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[CITE: 40USC1107]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                CHAPTER 22--FEDERAL TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 1107. Operation and management of international cultural 
        and trade center
        

(a) Lease of space

                            (1) Agreement

        The Administrator and the Commission shall enter into an 
    agreement for the Commission to lease from the Administrator not to 
    exceed 500,000 square feet of occupiable space in the building to be 
    constructed under section 1104 of this title to serve as an 
    international cultural and trade center.

                              (2) Size

        The Commission shall determine the amount of space necessary for 
    operation of the international cultural and trade center based upon 
    demand, except that such space may not exceed 500,000 square feet of 
    occupiable space. Upon certification of such demand by the 
    Commission, the Administrator shall lease such amount of space to 
    the Commission.

                              (3) Terms

        The agreement entered into under this subsection shall include 
    at a minimum the following terms:
            (A) The Commission will be permitted to sublease its space 
        in such building to foreign missions, commercial establishments 
        sponsored by foreign governments, and international cultural and 
        trade organizations, including domestic organizations and State 
        and local governments.
            (B) All space leased by the Commission from the 
        Administrator will be at such rate as the Administrator and the 
        Commission may agree but not less than the rate established 
        under section 1105(b)(2) of this title plus such amount as the 
        Administrator determines is necessary to pay on an annual basis 
        for the costs of administering such building (including 
        operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation costs) which are 
        attributable to such space.
            (C) Such terms relating to default and nonperformance as the 
        Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
        the United States.

(b) Establishment of center

                          (1) By Commission

        The Commission shall establish, operate, and maintain an 
    international cultural and trade center in the space leased from the 
    Administrator under subsection (a) of this section.

                            (2) Contents

        The international cultural and trade center may include the 
    following:
            (A) Office space for foreign missions and domestic and 
        international organizations involved in international trade or 
        cultural activities.
            (B) A world exhibition center providing space for exhibits 
        from foreign nations.
            (C) An international bazaar providing space for commercial 
        establishments sponsored by foreign governments.
            (D) An international center providing a centralized foreign 
        trade reference facility, conference and meeting facilities, and 
        audio-visual facilities for translating foreign languages.
            (E) Such other facilities as are consistent with the 
        objectives of this section.

                       (3) Subleasing of space

        (A) Agreements

            The Commission may enter into agreements with foreign 
        missions and international cultural and trade organizations 
        (including domestic organizations and State and local 
        governments) to sublease any or all of the space it leased from 
        the Administrator under subsection (a) of this section. Space 
        subleased to such missions and organizations may only be used 
        for establishment of trade centers and exhibitions, offices, and 
        commercial establishments described in paragraph (2) and such 
        other facilities as the Commission determines are consistent 
        with an international cultural and trade center.

        (B) Terms and conditions

            An agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 
        subject to such terms and conditions as the Commission 
        determines are appropriate to carry out the objectives of this 
        chapter. The rental rate per square foot of occupiable space for 
        space subleased under this subsection shall be determined in 
        accordance with subsection (c) of this section; except that the 
        Commission may adjust such rate with respect to any space 
        subleased to a foreign mission in accordance with the 
        recommendations of the Secretary of State acting in accordance 
        with section 204(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
        Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4304(b)). The Secretary of State may 
        reimburse the Commission for any expenses which are incurred by 
        the Commission as a result of making adjustments in the rental 
        rate for space under this subparagraph.

             (4) Reference facility and cultural events

        The Commission may establish in a portion of the space leased 
    from the Administrator under this section a centralized foreign 
    trade reference facility and conference and meeting facilities and 
    audio-visual facilities for translating foreign languages. The 
    Commission may permit cultural events and other activities to be 
    held in a portion of such space. The Commission shall establish in 
    accordance with subsection (c) of this section fees and charges 
    for--
            (A) the use of such facilities and auditorium, and
            (B) the holding of such events and activities.

(c) Rents and fees

                     (1) Establishment of amount

        The Commission shall establish the amounts of fees under 
    subsection (b)(4) of this section, and establish a rental rate for 
    space subleased under subsection (b)(3) of this section, taking into 
    account the objectives of this section and the best interests of the 
    United States. In any fiscal year beginning after the last day of 
    the 2-year period beginning on the first day the Commission deposits 
    under this subsection funds into the account established under 
    subsection (d) of this section, the aggregate amount of such fees 
    and rent shall not be less than the cost to the Commission of 
    subleasing space from the Administrator under subsection (a) of this 
    section in such fiscal year plus the expenses (including salaries, 
    travel expenses, expenses for temporary and intermittent services, 
    expenses under contracts or agreements entered into under subsection 
    \1\ 1106(f)(7) of this title, supply expenses and any reimbursable 
    expenses) incurred by the Commission in carrying out its duties 
    under this chapter in such fiscal year.
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                           (2) Collection

        The Commission shall collect--
            (A) rent for space subleased under subsection (b) of this 
        section; and
            (B) fees and charges under subsection (b) of this section.

                             (3) Deposit

        The Commission shall deposit all amounts collected under this 
    subsection and all amounts transferred by the Secretary of State to 
    the Commission under subsection (b)(3)(B) of this section into the 
    account established under subsection (d) of this section.

(d) Separate account

                          (1) Establishment

        There is established in the Treasury of the United States a 
    separate account.

                            (2) Contents

        The account shall include all amounts deposited by the 
    Commission under subsection (c) of this section and section 1106(h) 
    of this title.

                          (3) Availability

        Amounts in the account established under this subsection shall 
    be available to the Commission to pay--
            (A) all rents owed to the Administrator for lease of space 
        under subsection (a) of this section; and
            (B) all expenses (including salaries, travel expenses, 
        expenses for temporary and intermittent services, expenses under 
        contracts or agreements entered into under section 1106(f)(7) of 
        this title, and supply expenses) incurred by the Commission in 
        carrying out its duties under this chapter but not exceeding 
        $1,000,000 in any fiscal year.

                            (4) Payments

        The Commission shall pay, from amounts in the account 
    established by this subsection--
            (A) for lease of space under subsection (a) of this section 
        on an annual basis amounts owed to the Administrator for deposit 
        into the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal 
        Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
        490(f)); and
            (B) all expenses incurred by it in carrying out its duties 
        under this chapter but not exceeding $1,000,000 in any fiscal 
        year.

                    (5) Transfer of excess funds

        Periodically, but not less often than once per fiscal year, 
    funds which the Commission determines are in excess of those needed 
    to make the payments described in paragraph (4) shall be transferred 
    by the Commission from the account established under this subsection 
    to the fund established under section 210(f) of the Federal Property 
    and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)).

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    The Commission shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public 
Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives (1) an annual 
report in January of each calendar year on the operation and management 
of the space leased by the Commission under subsection (a) of this 
section and the international cultural and trade center, and (2) a 
budget for such fiscal year for operation, maintenance, and alteration 
of such center, including amounts received and projected to be received 
by the Commission in such fiscal year and expenses incurred and 
projected to be incurred by the Commission in such fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 100-113, Sec. 8, Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 744.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 
104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1103, 1105, 1106 of this 
title.
