§304c. Payment by agencies of rent, repairs, alterations, maintenance, operation, and moving costs

To the extent that the appropriations of the General Services Administration not otherwise required are inadequate therefor, the Administrator of General Services may require each Federal agency to which leased space has been assigned to pay promptly by check to the Administrator of General Services out of its available appropriations, either in advance or during occupancy of such space, all or part of the estimated cost of rent, repairs, alterations, maintenance, operation, and moving: Provided, That when space in a building is occupied by two or more agencies, the Administrator of General Services shall determine and equitably apportion rental, operation, and other charges on the basis of the total amount of space so leased.

(Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 744, §3, 49 Stat. 886 ; July 18, 1940, ch. 635, §3, 54 Stat. 765 ; June 14, 1946, ch. 404, §4, 60 Stat. 257 ; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380 ; Pub. L. 85–493, §2, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 294 .)

Amendments

1958-Pub. L. 85–493 struck out provisions which authorized leasing of space outside of District of Columbia for periods not in excess of five years, which provisions are now covered by section 490 of this title.

1946-Act June 14, 1946, substituted provision which authorized Commissioner of Public Buildings to require each Federal agency to pay the estimated cost of rental, repair, etc. of leased space assigned to that agency and to equitably apportion the charges when two or more agencies occupy the same space for provision which authorized the Director of Procurement to procure space for agencies in the same manner authorized by section 304a of this title and to require these agencies to pay the total expense required in the manner specified by section 304b of this title.

1940-Act July 18, 1940, substituted "Commissioner of Public Buildings" and "Federal Works Administrator" for "Director of Procurement" and "Secretary of the Treasury", respectively.

Transfer of Functions; Exceptions

Functions with respect to acquiring space in buildings by lease, functions with respect to assigning and reassigning space in buildings for use by agencies (including both space acquired by lease and space in Government-owned buildings), with certain exceptions, transferred from respective agencies in which theretofore vested to Administrator of General Services by sections 1 and 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 18 of 1950, eff. July 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270, set out as a note under section 490 of this title. For delegation of those transferred functions to other personnel of General Services Administration, or to heads and personnel of other agencies, and for transfer of personnel, property, records, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of that Plan.

Functions of office of Commissioner of Public Buildings and Public Buildings Administration transferred to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Office of Commissioner of Public Buildings and Public Buildings Administration abolished by section 103(b) of act June 30, 1949.

Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 304a–1, 304a–2, 304d, 304e, 356 of this title; title 16 section 459t.