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40 U.S.C. § 3312 — Compliance with nationally recognized codes
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**(a) Application.—**
(1) **In general.—** — This section applies to any project for construction or alteration of a building for which amounts are first appropriated for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1989.
(2) **National security waiver.—** — This section does not apply to a building for which the Administrator of General Services or the head of the federal agency authorized to construct or alter the building decides that the application of this section to the building would adversely affect national security. A decision under this subsection is not subject to administrative or judicial review.
**(b) Building Codes.—** Each building constructed or altered by the General Services Administration or any other federal agency shall be constructed or altered, to the maximum extent feasible as determined by the Administrator or the head of the federal agency, in compliance with one of the nationally recognized model building codes and with other applicable nationally recognized codes, including electrical codes, fire and life safety codes, and plumbing codes, as the Administrator decides is appropriate. In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator or the head of the federal agency shall use the latest edition of the nationally recognized codes.
**(c) Zoning Laws.—** Each building constructed or altered by the Administration or any other federal agency shall be constructed or altered only after consideration of all requirements (except procedural requirements) of the following laws of a State or a political subdivision of a State, which would apply to the building if it were not a building constructed or altered by a federal agency:
(1) Zoning laws.
(2) Laws relating to landscaping, open space, minimum distance of a building from the property line, ma
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**(a) Application.—**
(1) **In general.—** — This section applies to any project for construction or alteration of a building for which amounts are first appropriated for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1989.
(2) **National security waiver.—** — This section does not apply to a building for which the Administrator of General Services or the head of the federal agency authorized to construct or alter the building decides that the application of this section to the building would adversely affect national security. A decision under this subsection is not subject to administrative or judicial review.
**(b) Building Codes.—** Each building constructed or altered by the General Services Administration or any other federal agency shall be constructed or altered, to the maximum extent feasible as determined by the Administrator or the head of the federal agency, in compliance with one of the nationally recognized model building codes and with other applicable nationally recognized codes, including electrical codes, fire and life safety codes, and plumbing codes, as the Administrator decides is appropriate. In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator or the head of the federal agency shall use the latest edition of the nationally recognized codes.
**(c) Zoning Laws.—** Each building constructed or altered by the Administration or any other federal agency shall be constructed or altered only after consideration of all requirements (except procedural requirements) of the following laws of a State or a political subdivision of a State, which would apply to the building if it were not a building constructed or altered by a federal agency:
(1) Zoning laws.
(2) Laws relating to landscaping, open space, minimum distance of a building from the property line, maximum height of a building, historic preservation, esthetic qualities of a building, and other similar laws.
**(d) Cooperation With State and Local Officials.—**
(1) **State and local government consultation, review, and inspections.—** — To meet the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), the Administrator or the head of the federal agency authorized to construct or alter the building—
(A) in preparing plans for the building, shall consult with appropriate officials of the State or political subdivision of a State, or both, in which the building will be located;
(B) on request shall submit the plans in a timely manner to the officials for review by the officials for a reasonable period of time not exceeding 30 days; and
(C) shall permit inspection by the officials during construction or alteration of the building, in accordance with the customary schedule of inspections for construction or alteration of buildings in the locality, if the officials provide to the Administrator or the head of the federal agency—
(i) a copy of the schedule before construction of the building is begun; and
(ii) reasonable notice of their intention to conduct any inspection before conducting the inspection.
(2) **Limitation on responsibilities.—** — This section does not impose an obligation on any State or political subdivision to take any action under paragraph (1).
**(e) State and Local Government Recommendations.—** Appropriate officials of a State or political subdivision of a State may make recommendations to the Administrator or the head of the federal agency authorized to construct or alter a building concerning measures necessary to meet the requirements of subsections (b) and (c). The officials also may make recommendations to the Administrator or the head of the federal agency concerning measures which should be taken in the construction or alteration of the building to take into account local conditions. The Administrator or the head of the agency shall give due consideration to the recommendations.
**(f) Effect of Noncompliance.—** An action may not be brought against the Federal Government and a fine or penalty may not be imposed against the Government for failure to meet the requirements of subsection (b), (c), or (d) or for failure to carry out any recommendation under subsection (e).
**(g) Limitation on Liability.—** The Government and its contractors shall not be required to pay any amount for any action a State or a political subdivision of a State takes to carry out this section, including reviewing plans, carrying out on-site inspections, issuing building permits, and making recommendations.
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — There is established the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
(2) **Program activities** — The activities of the Program shall be designed to—
(A) develop effective measures for earthquake hazards reduction;
(B) promote the adoption of earthquake hazards reduction measures by Federal, State, and local governments, national standards and model code organizations, architects and engineers, building owners, and others with a role in planning and constructing buildings, structures, and lifeline infrastructure through—
(i) grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance;
(ii) development of standards, guidelines, and voluntary consensus codes for earthquake hazards reduction for buildings, structures, and lifeline infrastructure;
(iii) development and maintenance of a repository of information, including technical data, on seismic risk, community resilience, and hazards reduction; and
(iv) publishing a systematic set of maps of active faults and folds, liquefaction susceptibility, susceptibility for earthquake induced landslides, and other seismically induced hazards; and 11 So in original. The word “and” probably should not appear.
(C) improve the understanding of earthquakes and their effects on communities, buildings, structures, and lifeline infrastructure, through interdisciplinary research that involves engineering, natural sciences, and social, economic, and decisions sciences; and
(D) continue the development of the Advanced National Seismic System, including earthquake early warning capabilities and the Global Seismographic Network.
(3) **Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction**
(A) *In general* — There is established an Interage
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 3312
(5) on completion of the building, shall
evaluate the building to determine the extent
of failure to comply with the specifications re-
ferred to in clause (1); and
(6) shall ensure that any contract entered
into for the building shall contain provisions
permitting a reduction of rent during any pe-
riod when the building is not in compliance
with the specifications.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1164; Pub.
L. 110–140, title III, § 323(d), Dec. 19, 2007, 121
Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(l)(18), Jan. 4, 2011,
124 Stat. 3852.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
3310 ............
40:618.
Pub. L. 86–249, § 20, as added
Pub. L. 100–678, § 5, Nov.
17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4050.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2011—Par. (2). Pub. L. 111–350 substituted ‘‘sections
3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 of title 41’’ for ‘‘section 303
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253)’’.
2007—Pars. (3) to (6). Pub. L. 110–140 added par. (3) and
redesignated former pars. (3) to (5) as (4) to (6), respec-
tively.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENT
Amendment 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 sec-
tion 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
§ 3311. State administration of criminal and
health and safety laws
When the Administrator of General Services
considers it desirable, the Administrator may
assign to a State or a territory or possession of
the United States any part of the authority of
the Federal Government to administer criminal
laws and health and s
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