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P U B U C LAW 86-249-SEPT. 9, 1959

Public Law 86-249 AN ACT To provide for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of public buildings of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Public Buildings Act of 1959". SEC. 2. No public building shall be constructed except by the Administrator, who shall construct such public building ni accordance with this Act. SEC. 3. The Administrator is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, any building and its site which he determines to be necessary to carry out his duties under this Act. SEC. 4. (a) The Administrator is authorized to alter any public building, and to acquire in accordance with section 5 of this Act such land as may be necessary to carry out such alteration. (b) No approval under section 7 shall be required for any alteration and acquisition authorized by this section the estimated maximum cost of which does not exceed $200,000. SEC. 5. (a) The Administrator is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, such lands or interests in lands as he deems necessary for use as sites, or additions to sites, for public buildings authorized to be constructed or altered under this Act. (b) Whenever a public building is to be used in whole or in part for post office purposes, the Administrator shall act jointly with the Postmaster General in selecting the tow'n or city wherein such building is to be constructed, and in selecting the site in such town or city for such building. (c) Whenever the Administrator is to acquire a site under this section, he may, if he deems it necessary, solicit by public advertisement, proposals for the sale, donation, or exchange of real property to the United States to be used as such site. In selecting a site under this section the Administrator (with the concurrence of the Postmaster General if the public building to be constructed thereon is to be used in whole or in part for post office purposes) is authorized to select such site as in his estimation is the most advantageous to the United States, all factors considered, and to acquire such site without regard to title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. SEC. 6. (a) Whenever the Administrator deems it to be in the best interest of the United States to construct a new public building to take the place of an existing public building, he is authorized to demolish the existing building and to use the site on which it is located for the site of the proposed public building, or, if in his judgment it is more advantageous to construct such public building on a different site in the same city, he is authorized to exchange such building and site, or such site, for another site, or to sell such building and site m accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. (b) Whenever the Administrator determines that a site acquired for the construction of a public building is not suitable for that purpose, he is authorized to exchange such site for another, or to sell it in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.

September 9, 1959 [H. R. 7645]

P u b l i c B uildings Act of 195 9.

Acquisition and alteration.

Sites.

63 Stat. 393. 41 U S C 251 ef seq. New b u i l d i n g construction.

63 Stat. 377. 40 USC 471 note. S a l e a til d exc h a n g e of s i t e s.

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