§1201. Findings and purposes

(a) Findings

The Congress makes the following findings and declarations:

(1) Space for consolidation of activities of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and other offices of the judicial branch of Government and for providing office space for retired justices of the Supreme Court is necessary and should be located in the vicinity of the Supreme Court building.

(2) Orderly development of the Capitol Grounds should be consistent with the Master Plan for the United States Capitol, dated 1981.

(3) The cost of leasing space by the judicial branch of the Government is high.

(4) Development of squares 721 and 722 in the District of Columbia is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Union Station Redevelopment Act [40 U.S.C. 811 et seq.] and the revitalization of the Union Station area.

(5) The Judicial Conference of the United States endorsed by resolution the construction of an office building on the Capitol Grounds to house the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and related judicial branch offices.

(b) Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are as follows:

(1) To implement the report submitted to Congress by the Architect and the Secretary of Transportation under the Act of December 28, 1985 (99 Stat. 1749–1750), relating to the needs of the Federal judiciary for additional Federal office space.

(2) To authorize the Architect to acquire by lease space primarily for use by the judicial branch of the Government by entering into contracts for the design and construction of a building adjacent to Union Station.

(3) To ensure that the design and construction of such building will insofar as practicable result in a building which is efficient and economical and which provides visual testimony to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the Federal Government.

( Pub. L. 100–480, §2, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2328 .)

References in Text

The Union Station Redevelopment Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), probably means the Union Station Redevelopment Act of 1981, Pub. L. 97–125, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1667 , as amended, which is classified principally to part B (§811 et seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 18 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1981 Amendment note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables.

Act of December 28, 1985, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 99–229, Dec. 28, 1985, 99 Stat. 1749 , which is not classified to the Code.

Short Title

Section 1 of Pub. L. 100–480 provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 816 of this title] may be cited as the "Judiciary Office Building Development Act'."

Designation of Building

Pub. L. 103–4, Feb. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 30 , provided that:

"SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

"The Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C., shall be known and designated as the 'Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building'.

"SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.

"Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal Judiciary Building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building'."