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 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1159 is necessary to carry out the duties of the Administrator under this chapter. (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND OR INTEREST IN LAND FOR USE AS SITES. —The Administrator may acquire land or an interest in land the Administrator considers necessary for use as sites, or additions to sites, for public buildings authorized to be constructed or altered under this chapter. (c) PUBLIC BUILDINGS USED FOR POST OFFICE PURPOSES.—When any part of a public building is to be used for post office purposes, the Administrator shall act jointly with the United States Postal Service in selecting the town or city where the building is to be constructed, and in selecting the site in the town or city for the building. (d) SOLICITATION OF PROPOSALS FOR SALE, DONATION, OR EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY.— When the Administrator is to acquire a site under subsection (b), the Administrator, if the Administrator considers it necessary, by public advertisement may solicit proposals for the sale, donation, or exchange of real property to the Federal Government to be used as the site. In selecting a site under subsection (b) the Administrator (with the concurrence of the United States Postal Service if any part of the public building to be constructed on the site is to be used for post office purposes) may- CD select the site that the Administrator believes is the most advantageous to the Government, all factors considered; and (2) acquire the site without regard to title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.). § 3305. Construction and alteration of buildings (a) CONSTRUCTION.— (1) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BUILDINGS.— When the Administrator of General Services considers it to be in the best interest of the Federal Government to construct a new public building to take the place of an existing public building, the Administrator may demolish the existing building and use the site on which it is located for the site of the proposed public building. If the Administrator believes that it is more advantageous to construct the public building on a different site in the same city, the Administrator may exchange the building and site, or the site, for another site, or may sell the building and site in accordance with subtitle I of this title and title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.). (2) SALE OR EXCHANGE OF SITES.— When the Administrator decides that a site acquired for the construction of a public building is not suitable for that purpose, the Administrator may exchange the site for another site, or may sell it in accordance with subtitle I of this title and title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.). (3) COMMITTEE APPROVAL REQUIRED.— Th is subsection does not permit the Administrator to use any land as a site for a public building if the project has not been approved in accordance with section 3307 of this title. (b) ALTERATION OF BUILDINGS.—

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