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[CITE: 40USC601]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
    CHAPTER 12--CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC 
                                BUILDINGS
 
Sec. 601. Prohibition on construction of buildings except by 
        Administrator of General Services
        
    No public building shall be constructed except by the Administrator, 
who shall construct such public building in accordance with this 
chapter.

(Pub. L. 86-249, Sec. 2, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 479.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 86-249. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.


                      Short Title of 1988 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-678, Sec. 1, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4049, provided 
that: ``This Act [enacting sections 617 to 619 of this title, amending 
sections 318 to 318b, 603, and 606 of this title, repealing section 278a 
of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this 
section and section 619 of this title] may be cited as the `Public 
Buildings Amendments of 1988'.''


                      Short Title of 1976 Amendment

    Pub. L. 94-541, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2505, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting sections 601a and 612a of this 
title and amending sections 490, 606, and 611 of this title] may be 
cited as the `Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976'.''


                     Short Title of 1972 Amendments

    Pub. L. 92-520, Sec. 1, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1019, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting section 616 of this title and provisions set 
out as notes under section 616 of this title] may be cited as the 
`Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act'.''
    Pub. L. 92-313, Sec. 1, June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 216, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting section 602a of this title, amending sections 
490, 603, 606, and 611 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as 
notes under sections 175 and 603 of this title] may be cited as the 
`Public Buildings Amendments of 1972'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-249 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter, amending section 490 of this title, and repealing sections 23, 
24, 32, 33, 59, 254, 259, 260, 262 to 265, 267, 268, 274 to 276, 277, 
278, 282, 297 to 298, 298c, 341 to 342a, 344, 345, 346 to 350a, and 352 
to 354 of this title] may be cited as the `Public Buildings Act of 
1959'.''


                 Central Intelligence Agency Authorities

    Pub. L. 100-678, Sec. 9, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4053, provided 
that: ``Nothing in this Act (including any amendment made by this Act 
[see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note above]) shall be construed to 
affect the authorities granted in sections 5, 6, and 8 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403f, 403g, and 403j).''


                            Cross References

    Design and construction of public buildings to accommodate the 
physically handicapped, see section 4151 et seq. of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare.
