[S. 3192]

AN ACT

To increase the limit of cost for the Department of Agriculture Extensible Building.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to modify the contract numbered T1 SA-3167 for the construction of the Department of Agriculture Extensible Building in the District of Columbia, to reimburse the contractor for increased costs incurred as a result of the failure of the Government to deliver the site to the contractor in its entirety within the time specified, the amount of the adjustment determined upon to be subject to prior review by the Comptroller General of the United States.

SEC. 2. The limit of cost for the site and construction of such building as authorized in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931 (46 Stat. 1604), is increased to $13,150,000 in lieu of $12,800,000, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Approved, August 14, 1935.

[S. 2626]

AN ACT

To authorize the sale of Federal buildings.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to suitably dispose of certain Federal buildings and the sites thereof under the control of the Treasury Department, which have been supplanted by new structures, and for which the Secretary of the Treasury has determined there is no further Federal need, he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, if he deems it to be in the best interests of the Government, to sell such buildings and sites or parts of sites to States, counties, municipalities, or other duly constituted political subdivisions of States for public use upon such terms, pursuant to such rules and regulations promulgated by him, as he deems proper. and to convey the same by the usual quitclaim deed, and he may enter into long-term contracts for the payment of the purchase price in such installments as he deems fair and reasonable and may furthermore waive any requirements for interest charges on deferred payments: Provided, That the total purchase price shall in no case be less than 50 per centum of the appraised value of the land, the appraisal to be made by the Treasury Department: Provided further, That the proceeds of the sales shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That in the event portions of any Federal building sites under the control of the Treasury Department are desired by municipalities by reason of any duly authorized, comprehensive street-widening program, the Secretary of the Treasury may deed to such municipalities, without cost, such areas needed for street uses as may be dedicated without jeopardy to the Federal interest.

Approved, August 26, 1935.

[S. 2888]

AN ACT

To provide for the disposition, control, and use of surplus real property acquired by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, whenever any real property located outside of the District of Columbia, exclusive of military or naval reservations, heretofore or hereafter acquired by any Federal agency, by judicial process or otherwise in the collection of debts, purchase, donation, condemnation, devise, forfeiture, lease, or in any other manner, is, in whole or in part, declared to be in excess of its needs by the Federal agency having control thereof, or by the President on recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of Procurement, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized (a) to assign or reassign to any Federal agency or agencies space therein: Provided, That if the Federal agency to which space is assigned does not desire to occupy the space so assigned to it, the decision of the Director of Procurement shall be subject to review by the President; or (b) pending a sale, to lease such real property on such terms and for such period not in excess of five years as he may deem in the public interest; or (c) to sell the same at public sale to the highest responsible bidder upon such terms. and after such public advertisement as he may deem in the public interest.

SEC. 2. Whenever after investigation it is determined by the Director of Procurement that any such real property should be used for the accommodation of any Federal agency or agencies, the Director of Procurement is authorized to make any repairs thereto or alterations thereof which he deems necessary or advisable and to maintain and operate the same. To the extent that the appropriations of the Procurement Division not otherwise allocated are inadequate for such repairs, alterations, maintenance, or operation, the Director of Procurement may require each Federal agency to which space has been assigned therein pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this Act to pay promptly by check to the Procurement Division out of its appropriation for rent, either in advance of or upon or during Occupancy of such space, all or part of the estimated or actual cost of such repairs, alterations, maintenance, and operation: Provided, That the total amount so to be paid shall be determined and equitably apportioned by the Director of Procurement among the Federal agencies to whom space has been so assigned: Provided further, That the amount so charged against any Federal agency shall be computed at a rate not in excess of that paid as rent by such agency immediately preceding such assignment for space in lieu of which space is so assigned to it, and if it is less the difference shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: And provided further, That in

the event such space is not assigned in lieu of existing space, the amount so charged shall be computed at a rate not in excess of that which the Director of Procurement determines, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, would have been paid as rent for corresponding space during the current fiscal year, and if it is less the difference shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. If a Federal agency subject to this proviso disagrees with the amount the Director of Procurement so determines would have been paid as rent, the determination of the Director of Procurement shall be subject to review by the President.

SEC. 3. The Director of Procurement, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is further authorized to procure space by lease, on such terms and for such period not in excess of five years as he may deem in the public interest, for the housing of any Federal agency or agencies outside of the District of Columbia, except the Post Office Department, and to assign and reassign space therein in the same manner as is authorized with respect to surplus real property by section 1 of this Act, and to require the Federal agencies to whom space is assigned therein to pay the total expenditures required under such lease during its entire term in the manner specified in section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 4. The Director of Procurement, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. The term 66 Federal agency as used in this Act, means any executive department, independent establishment, commission, board, bureau, division, or office in the executive branch, or other agency of the United States, including corporations wholly owned by the United States.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 122-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 554-3D SESSION]

[H. J. Res. 679]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making appropriations for work relief, relief, and otherwise to increase employ. ment by providing loans and grants for public works projects.

TITLE III-FEDERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS

SEC. 301. Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Columbia: The total amount authorized to be appropriated for the three-year program for the acquisition of sites and construction of public buildings by the paragraph under the caption "Emergency Construction of Public Buildings Outside the District of Columbia", contained in the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937", approved August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 773), is hereby increased from $70,000,000 to $130,000,000. All applicable provisions and authority of such paragraph shall be operative with respect to the enlarged authorization provided in this title except that the list from which projects, including the sites therefor, are to be selected by the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury acting jointly shall be the revision, dated April 25, 1938, of House Report Numbered 1879, Seventy-third Congress. Toward such increased program there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be utilized as an addition to the fund specified in such paragraph in such Act for the augmentation of the limits of cost of selected projects in amounts not exceeding 10 per centum of such limits of cost. The appropriations heretofore made under the authority of such paragraph, together with the appropriation in this title, shall be consolidated into a single fund and be available toward the consummation of the entire authorized program.

SEC. 302. This title may be cited as the "Federal Public Buildings Appropriation Act of 1938".

Approved, June 21, 1938.