31 U.S.C. § 782 | Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building

1 See Change of Name note below.

1 1 section 3306(a) of title 40 1 1The Comptroller General is authorized to lease or otherwise provide space and services within the General Accounting Office Building  to persons, both public and private, or to any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government upon such terms and conditions as the Comptroller General deems necessary to protect the public interest. The Comptroller General shall establish a rental rate for such leased space equivalent to the prevailing commercial rate for comparable space devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the General Accounting Office Building. Additionally, the Comptroller General may make available, on occasion, or may lease at such rates and on such other terms and conditions as the Comptroller General deems to be in the public interest, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and lobbies of the General Accounting Office Building  to persons, firms, or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in ). The Comptroller General will consult with the Administrator of General Services and will give priority to Federal agencies in filling available space within the General Accounting Office Building. Payments for space or services may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and shall be deposited to a special account and shall be available for expenditure for operation, maintenance, protection, alteration, or repair of the General Accounting Office Building  in such amounts as are specified in annual appropriation Acts without regard to fiscal year limitations.

Pub. L. 100–545, § 1Oct. 28, 1988102 Stat. 2728 Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(f)(1)(D)July 5, 1994108 Stat. 1362 Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(h)(2)Aug. 21, 2002116 Stat. 1299(Added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 107–217 section 3306(a) of title 40 40 U.S.C. 612a2002— substituted “(as defined in )” for “(as defined in section 105 of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 ())”.

Pub. L. 103–2721994— substituted “612a)).” for “612a).”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271 section 702 of this titleGeneral Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office. See , set out as a note under .

Payments of Reimbursements Incident to Operation of General Accounting Office Building

Pub. L. 101–520, title IINov. 5, 1990104 Stat. 2275 Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b)July 7, 2004118 Stat. 814 section 782 of title 31, , , as amended by , , , provided in part that “notwithstanding the provisions of , United States Code, hereinafter any payments of reimbursements received incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall be credited to the appropriation currently available to the Government Accountability Office and remain available until expended, and not more than $5,915,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1991”.