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[CITE: 31USC781]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                   SUBCHAPTER VI--PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 781. Authority over the General Accounting Office Building

    (a) The Comptroller General shall have exclusive custody and control 
over the building located at 441 G Street, N.W., in the District of 
Columbia, that is generally known as the General Accounting Office 
Building, including operation, maintenance, protection, alteration, 
repair, and assignment of space therein. Such custody and control shall 
also extend to any machinery, equipment, spare parts and tools located 
in and usable for the operation and maintenance of the General 
Accounting Office Building. For the purposes of securing approval of any 
prospectus detailing proposed alterations of the General Accounting 
Office Building, as required by section 7 of the Public Buildings Act of 
1959, as amended (40 U.S.C. 606), the Comptroller General shall perform 
the functions assigned to the Administrator of General Services by that 
section.
    (b) Upon request of the Comptroller General, the Administrator of 
General Services shall provide, to the extent resources are available, 
any necessary services for the protection of the property and persons in 
the General Accounting Office Building, including the provision of 
special police, responding to and investigating incidents, and the 
monitoring of the perimeter security system. Such services may be 
provided with or without reimbursement as the Comptroller General and 
the Administrator may agree.
    (c)(1) The Comptroller General is authorized to enter into 
agreements or contracts to acquire property or services on such terms 
and conditions and in such a manner as he deems necessary and without 
regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5); except 
that the Comptroller General may not acquire real property unless 
specifically authorized by law. In exercising the authority granted by 
this section, the Comptroller General shall obtain full and open 
competition in accordance with the principles and purposes of the 
Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.
    (2) To the extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, 
agreements or contracts for utility services may be made for periods not 
exceeding 10 years.
    (3) The Comptroller General may make advance, progress, and other 
payments which relate to agreements or contracts entered into under 
authority of this section, without regard to the provisions of section 
3324(a) and (b) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 100-545, Sec. 1, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2727.)

                       References in Text

    The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(1), is title VII of Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 
1175. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1984 Amendments note set out under section 251 of Title 41, 
Public Contracts, and Tables.
