Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/749

 PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-406

ity consistent with the Federal ^^ interest: Provided further, That for the purposes of this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 490), and buildings under the control of another department or agency where alterations of such buildings are required in connection with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of the General Services Administration shall be considered to be federally owned buildings: Provided further. That none of the funds available to the General Services Administration with the exception of those for Capital Improvements for United States-Mexico Border Facilities; Other Approved Border Facility projects; and the San Francisco, California Federal building project, shall be available for expenses in connection with any construction, repair, alteration, and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for each project for required expenses in connection with the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis- Contracts. trator of General Services is authorized, under section 210(h) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, to acquire the building in Chicago, Illinois, approved under this heading in fiscal year 1987, from any commercial or private entity, through a lease to ownership transaction. Said lease shall not exceed 30 years, on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate. These terms and conditions may include an option to permit the Federal Government, if the Administrator deems that it is in the best interest of the Federal Government, to execute a succeeding lease: Provided further. That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate: Provided further. That not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall submit under the Public Buildings Act of 1959, a prospectus for acquiring by purchase or lease-purchase (1) a building which ia not to exceed 1,400,000 occupiable square feet for the Environmental Protection Agency in the Washington metropolitan area, and (2) a building which is not to exceed 1,800,000 occupiable square feet for the Department of Transportation. The lease-purchase shall provide for annual lease or installment payments from funds available for the rental of space in the Federal Buildings Fund over a period not to exceed 30 years for the payment of the purchase price of such building and reasonable interest thereon and shall provide for title to the building to vest in the United States on or before the last day of the term of the lease-purchase transaction. If a lease-purchase prospectus for a building described in this paragraph is approved under the Public Buildings Act of 1959, the Administrator of Genered Services may enter into a transaction for the lease-purchase of such building in accordance with the terms specified in such approved prospectus and applicable provisions of law and may make annued lease or installment payments from funds available for the rental of space in such fund: Provided further. That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable specisd services to other agencies under section 210(fK6) of the Federal Property and Administrative ' • Copy read "federal".

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