Amending the Public Buildings Act of 1949: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6342 and S.2041, Bills to Amend the Public Buildings Act of 1949 to Authorize the Administrator of General Services to Acquire Title to Real Property and to Provide for the Construction of Certain Public Buildings Thereon by Executing Contracts; to Extend the Authority of the Postmaster General to Lease Quarters for Post-office Purposes, and for Other Purposes

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - Office leases - 90 pages
Considers legislation to authorize public building acquisition and construction by GSA, and to extend PO Dept authority to lease building space.
 

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Page 1 - United States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
Page 78 - Contractor and allocated or properly chargeable to this contract under sound and generally accepted accounting principles and practices shall forthwith vest In the Government; and title to all like property thereafter acquired or produced by the Contractor and allocated or properly chargeable to this contract as aforesaid shall forthwith vest in the Government upon said acquisition production or allocation.
Page 34 - This budget marks the beginning of a movement to shift to State and local governments and to private enterprise Federal activities which can be more appropriately and more efficiently carried on in that way.
Page 86 - Act; and any other provision of law (except applicable labor standards provisions) relating to the acquisition of real property, construction of buildings, or leasing of space, shall not apply to purchase contract agreements executed under this section.
Page 55 - June 30, 1965, the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 USC 757b), shall be temporarily increased to $324,000,000,000.
Page 76 - That our tax systems — National, State, and local — be generally revised and that, in this revision, every possible effort be made to leave to the localities and the States adequate resources from which to raise revenue to meet the duties and responsibilities of local and State governments.
Page 43 - ... quite often deters the development of other programs of financial assistance for students. Cases can be cited where demands on the National Defense Student Loan Program have been increased because schools could not use the guaranty program for matching. I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the Committee for this opportunity to present the views of our Conference. Any of the state directors will be glad to answer your specific questions relating to their experience in administering...
Page 85 - And hereafter no money shall be paid nor contracts made for payment for any site for a public building in excess of the amount specifically appropriated therefor...
Page 66 - Provided further, That Government real property to be exchanged may be credited in whole or In part to the purchase price of the property for which it is exchanged, except that where the amount of the credit for the real property to be exchanged exceeds the amount of the purchase price, the amount of the remaining proceeds shall, except as provided In section 205 of the Post Office Department Property Act of 1953, be covered into • the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 27 - Amendment offered by Mr. Grosser of Ohio : Page 253, line 10, after the word "repealed" change the period to a colon and add the following: "Provided, That...

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