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Taxes.

PUBLIC LAW 519-JULY 22, 1954

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probable cost if to be supplied in any part by the Government; "(6) a statement of the requirements for tax liability, upkeep and maintenance of the property by either the contractor or the Government during the period of the contract; "(7) a statement of rents and other housing costs currently being paid by the Government for any agencies to be housed in the building to be erected; and "(8) a statement in writing by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that the project is necessary and in conformity with the policy of the President. "(^) Fuuds now or hereafter available 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 ^luthority of this section: Provided, That no such funds may be expended for acquisition of title to the property covered by any such agreement prior to the expiration of the contract term specified therein (whether by exercise of option to purchase or otherwise) in the absence of specific appropriation of funds for such acquisition, which appropriations are hereby authorized: Provided further, That the value of any Government real property to be exchanged under any such agreement may be credited at the time of exchange to the payments to be made by the United States thereunder: Provided further, That Government real property to be exchanged may be credited in whole or in part to the purchase price of the property for which it is exchanged, except that where the amount of the credit for the real property to be exchanged exceeds the amount of the purchase price, the amount of the remaining proceeds shall, except as provided in section 205 of the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954, be covered into the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of the United States. " (g) When requcsted by the Postmaster General, the Administrator of General Services is hereby authorized to exercise the authority vested in him by this section (1) to acquire property for postal purposes, or (2) to provide space for postal purposes in buildings acquired under this section for other purposes. " (h) With rcspect 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. Separability. " (i) If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. ^aS'^a'gl*. "(J) (^) Section 302(c) of the Federal Property and Adminis41 USC* 252.' trative Services Act of 1949 and section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1T5), shall apply to purchase contract agreements entered into under this section, except that any such agreement Attorney Gen- may be entered into and placed in effect after request for but prior erars opinion. ^^ receipt of an opinion of the Attorney General with respect to the validity of title to the property described therein. Non-appiicabii- "(2) Except as provided by paragraph (1) of this subsection, secity O statutes. f ^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Reviscd Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 259: 41 U.S.C. 12,14); section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1877 a 9 Stat. 370; 40 U.S.C. 3 4); section 3 of the Act of August 27, 1935, as amended (60 Stat. 257; 40 U.S.C. 304c); section 407 of this Act;

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