§129a. Courthouse construction authorized; cost; repayment to United States

The Administrator of General Services is hereby authorized to construct, equip, and furnish the building for the use of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the planning and site acquisition of which were authorized by the Act of May 29, 1947 (Public Law 80, Eightieth Congress), under a total limit of cost for the entire project of $18,665,000, including architectural, engineering, and administrative expenses (which limit of cost also includes the credit of $2,420,000 granted the District of Columbia as compensation for the site of the project by said Act of May 29, 1947, and the $370,000 for plans and specifications heretofore appropriated under Public Law 271, Eightieth Congress, approved July 30, 1947): Provided, That the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall repay to the United States, over a period of twenty-five years, 50 per centum of the cost of the entire project upon completion, less the credit of $2,420,000 granted the District of Columbia as compensation for the site of the project by said Act of May 29, 1947, in equal annual installments, beginning with the July 1 next following the date of completion of the project: Provided further, That the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the completed project shall be divided equally between the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

(May 14, 1948, ch. 290, §1, 62 Stat. 235 ; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §32(b), 62 Stat. 991 ; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §127, 63 Stat. 107 ; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380 ; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §401, eff. Aug. 11, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, §421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789 .)

References in Text

Act of May 29, 1947 (Public Law 80, Eightieth Congress), and Public Law 271, Eightieth Congress, approved July 30, 1947, referred to in text, are not classified to the Code.

Change of Name

"United States District Court for the District of Columbia" substituted in text for "District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia" on authority of act June 25, 1948, §32(b), as amended by act May 24, 1949, §127.

Transfer of Functions

Functions, powers and duties of Federal Works Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services by act June 30, 1949, §103(a), which is classified to section 753(a) of this title.

Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, functions of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, §711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818 , and replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198. Accordingly, "Mayor" substituted in text for "commissioners".

E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse Designation

Pub. L. 104–151, July 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 1383 , provided that:

"SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COURTHOUSE.

"The United States courthouse located at 3rd Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest, in Washington, District of Columbia, shall be designated and known as the 'E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse'.

"SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

"Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse'."

Cancellation of District of Columbia's Share of Costs of Courthouse

Pub. L. 91–358, title I, §173(a)(1), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 591 , provided that: "All outstanding and future obligations of the Commissioner [now Mayor] of the District of Columbia with respect to the District of Columbia's share of the cost of construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the United States courthouse in the District of Columbia, as required by the Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235) [this section], are canceled upon the effective date of this title [Feb. 1, 1971]."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 130a of this title.