206 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND (TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY) 36642 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 CONTENTS Page H. R. 5605_. Statement of— Daubney, John E., mayor of the city of St. Paul, Minn......... Hamilton, Randy H., director of the Washington office, American Hillelson, Hon. Jeffrey P., a Representative in Congress from the State 1 23 15 29 3 Knott, Lawson B., Jr., Corps of Engineers, representing the Depart- 40, 49 Meader, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of 6 Peyton, Thomas L., director, Surplus Real-Property Division, Public Reynolds, W. E., Commissioner of Public Buildings, General Services Seegmiller, Keith L., secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Wallace, Archie O., Madison Agricultural School, Adrian, Mich. Resolution by the council of the city of St. Paul, Minn., adopted Derounian, Hon. Steven B., a Representative in Congress from the Exhibit 1-Itemized statement of exempt properties on which 16 Letter from W. E. Reynolds, Commissioner of Public Buildings, 17 17 Recommended amendments to H. R. 5605. Hamilton, Randy H., director of the Washington office, American Excerpt from Hoover Commission recommendations. Letter to Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, from Richard Graves, Letter to Congressman Jeffrey P. Hillelson, from L. P. Cooking- 34 34 34 31 33 Albert W. Noonan, executive director, National Association 30 30, 32 III 1512562 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Hamilton, Randy H., director of the Washington office-Continued Charles F. Conlon, executive secretary, National Association of Tax Administrators, July 16, 1953___. James J. Smith, executive director, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 16, 1953. Morgan Strong, executive secretary, New York State Confer- ence of Mayors, July 17, 1953. Policy statements of the American Municipal Association____ Harden, Hon. Cecil M., a Representative in Congress from the State Hillelson, Hon. Jeffrey P., a Representative in Congress from the State of Missouri: Excerpt from the Federal Property and Adminis- trative Services Act of 1949 (Public Law 152, 81st Cong.), as Porter, Claude E., mayor, city of Adrian, Mich. : Excerpt from report of Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp., printed in the March 13, 1953, issue of the Wall Street Journal_. Letter from J. E. Williams, contracting officer, Detroit Air Regional Office, to treasurer, city of Adrian, Mich., January Reynolds, W. E., Commissioner of Public Buildings, General Services Administration: Excerpt from General Services Administration St. George, Hon. Katharine, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, and chairman, special subcommittee on H. R. Excerpt from Bureau of the Budget report on H. R. 5605. Letter from Charles F. Conlon, executive secretary, National Association of Tax Administrators, to Hon. Katharine St. Letter from E. L. Fisher, Acting Comptroller General of the United States, to Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, July 20, 1953- Letter from James J. Smith, executive director, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, to Hon. Katharine St. George, July Letter from Lewis L. Strauss, chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission, to Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, Letter from M. B. Folsom, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, to Letter from Rowland Hughes, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Letter to James J. Smith, executive director, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, Trenton, N. J., July 18, 1953. Report of the Committee on Payments in Lieu of Taxes- Statement of Henry G. Waltemade, chairman, Realtors' Washing- Letter from John G. Adams, Acting General Counsel, Office of Secretary of Telegram from John H. Huss, director, Michigan Municipal League, Ann 64 AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949 AS AMENDED (Transfers of Real Property) MONDAY, JULY 20, 1953 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON H. R. 5605 OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:15 a. m., in room 1501, New House Office Building, Hon. Katharine St. George (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Katharine St. George and Jeffrey P. Hillelson. Also present: Clyde W. Smith, counsel. Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Will the subcommittee please come to order. This special subcommittee consisting of Mr. Hillelson, Mr. Ikard, and myself as chairman is meeting to consider H. R. 5605. (H. R. 5605 is as follows:) [H. R. 5605, 83d Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that transfers of real property from certain Government corporations to other Government agencies shall not operate to remove such real property from local tax rolls Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the table of contents contained in the first section of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by inserting immediately below “SEC. 605. Effective date." the following new matter. TITLE VII-TAXATION BY LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITIES Sec. 701. Statement of policy. Sec. 702. Definitions. Sec. 703. Taxation of property of Government corporations. Sec. 704. Taxation of property transferred from Government corporations. Sec. 705. General provisions. Sec. 706. Effective date and expiration of this title. SEC. 2. Such Actis further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: TITLE VII-TAXATION BY LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITIES DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 701. The Congress recognizes that the transfer of real property having a taxable status from a Government corporation to another Government agency often operates to remove such property from the tax rolls of local taxing authorities, thereby creating an undue and unexpected burden upon such local taxing authorities and causing disruption of their operations. It is the purpose of 1 |