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 98 STAT. 2434

Safety. Historic preservation.

Appropriation authorization. 20 USC 71 note. Contracts with U.S.

PUBLIC LAW 98-523—OCT. 19, 1984

days thereafter on the status of the relocation required by this section. (c) During the period in which the Commission and the United States Postal Service continue to occupy the General Post Office Building referred to in the first section of this Act, the Administrator shall maintain such building in order to prevent its deterioration and to assure that conditions therein are safe and the building is presentable and suitable to the normal operations of the Commission and such Service. (d) Upon accomplishment of the relocation required by subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall declare the property referred to in the first section of this Act to be excess property as defined in section 3 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472). SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution $40,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984, for renovation and repair, after the transfer made under the first section of this Act, of the General Post Office Building referred to in such section. Any portion of the sums appropriated under this section may be transferred to the General Services Administration which, in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution, is authorized to enter into contracts and take such other action, to the extent of the sums so transferred to it, as may be necessary to carry out such renovation and repair. No contract for such renovation or repair shall be advertised or entered into before the end of the period of thirty days of continuous session of Congress beginning on the date the Smithsonian Institution submits to the Committees on Public Works and Transportation and House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Rules and Administration of the Senate the plans and advanced engineering and design for such renovation and repair. For purposes of this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session. Approved October 19, 1984.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4025: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-778, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation). SENATE REPORT No. 98-651 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works and Comm. on Rules and Administration). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): Sept. 18, considered and passed House. Oct. 5, considered and passed Senate.

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