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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§6701 Transfer of rights and authorities of Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART C— - FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › Chapter CHAPTER 67— - PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS, AUTHORITIES, TITLE, AND INTERESTS › § 6701

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of the General Services Administration (the Administrator) can make deals with federal or local governments or with private people to carry out the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle Project. The Administrator also gets the same powers the old Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation had over property that the Corporation transferred to GSA in fiscal year 1996. Money or income transferred from the Corporation or earned on its property can be used to pay for the Corporation’s duties now handled by GSA. Income earned after October 1, 1998 must be put into the Federal Buildings Fund and used under this part of the law, even if section 592(c)(1) says otherwise. Any funds left over beyond what is needed must go to pay the Corporation’s real-estate debt, except debt tied to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. For property moved under section 6702, the Administrator must pay the District of Columbia the same real-property tax amounts the Corporation would have paid, based on the date the Corporation bought the property as if a private owner held title then.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6701

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Administrator of General Services—
(1)may make and perform transactions with an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government, a State, the District of Columbia, or any person as necessary to carry out the trade center plan at the Federal Triangle Project; and
(2)has all the rights and authorities of the former Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation with regard to property transferred from the Corporation to the General Services Administration in fiscal year 1996.
(b)(1)The Administrator may use amounts transferred from the Corporation or income earned on Corporation property for activities associated with carrying out the responsibilities of the Corporation transferred to the Administrator. Any income earned after October 1, 1998, shall be deposited to the Federal Buildings Fund to be available for the purposes authorized under this subchapter, notwithstanding section 592(c)(1) of this title.
(2)Any amounts or income the Administrator considers excess to the amount needed to fulfill the responsibilities of the Corporation transferred to the Administrator shall be applied to any outstanding debt the Corporation incurred when acquiring real estate, except debt associated with the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
(c)With respect to real property transferred from the Corporation to the Administrator under section 6702 of this title, the Administrator shall pay to the District of Columbia government, in the same way as previously paid by the Corporation, an amount equal to the amount of real property tax which would have been payable to the government beginning on the date the Corporation acquired the real property if legal title to the property had been held by a private citizen on that date and during all periods to which that date relates.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6701(a)40:872 note (words before 1st proviso).Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title IV, 3d–6th provisos on p. 3009–335], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–335. 6701(b)40:872 note (1st, 2d provisos). 40:872 note.Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(h) [title IV, 9th proviso on p. 2681–502], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–502. 6701(c)40:872 note (last proviso). 40:879(b).Pub. L. 92–578, § 10(b), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1274. In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter” are omitted as obsolete. In clause (1), the words “leases, contracts or other” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “firm, association, or corporation” are omitted because of the definition of “person” in 1:1. In subsection (b)(1), the words “notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “That the remaining balances and associated assets and laibilites [sic] of the Pennsylvania Avenue Activities account are hereby transferred to the Federal Buildings Fund to be effective October 1, 1998” are omitted as executed. In subsection (c), the words “To the extent that the District of Columbia may not suffer undue loss of tax revenue by reason of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6701

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73