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 PUBLIC LAW 94-541—OCT. 18, 1976

90 STAT. 2505

Public Law 94-541 94th Congress An Act To amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 m order to preserve buildings of historical or architectural significance through their use for Federal public building purposes, and to amend the Act of August 12, 1968, relating to the accessibility of certain buildings to the physically handicapped.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America In Congress assembled, TITLE I

Oct. 18, 1976 [S. 865]

Public buildings. Historical and architectural preservation. Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976. 40 USC 601 note. 40 USC 601a.

SLC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976"'. SKC. 102. (a) In order to carry out his duties under this title and under any other authority with respect to constructing, operating, maintaining, altering, and otherwise managing or acquiring space necessary for the accommodation of Federal agencies and to accomprsh the puiposes of this title, the Administrator shall— (1) acquire and utilize space in suitable buildings of historic, architectural, or cultural significance, unless use of such space would not prove feasible and prudent compared with available alternatives; (2) encourage the location of commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational facilities and activities within public buildings; (3) provide and maintain space, facilities, and activities, to the extent practicable, which encourage public access to and stinmlate public pedestrian traffic around, into, and through public buildings, permitting cooperative improvements to and uses of the area between the building and the street, so that such activities complement and supplement commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational resources in the neighborhood of public buildings; and (4) encourage the public use of public buildings for cultural, educational, and recreational activities. (b) In carrying out his duties under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall consult with Governors, areawide agencies establislied pursuant to title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 and title IV of the Inter- 42 USC 3331. governmental Cooperation Act of 1968, and chief executive officers of 42 USC 4231. those units of general local government in each area served by an existing or proposed public building, and shall solicit the comments of such other community leaders and members of the general public as he deems appropriate. SEC. 103. The Public Buildings Act of 1959 is amended— (1) by striking out at the end of section 7(a)(3) the word 40 USC 606. "buildings;" and inserting in lieu thereof "buildings, especially such of those buildings as enhance the architectural, historical, social, cultural, and economic environment of the locality;"; (2) by striking out "and" at the end of section 7(a)(4), by redesignating section 7(a)(5) as section 7(a)(6), and by inserting the following new section 7(a)(5):

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