40 U.S.C. § 6731 — Definitions

Page 176 TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS § 6716 habilitates, alters, or improves any project under this subchapter, the Administrator shall comply with all District of Columbia laws, ordi- nances, codes, and regulations. Section 8722(d) of this title applies to all construction, rehabilita- tion, alteration, and improvement of all build- ings by the Administrator under this sub- chapter. Construction, rehabilitation, alter- ation, and improvement of any project by non- Federal Government sources is subject to the District of Columbia Official Code and zoning regulations. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1198.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 6715 ............ 40:878. Pub. L. 92–578, § 9, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1273. In subsection (b), the word ‘‘reconstructing’’ is omit- ted as unnecessary. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 92–578, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1266, which was classified to chap- ter 19 (§ 871 et seq.) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, prior to repeal and reenactment as section 6701 of this title and this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Ta- bles. § 6716. Reports (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 SIGNIFI- CANT HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUES.—A report under subsection (a) shall include a de- tailed discussion of the actions the Adminis- trator has taken in the reporting period to pro- tect and enhance the significant historic and ar- chitectural 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 re- port shall indicate the degree to which public concern has been considered and incorporated into decisions the Administrator made relative to historic and architectural preservation. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1198.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (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. HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 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. SUBCHAPTER III—FEDERAL TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT § 6731. Definitions In this subchapter— (1) FEDERAL TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT AREA.— The term ‘‘Federal Triangle development area’’ means the area bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the southwest cor- ner of the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (formerly E Street), Northwest; thence south along the western side of Fourteenth Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest; thence east along the northern side of Con- stitution Avenue to the northeast corner of the intersection of Twelfth Street and Con- stitution Avenue, Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Twelfth Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest; thence north along the eastern side of Twelfth Street to the southeast corner of the intersection of Twelfth Street and Penn- sylvania Avenue, Northwest; thence west along the southern side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the point of begin- ning. (2) FEDERAL TRIANGLE PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Federal Triangle property’’ means— (A) the property owned by the Federal Government in the District of Columbia, known as the ‘‘Great Plaza’’ site, which con- sists of squares 256, 257, 258, parts of squares 259 and 260, and adjacent closed rights-of- way as shown on plate IV of the King Plats of 1803 located in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia; and (B) except for purposes of section 6733(a) of this title, any property the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation acquired under section 3(b) of the Federal Triangle Development Act (Public Law 100–113, 101 Stat. 736). (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1198.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 6731 ............ 40:1109. Pub. L. 100–113, § 10, Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 747. In this section, the text of 40:1109(1)–(3) is omitted as unnecessary because the complete names of the Admin- istrator of General Services, International Cultural and Page 177 TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS § 6734 Trade Center Commission, and Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation are used the first time the terms appear in a section. In paragraph (1), the words ‘‘being the southwest cor- ner of the intersection of Fourteenth Street and Penn- sylvania Avenue (formerly E Street), Northwest’’ are omitted as unnecessary. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 3(b) of the Federal Triangle Development Act, referred to in par. (2)(B), was classified to section 1102(b) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DESIGNATION OF DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN PLACE Pub. L. 106–567, title III, § 310, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2841, designated as ‘‘Daniel Patrick Moynihan Place’’ a parcel of land located in Woodrow Wilson Plaza in the northwest quadrant of Washington, District of Colum- bia, directed the Administrator of General Services to erect appropriate gateways or other markers to denote that place, and provided that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to that parcel of land was to be deemed to be a reference to Daniel Patrick Moynihan Place. DESIGNATION OF WOODROW WILSON PLAZA Pub. L. 103–284, Aug. 1, 1994, 108 Stat. 1448, provided: ‘‘That the plaza to be constructed on the Federal Tri- angle property in Washington, DC as part of the devel- opment of such site pursuant to the Federal Triangle Development Act (Public Law 100–113) [now 40 U.S.C. 6731 et seq.] shall be known and designated as the ‘Woodrow Wilson Plaza’.’’ DESIGNATION OF ANDREW W. MELLON AUDITORIUM Pub. L. 100–113, § 9, Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 746, pro- vided that: ‘‘(a) The Departmental Auditorium, located on the Federal Triangle between the Custom Service building and Interstate Commerce Commission building on Con- stitution Avenue, shall on and after August 21, 1987, be known and designated as the ‘Andrew W. Mellon Audi- torium’. ‘‘(b) Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map or other paper of the United States to the auditorium referred to in subsection (a) of this section is deemed to be a reference to the ‘Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium’.’’ § 6732. Federal Triangle development area The Federal Triangle development area is deemed to be part of the development area de- scribed in section 6711 of this title. The Adminis- trator of General Services has the same author- ity over the Federal Triangle development area as over the development area described in sec- tion 6711. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1199.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 6732 ............ 40:1104(g). Pub. L. 100–113, § 5(g), Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 739. The words ‘‘For purposes of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (other than sec- tion 5)’’ are omitted as unnecessary and obsolete. The words ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ are sub- stituted for ‘‘Corporation’’ to reflect the transfer of the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue Develop- ment Corporation. See section 6702 of the revised title. § 6733. Federal Triangle property (a) TITLE.—Title to the Federal Triangle prop- erty reverts to the Administrator of General Services not later than the date on which owner- ship of the Ronald Reagan Building and Inter- national Trade Center vests in the Federal Gov- ernment. (b) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.— (1) BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTION.—For purposes of development of the Federal Tri- angle property, the person selected to develop the property is not subject to any state or local law relating to building permits and in- spection. (2) TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.—The property and improvements to the property are not sub- ject to real and personal property taxation or to special assessments. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1199.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 6733(a) ........ 40:1102(a)(2) (1st sen- tence). Pub. L. 100–113, §§ 3(a)(2) (1st sentence), 5(f), Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 736, 739. 6733(b) ........ 40:1104(f). In subsection (a), the words ‘‘at such time as the Ad- ministrator and the Corporation agree but’’ are omit- ted as obsolete. The Corporation transferred its rights, title, and interest in all property to the General Serv- ices Administration on April 1, 1996. The words ‘‘Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center’’ are substituted for ‘‘building to be constructed on such property under section 1104 of this title’’ because of sec- tion 2 of the Act of December 22, 1995 (Public Law 104–68, 109 Stat. 766). § 6734. Ronald Reagan Building and Inter- national Trade Center (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION.—The building constructed on the Federal Triangle property shall be known and designated as the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. (b) TITLE.—The person selected to develop the Federal Triangle property may own the Building for not more than 35 years from the date con- struction of the Building began. The title to the Building shall be in the Administrator of Gen- eral Services from the date title to the Federal Triangle property reverts to the Administrator. (c) LIMITATIONS.— (1) SIZE OF BUILDING.—The Building (includ- ing parking facilities) may not exceed 3,100,000 gross square feet in size. (2) HEIGHT OF BUILDING.—The height of the Building shall be compatible with the height of surrounding Federal Government buildings. (3) DESIGN.—The Building shall— (A) be designed in harmony with historical and Government buildings in the vicinity; (B) reflect the symbolic importance and historic character of Pennsylvania Avenue and the Nation’s Capital; and (C) represent the dignity and stability of the Government.