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[CITE: 31USC782]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                   SUBCHAPTER VI--PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 782. Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office 
        Building
        
    The 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 section 105 of the Public Buildings 
Cooperative Use Act of 1976 (40 U.S.C. 612a)). 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.

(Added Pub. L. 100-545, Sec. 1, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2728; amended 
Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 4(f)(1)(D), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1362.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-272 substituted ``612a)).'' for ``612a).''


 Payments of Reimbursements Incident to Operation of General Accounting 
                             Office Building

    Pub. L. 101-520, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2275, provided in 
part that ``notwithstanding the provisions of section 782 of title 31, 
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 
General Accounting 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''.
