State and local taxes.

With respect to any interest in real property acquired under the provisions of this section, the same shall be subject to State and local taxes until title to the same shall pass to the Government of the United States.

(e) Agreements to effectuate purposes; development and improvement of land; construction of projects previously approved; increase of estimated maximum cost.

For the purpose of purchase contracts provided for in this section for the erection by the contractor of buildings and improvements for the use of the United States, the Administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other public or private entity, to effectuate any of the purposes of this section; and is further authorized to bring about the development and improvement of any land owned by the United States and under the control of the General Services

Administration including the demolition of obsolete and outmoded structures situated thereon, by providing for the construction thereon by others of such structures and facilities as shall be the subject of the applicable purchase contracts, and by making available such plans and specifications for the construction of a public building thereon as the Government may possess. Projects heretofore approved pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be constructed under authority of this section without further approval, and the prospectuses submitted to obtain such approval shall for all purposes, be considered as prospectuses for the purchase of space, except that any such project shall be subject to the requirements of section 606(b) of this title, based upon an estimated maximum cost increased by not more than an average of 10 per centum per year, exclusive of financing or other costs attributable to the use of the method of construction authorized by this section.

(f) Submission and approval of prospectus as prerequisite; exceptions; procedure.

Except for previously approved prospectuses referred to in subsection (e) of this section, no purchase contract shall be entered into pursuant to the authority of this section until a prospectus therefore has been submitted and approved in accordance with section 606 of this title.

(g) Expiration of contracting authority.

No purchase contract shall be entered into under the authority granted under this section after the end of the third fiscal year which begins after June 16, 1972.

(h) Prohibition on providing space until expiration of 30 days from notification of congressional committees by Administrator.

No space shall be provided pursuant to this section until after the expiration of 30 days from the date upon which the Administrator of General Services notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of his determination that the best interests of the Federal Government will be served by providing such space by entering into a purchase contract therefor. (Pub. L. 92-313, § 5, June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 219.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is title III of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 393, and is classified to section 251 et seq. of Title 41, Public Contracts.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 and not as part of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, which comprises this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective June 16, 1972, see section 11 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title. ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS. AMENDMENTS OF 1972; APPROVAL OF RATES FOR SPACE AND SERVICES FURNISHED

Administrator to issue and coordinate regulations with Office of Management and Budget and Director of such Office to approve rates for space and services furnished, see section 7 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.

§ 603. Alteration of buildings; acquisition of land; exemption from committee approval.

(b) No approval under section 606 of this title shall be required for any alteration and acquisition authorized by this section the estimated maximum cost of which does not exceed $500,000. (As amended Pub. L. 92-313, § 2(1), June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 216.) AMENDMENTS

1972-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-313 substituted "$500,000" for "$200,000".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Section 11 of Pub. L. 92-313 provided that: "This Act [see Short Title note set out under this section] shall become effective upon enactment [June 16, 1972]. The effective date of applying the rates to be charged pursuant to the regulations to be issued under subsections (1) and (k) of section 210 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [section 490 (1) and (k) of this title], shall be as determined by the Administrator of General Services but in any event shall not be later than the beginning of the third full fiscal year subsequent to the enactment thereof."

SHORT TITLE OF 1972 AMENDMENTS

Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-313 provided: "That this Act [which enacted section 602a of this title, amended this section and sections 490, 606, and 611 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under this section and section 175 of this title] may be cited as the 'Public Buildings Amendments of 1972'."

ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AMENDMENTS OF 1972; APPROVAL OF RATES FOR SPACE AND SERVICES FURNISHED

Section 7 of Pub. L. 92-313 provided that: "To carry out the provisions of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 [see Short Title note set out under this section], the Administrator of General Services shall issue such regulations as he deems necessary. Such regulations shall be coordinated with the Office of Management and Budget, and the rates established by the Administrator of General Services pursuant to sections 210(j) and 210(k) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [section 490 (j) and (k) of this title], shall be approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget."

§ 606. Approval of proposed projects by Congress. (a) Limitation of funds; transmission to Congress of prospectus of proposed project.

In order to insure the equitable distribution of public buildings throughout the United States with due regard for the comparative urgency of need for such buildings, except as provided in section 603 of this title, no appropriation shall be made to construct, alter, purchase, or to acquire any building to be used as a public building which involves a total expenditure in excess of $500,000 if such construction, alteration, purchase, or acquisiton has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. No appropriations shall be made to lease any space at an average annual rental in excess of $500,000 for use for public purposes if such lease has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. For the purpose of securing consideration for such approval, the Administrator shall transmit to the Congress a prospectus of the proposed facility, including (but not limited to) —

(1) a brief description of the building to be constructed, altered, purchased, acquired, or the space to be leased under this chapter;

(2) the location of the building or space to be leased and an estimate of the maximum cost to the United States of the facility to be constructed, altered, purchased, acquired, or the space to be leased;

(3) a comprehensive plan for providing space for all Government officers and employees in the locality of the proposed facility or the space to be leased, having due regard for suitable space which may continue to be available in existing Government-owned or occupied buildings;

(4) with respect to any project for the construction, alteration, purchase, or acquisition of any building, a statement by the Administrator that suitable space owned by the Government is not available and that suitable rental space is not available at a price commensurate with that to be afforded through the proposed action; and

(5) a statement of rents and other housing costs currently being paid by the Government for Federal agencies to be housed in the building to be constructed, altered, purchased, acquired, or the space to be leased.

(b) Increase of estimated maximum cost.

The estimated maximum cost of any project approved under this section as set forth in any prospectus may be increased by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, as determined by the Administrator, in construction or alteration costs, as the case may be, from the date of transmittal of such prospectus to Congress, but in no event shall the increase authorized by this subsection exceed 10 per centum of such estimated maximum cost. (c) Rescission of approval for failure to make appropriations for project.

In the case of any project approved for construction, alteration, or acquisition by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, respectively, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, for which an appropriation has not been made within one year after the date of such approval, either the Committee on Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, may rescind, by resolution, its approval of such project at any time thereafter before such an appropriation has been made.

(d) Emergency leases by the Administrator.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Administrator from entering into emergency leases during any period declared by the President to require such emergency leasing authority, except that no such emergency lease shall be for a period of more than 180 days without approval of a prospectus for such lease in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. (As amended Pub. L. 92-313, § 2(4), June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 217.) AMENDMENTS

1972. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-313 added provisions relating to the purchase of any building to be used as a public building and the lease of any space for use for public purposes, increased from $100,000 for construction

and acquisition and from $200,000 for alteration to $500,000 as the maximum appropriation authorized to be made for the construction, alteration, purchase, and acquisition of any building without specified approval pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives, and expanded required contents of prospectus transmitted by the Administrator to the Congress.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 92-313 reenacted provisions without change.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-313 substituted provisions authorizing the Administrator to enter into emergency leases in accordance with the specified conditions for provisions setting forth restrictions on the approval of new projects.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 92-313 effective June 16, 1972, see section 11 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.

ISSUANCE OR REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AMENDMENTS OF 1972; APPROVAL OF RATES FOR SPACE AND SERVICES FURNISHED

Administrator to issue and coordinate regulations with office of Management and Budget and Director of such Office to approve rates for space and services furnished, see section 7 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 602a of this title. § 607. Buildings and sites within District of Columbia.

(d) Stadium; contracts for athletic and other events; additional seating capacity: financing, terms and conditions; restriction of right to revenues.

(1) Notwithstanding the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (D.C. Code, secs. 2-1720 to 2-1729) or any other provision of law, the Armory Board (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the "Board"), created by the Act of June 4, 1948 (D.C. Code, sec. 2-1702), is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the conduct in the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium authorized by such Act of 1957 of major league football, baseball, and softball, and motorcycle races, rodeos, musical concerts, and other events, and to increase the seating capacity of such stadium by an additional number of seats, not to exIceed eight thousand, and at a cost not to exceed $1,500,000. Notwithstanding such Act of 1957, or any other provision of law, the Board is further authorized to borrow such sums as may be necessary to provide for the additional seating authorized by this subsection in accordance with the following terms and conditions, which terms and conditions shall be effective during the period that any of such sums so borrowed remain unpaid:

(A) 50 per centum of all revenues from professional football derived from such additional seats shall be used solely for the purpose of repaying the sums borrowed for such seats;

(B) 44 per centum of such revenues shall be paid to the team operating under the trade name of the Washington Redskins, or its sucessors; and (C) 6 per centum of such revenues shall be subject to the provisions of section 6 of such Act of 1957 (D.C. Code, sec. 2-1724).

(2) In no case shall the National Football League or any team within such league (other than the aforementioned Redskins team or its successors), during the period within which any part of such sums so borrowed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub

section remains unpaid, be considered as being entitled to, or as acquiring any right in connection with, any part of the revenues attributable to the additional seats authorized by this subsection. (As amended Pub. L. 93–72, July 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 169.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-72 added subsec. (d).

§ 611. Continuing investigation and survey of public buildings; cooperation with Federal agencies; construction and acquisition of buildings with due regard to comparative urgency of need; development of plans for buildings with due consideration to excellence of architecture and design. (a) The Administrator is authorized and directed to make a continuing investigation and survey of the public buildings needs of the Federal Government in order that he may carry out his duties under this chapter, and to submit to Congress prospectuses of proposed projects in accordance with section 606 (a) of this title.

(c) The Administrator in carrying out his duties under this chapter shall provide for the construction and acquisition of public buildings equitably throughout the United States with due regard to the comparative urgency of the need for each particular building. In developing plans for such new buildings, the Administrator shall give due consideration to excellence of architecture and design. (As amended Pub. L. 92-313, § 2 (2), (3), June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 216, 217.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-313, § 2(2), struck out "as he determines necessary," following "this chapter, and,".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-313, § 2(3), added provisions relating to the development of plans for new buildings by the Administrator.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 92-313 effective June 16, 1972, see section 11 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.

ISSUANCE OR REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AMENDMENTS OF 1972; APPROVAL OF RATES FOR SPACE AND SERVICES FURNISHED

Administrator to issue and coordinate regulations with Office of Management and Budget and Director of such Office to approve rates for space and services furnished, see section 7 of Pub. L. 92-313, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.

§ 612. Definitions.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 490 of this title.

§ 616. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center.

(a) Development, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities for conventions, exhibitions, meetings, and other social, cultural, and business activities; location.

In order to provide for the District of Columbia facilities for the holding of conventions, exhibitions, meetings, and other social, cultural, and business activities, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia (hereinafter, "Commissioner") is authorized to provide for the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of the civic center to be designated as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicenten

nial Civic Center on a site in the Northwest section of the District of Columbia within an area bounded by Eighth Street, H Street, Tenth Street, New York Avenue, and K Street.

(b) Plan, design, and costs of civic center; administrative approval and review; filing plats showing opening, extension, widening, or closing of streets, roads, highways, and alleys.

(1) Such civic center shall be in accordance with a plan, indicating the design and estimated costs, approved by the Commissioner and the District of Columbia Council, and approved by the National Capital Planning Commission pursuant to section 71d of this title (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1005) and section 16 of the Act approved June 20, 1938 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-428), and reviewed by the Commissioner of Fine Arts to the extent required by section 1 of the Act approved May 16, 1930 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-410).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 5-711), the urban renewal plan, approved pursuant to section 6(b) (2) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 5-705 (b) (2)), for an urban renewal area in which the civic center is located shall be deemed to be modified by the plan approved pursuant to this subsection and the National Capital Planning Commission shall certify such urban renewal plan, as modified, to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency.

(3) In the development of the civic center in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to this subsection, the Commissioner, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may open, extend, widen, or close any street, road, highway, or alley, or part thereof, by the filing of a plat or plats in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia showing such opening, extension, widening, or closing.

(c) Land acquisition.

The Commissioner shall acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, all real property necessary to provide for the civic center.

(d) Contract authority; leases: term, nominal rental; purchase contracts: payment term, vesting of title in the District of Columbia, application of installment payments to purchase price, provisions securing performance of obligations, amortization, interest rate, reimbursement of contractors for certain costs, and Congressional Committee approval of design, plans, and specifications.

(1) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into purchase contracts, including negotiated contracts, for the financing, design, construction, and maintenance of the civic center. The Commissioner is further authorized to lease the site described in subsection (a) of this section at a nominal rental for a period of not more than thirty-five years. The payment term of said purchase contracts shall not be more than thirty years from the date of acceptance of the civic center and such purchase contracts shall provide that title to the civic center shall vest in the District of Columbia at or before the expiration of the contract term and upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions stipulated in the purchase contracts. Such terms and conditions shall include provision for the application to the purchase price agreed upon therein of installment payments made thereunder.

(2) Such purchase contracts shall include such provisions as the Commissioner, in his discretion, shall deem to be in the best interest of the District of Columbia and appropriate to secure the performance of the obligations imposed upon the party or parties that shall enter into such agreement with the Commissioner. The purchase contracts shall provide for payments to be made to

(A) amortize the cost of site acquisition, including relocation payments required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, and such other moneys as may be advanced by the contractors to the District of Columbia;

(B) amortize the cost of construction of improvements to be constructed;

(C) provide a reasonable rate of interest on the outstanding principal as determined under subparagraphs (A) and (B) above; and

(D) reimburse the contractors for the cost of any other obligations required of them under the contract, including (but not limited to) payment of taxes, costs of carrying appropriate insurance, and costs of repair and maintenance if so required of the contractors.

(3) For the purpose of the purchase contracts provided by this subsection for the erection of the civic center, the Commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other public or private entity to effectuate any of the purposes of this subsection.

(4) No purchase contract for the construction of such civic center shall be entered into, pursuant to the authority of this section, until thirty legislative days following submittal to and approval by the Senate and House Committees for the District of Columbia, and the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations, of the design, plans, and specifications, including detailed cost estimates, of such civic center.

(e) Full faith and credit of the District of Columbia.

The full faith and credit of the Government of the District of Columbia is hereby committed to guarantee, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, the fulfillment of all obligations imposed by the provision of this section.

(f) Gifts, services, securities, and other property: acceptance and administration; operation of civic center: District of Columbia or other entity; contractual operation: terms and conditions, employment of Federal, District of Columbia, and voluntary personnel.

(1) The Commissioner is authorized to accept and administer gifts, personal services, securities, or other property of whatever character to aid in carrying out the purposes of this section.

(2) The Commissioner is further authorized to provide for the operation of any or all aspects of the civic center by any department or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia, or may provide for the performance of such operations, including the use or rental of the civic center or its equipment, motor vehicle parking facilities, concessions, and other activities, by contract entered into with any person, copartnership, corporation,

or other public or private entity, upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated in the agreements, and for such purposes may utilize or employ the services of personnel of any agency or instrumentality of the United States or the District of Columbia, with the consent of such agency or instrumentality, upon a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, and may utilize voluntary or uncompensated personnel. (Pub. L. 86-249, § 18, as added Pub. L. 92-520, 3, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1019.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

For classification in the Code of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (d) (2) (A), see Short Title note set out under section 4601 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 41(a) of Pub. L. 92-520 provided in part that this section and provisions set out as notes under this section shall take effect on Oct. 21, 1972.

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-520 provided that such Act, which enacted this section and provisions set out as notes under this section and other provisions not classified to the Code may be cited as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act".

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION Section 2 of Pub. L. 92-520 provided that:

"The Congress hereby finds and declares that"(1) It is essential to the social and economic development of the District of Columbia to establish major centers of commercial and economic activity within the city;

"(2) such a center of activity would result from the development of a civic center located in the downtown area of the District of Columbia;

"(3) a civic center would (A) attract large numbers of visitors to the downtown area and result in increased business activity in the area surrounding the center; (B) enable national organizations to hold their conventions and other meetings in the District of Columbia and thereby encourage citizens from the entire Nation to visit their Capital City; (C) provide a new source of revenue for the District of Columbia as a consequence of its operations and the expanded commercial activities resulting therefrom; and (D) provide expanded employment opportunities for residents of the District of Columbia;

"(4) it is fitting that said civic center be established as a memorial to the late President, Dwight D. Eisenhower;

"(5) the prompt provision of major convention facilities in the District of Columbia will significantly contribute to the commemoration of the Nation's bicentennial year; and

"(6) the powers conferred by this Act [Pub. 92-520] are for public uses and purposes for which public powers may be employed, public funds may be expended, and the power of eminent domain and the police power may be exercised, and the granting of such powers is necessary in the public interest."

Chapter 16.-GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This chapter is referred to in title 16 sections 4601-15, 460bb-2; title 20 section 1221e; title 22 sections 277d-36, 2876.

§ 752. Transfer of functions.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102

of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 754. Redistribution of Administrator's functions.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 755. Transfer of funds.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 759. Procurement, maintenance, operation and utilization of automatic data processing equipment. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 1959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

Functions of the Office of Management and Budget approving standards on behalf of the President pursuant to subsec. (f) (2) of this section transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, see section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 11717, May 9, 1973, 38 F.R. 12315, set out as a note under section 16 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Chapter 17.-ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS

DISPOSAL

§ 781. Matters relative to transfer.

ABOLITION OF FEDERAL FIELD COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN ALAKSA

For termination of Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska, see Ex. Ord. No. 11608, set out as a note under section 3191 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Chapter 18.-NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER FACILITIES; CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

§ 802. Terms and conditions of agreements and leases.

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(c) Supplemental alterations and construction; competitive bidding or negotiated contract; Federal title; purchase option; limitation of fund. In addition to the alterations and construction by the company pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary is authorized to undertake, directly by competitive bidding or, if he deems it to be in the best interest of the United States, by negotiated contract with the company, its successors, agents, and assigns, such alterations and construction, with regard to the Union Station Building and the adjacent parking facility, as he deems necessary to supplement the activities of the company in pro

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