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§3316 Report to Congress

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART A — GENERAL › CHAPTER 33 — ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION › § 3316

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

After either House of Congress or any congressional committee asks, the Administrator of General Services must, within a reasonable time, send a report that lists where each public building project covered by this law is, how much space it has, how much it will cost, and whether it was unfinished on the request date (or on another date the requester gives). If the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works or the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure asks by resolution, the Administrator and the United States Postal Service must do a building survey and, within a reasonable time, report the survey results to Congress with all other details a project prospectus must include.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §3316

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(a)Request by Either House of Congress or Any Committee.—
Within a reasonable time after a request of either House of Congress or any committee of Congress, the Administrator of General Services shall submit a report showing the location, space, cost, and status of each public building the construction, alteration, or acquisition of which—
(1)is to be under authority of this chapter; and
(2)was uncompleted as of the date of the request, or as of another date the request may designate.
(b)Request of Committee on Public Works and Environment or Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.—
The Administrator and the United States Postal Service shall make building project surveys requested by resolution by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and within a reasonable time shall make a report on the survey to Congress. The report shall contain all other information required to be included in a prospectus of the proposed public building project under section 3307(b) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3314(a)40:610(a).Pub. L. 86–249, § 11, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 96–470, title II, § 211, Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2246; Pub. L. 103–437, § 14(b)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4591. 3314(b)40:610(b). In subsection (b), the words “United States Postal Service” are substituted for “Postmaster General” in section 11(b) of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–249, 73 Stat. 481) because of section 4(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act (Public Law 91–375, 84 Stat. 773). The words “Transportation and Infrastructure” are substituted for “Public Works and Transportation” in section 11(b) because of section 1(a)(9) of the Act of June 3, 1995 (Public Law 104–14, 2:21 note prec.).

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3316 was renumbered section 3317 of this title.

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–235 renumbered section 3315 of this title as this section. 2007—Pub. L. 110–140 renumbered section 3314 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2007 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 3316

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110