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B-103967 1 (1972-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadahm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DIGEST - 40 C~iCULATIOt, - n COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 194 WASHINGTON. D.C. 2084 1-10397 JUL 7 1972 Dear Mr. Wsaberge: Sy datio ated ay 16, 1972. the Assistant 1riector for Lgiuslative Referse trammitted a copy of a General Services Admt- istratte draft bill entitled: A DILL To mend the Public Buldnms AMt of 1933, as eaned, to authorse the acquistlon by the Gneal Sevies AdMiatstation, of options to purehase property, and for other purposes ad requeeted our views and reomendations theres. She proposed bill would amend section 12 of the Public Bildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 62, 40 U.S.C. 611tas mended, to atherse the sqAtion by aA of options to purchas. property, ad for other pur- peoes. ebsectmes (a) end (f) of the proposed legslation wuld authorize th CIA Admzntatror to acquire and pay fair and reasonable copesation for purchas. options for real property whenever he deems such options euitable sa likely to be needed for purposes of the Public 1IlIAge Act of 1959. Waer slattag authority, GSA cannot pay for a purchase option; it sm assept an option it there is no additional meet to the Govermeant. This is the first time GSA has tonmlly proposed legilation that weld perat it to obtain options to purobae real property; bouver, a bill, S. 2900, which md have provided similar autterity, me introduced by Senater arney in Septmber 1969, but no action was taken on this bill. Various Federal agendas now have, or have bad, authority to pay for purehase optisa.1 Among these is the Department of Agrealtura, authorised by 7 U.S.C. 420so utilize purcbase options of no arer than -e dollar male otherwise provided in appropriations or other Ia. Title 10 U.S.C. 2477alows the Seerstary of a military deprtment to acqire purehase options ad pay for the fre fund. available for rel property strities I mants not to essed five persent of the appraised fair markat value of h propertes. The Cmptrollr General In decision 36 Camp. Gen. 48/dated July 18. 1954. rAed that the Post Off 149 Departmet, undr thn atatia lagisle- tin, bad authority to acquire purchase optfou/ In addition, the Depart- ment of the interior, mader 16 U.S.C. 460k Obruay enter into contracts nd eaped fund for option to acsuire lands or interests theratn. In testimony before the Senate Subomittee on Public IutiUgs and Gronads n Septeber 4, 1969,GSA stated that it did not have the required rh

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