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 220 Limitation.

Real property taxation.

GSA agreements, land improvement, authorization.

73 Stat. 479.

Ante, p. 217.

Prospectus, submittal and approval.

Authority, piration.

PUBLIC LAW 92-313-JUNE 16, 1972

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or parties that shall enter into such agreement with the United States. Xo such purchase contract shall provide for any payments to be made by the United States in excess of the amount necessary, as determined by the Administrator, to— (1) amortize the cost of construction of improvements to be constructed plus the fair market value, on the date of the agreement, of the site, if not owned by the United States; and (2) provide a reasonable rate of interest on the outstanding principal as determined under paragraph (1) above; and (3) reimburse the contractor for the cost of any other obligations required of him under the contract, including (but not limited to) payment of taxes, costs of carrying appropriate insurance, and costs of repair and maintenance if so required of the contractor. (c) Funds available on the date of enactment of this subsection 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 G(!neral Services to make payments becoming due from time to time from the United States as current charges in connection with agreements entered into under authority of this section. (d) With respect 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. (e) For the purpose of purchase contracts provided for in this section for the erection by the contractor of buildings and improvements for the use of the United States, the Administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other public or private entity, to effectuate any of the purposes of this section; and is further authorized to bring about the development and improvement of any land owned by the United States and under the control of the General Services Administration including the demolition of obsolete and outmoded structures situated thereon, by providing for the construction thereon by others of such structures and facilities as shall be the subject of the applicable purchase contracts, and hj making available such plans and specifications for the construction of a public building thereon as the Government may possess. Projects heretofore approved pursuant to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended (40 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), may be constructed under authority of this section without further approval, and the prospectuses submitted to obtain such approval shall for all purposes, be considered as prospectuses for the purchase of space, except that any such project shall be subject to the requirements of section 7(b) of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, based upon an estimated maximum cost increased by not more than an average of 10 per centum per year, exclusive of financing or other costs attributable to the use of the method of construction authorized by this section. (f) Except for previously approved prospectuses referred to in (e) above, no purchase contract shall be entered into pursuant to the authority of this section until a prospectus therefor has been submitted and approved in accordance with section 7 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended. (g) No purchase contract shall be entered into under the authority granted under this section after the end of the third fiscal year which begins after the date of enactment of this section. (h) No space shall be provided pursuant to this section until after the expiration of 30 days from the date upon which the Administrator of General Services notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the

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