PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Comptroller General can rent or provide space and services in the General Accounting Office Building to private people or any U.S. department, agency, or instrumentality on terms needed to protect the public interest. Rent must match the prevailing commercial rate for similar nearby space. Auditoriums, meeting rooms, and lobbies can be made available for cultural, educational, or recreational activities (see 40 U.S.C. 3306(a)). The Comptroller General must consult the Administrator of General Services and give Federal agencies priority. Payments may be made in advance or by reimbursement. They go into a special account and may be spent for operation, maintenance, protection, alteration, or repair of the building in amounts set by annual appropriation Acts and without regard to fiscal year limitations.

Title 31, §782

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The Comptroller General is authorized to lease or otherwise provide space and services within the General Accounting Office Building to persons, both public and private, or to any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government upon such terms and conditions as the Comptroller General deems necessary to protect the public interest. The Comptroller General shall establish a rental rate for such leased space equivalent to the prevailing commercial rate for comparable space devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the General Accounting Office Building. Additionally, the Comptroller General may make available, on occasion, or may lease at such rates and on such other terms and conditions as the Comptroller General deems to be in the public interest, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and lobbies of the General Accounting Office Building to persons, firms, or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40). The Comptroller General will consult with the Administrator of General Services and will give priority to Federal agencies in filling available space within the General Accounting Office Building. Payments for space or services may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and shall be deposited to a special account and shall be available for expenditure for operation, maintenance, protection, alteration, or repair of the General Accounting Office Building in such amounts as are specified in annual appropriation Acts without regard to fiscal year limitations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–217 substituted “(as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40)” for “(as defined in section 105 of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 (40 U.S.C. 612a))”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–272 substituted “612a)).” for “612a).”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office. See section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of this title. Payments of Reimbursements Incident to Operation of General Accounting Office Building Pub. L. 101–520, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2275, as amended by Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814, provided in part that “notwithstanding the provisions of section 782 of title 31, United States Code, hereinafter any payments of reimbursements received incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall be credited to the appropriation currently available to the Government Accountability Office and remain available until expended, and not more than $5,915,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1991”.

§782 Leasing of Space in the General Accounting Office Building