§356a. Exercise of lease purchase contract authority

(a) Southwestern portion of District of Columbia; conformance to Redevelopment Act; terms of contracts

In exercising the authority contained in section 356 of this title within the southwestern portion of the District of Columbia, the Administrator of General Services shall conform to the plan for redevelopment of that area pursuant to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945. Purchase contract agreements for this area shall be for terms of not less than ten years nor more than thirty years.

(b) Authority to exchange lands

The Administrator of General Services is authorized to transfer lands of the United States under his control needed by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency to said Agency within the southwestern portion of the District of Columbia, and in consideration therefor, to accept from said Agency other lands and interests of equivalent value within the same area.

(c) Demolition of temporary buildings

Whenever the Administrator of General Services initially occupies a building in the southwestern portion of the District of Columbia pursuant to a purchase contract agreement, he shall thereupon cause to be demolished temporary Government building space in the District of Columbia of equivalent occupancy.

(d) Authority to negotiate purchase contracts

In exercising the authority contained in section 356 of this title within the southwestern portion of the District of Columbia, the Administrator of General Services is authorized, pursuant to section 302(c)(14) ¹ of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [41 U.S.C. 252(c)(14)], to negotiate purchase contracts, in accordance with title III of such Act [41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.]. In negotiating such contracts, the Administrator shall take all practicable steps to insure competition among prospective contractors.

(June 16, 1949, ch. 218, title IV, §412, as added July 12, 1955, ch. 331, 69 Stat. 297 .)

References in Text

The District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 736, 60 Stat. 790 , as amended, which is not classified to the Code.

Subsection (c) of section 302 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (d), was struck out by section 2714(a)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 98–369 and provisions formerly contained in subsection (e) were restated in subsection (c)(1) of section 302 of the 1949 Act.

The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377 , as amended. Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is classified generally to subchapter IV (§251 et seq.) of chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Provisions of subsecs. (e) and (f) of this section, relating to the five year time limitation from July 22, 1954 for Congressional approval of purchase contract projects within the southwestern portion of the District of Columbia and the required publication in the Federal Register of the prospectus for such a project at the time of submission for Congressional approval, respectively have been omitted.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 412 of act June 16, 1949, was renumbered section 413 and is set out as a note under section 298a of this title.

¹ See References in Text note below.