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Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§6716 Reports

Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART C — FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLEXES › CHAPTER 67 — PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT › § 6716

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator of General Services must send full reports about the Administrator’s work under this subchapter to the President and Congress. A report must go to the President every January, and the Administrator may send reports to the President and Congress at other times if needed. Each report must explain in detail what was done to protect and improve important historic and architectural features of buildings the Administrator controls, what similar actions are planned for the upcoming fiscal year, and how public concerns affected preservation decisions.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §6716

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

(a)Reports to President and Congress.—
The Administrator of General Services shall transmit comprehensive and detailed reports of the Administrator’s operations, activities, and accomplishments under this subchapter to the President and Congress. The Administrator shall transmit a report to the President each January and to the President and Congress at other times that the Administrator considers desirable.
(b)Protection and Enhancement of Significant Historic and Architectural Values.—
A report under subsection (a) shall include a detailed discussion of the actions the Administrator has taken in the reporting period to protect and enhance the significant historic and architectural values of structures within the boundaries of the Administrator’s jurisdiction under this subchapter and shall indicate similar actions the Administrator plans to take and issues the Administrator anticipates dealing with during the upcoming fiscal year related to historic and architectural preservation. The report shall indicate the degree to which public concern has been considered and incorporated into decisions the Administrator made relative to historic and architectural preservation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6716(a)40:880(a).Pub. L. 92–578, § 11(a), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1274; Pub. L. 98–141, § 8(d), Oct. 31, 1983, 97 Stat. 910. 40:880(b).Pub. L. 92–578, § 11(b), (c), as added Pub. L. 98–141, § 8(d), Oct. 31, 1983, 97 Stat. 910. 6716(b)40:880(c). In subsection (a), the text of 40:880(b) is omitted as obsolete. The requirement that a report be transmitted to Congress each January is eliminated pursuant to section 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note). See, also, page 205 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 6716

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110