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[CITE: 40USC603]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
    CHAPTER 12--CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC 
                                BUILDINGS
 
Sec. 603. Alteration of buildings; acquisition of land; 
        exemption from committee approval
        
    (a) The Administrator is authorized to alter any public building, 
and to acquire in accordance with section 604 of this title such land as 
may be necessary to carry out such alteration.
    (b) No approval under section 606 of this title shall be required 
for any alteration and acquisition authorized by this section the 
estimated maximum cost of which does not exceed $1,500,000.

(Pub. L. 86-249, Sec. 4, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 92-313, 
Sec. 2(1), June 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 100-678, Sec. 2, Nov. 
17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4049.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-678 substituted ``$1,500,000'' for 
``$500,000''.
    1972--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-313 substituted ``$500,000'' for 
``$200,000''.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Section 11 of Pub. L. 92-313 provided that: ``This Act [see Short 
Title of 1972 Amendment note set out under section 601 of this title] 
shall become effective upon enactment [June 16, 1972]. The effective 
date of applying the rates to be charged pursuant to the regulations to 
be issued under subsections (j) and (k) of section 210 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [section 
490(j) and (k) of this title], shall be as determined by the 
Administrator of General Services but in any event shall not be later 
than the beginning of the third full fiscal year subsequent to the 
enactment thereof.''


Issuance of Regulations Pursuant to Public Buildings Amendments of 1972; 
           Approval of Rates for Space and Services Furnished

    Section 7 of Pub. L. 92-313 provided that: ``To carry out the 
provisions of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 [see Short Title 
of 1972 Amendment note set out under section 601 of this title], the 
Administrator of General Services shall issue such regulations as he 
deems necessary. Such regulations shall be coordinated with the Office 
of Management and Budget, and the rates established by the Administrator 
of General Services pursuant to sections 210(j) and 210(k) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended 
[section 490(j) and (k) of this title], shall be approved by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 606, 614 of this title.
