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B-176843 1 (1972-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddvt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHIMGTOn, D.C. os - October 260 1972 3A.176 8& s S * )ear Mr. Sampsons, your letter of August 18, 1972 (and enelomures), sets fbrth your interpretation of section 7 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 40 U.S.C. 607, as amended by section 2 of the Publie Buildings Amend- ments of 1972, Pub. Ls. 92-313, approved June 16, 1972. Section 7 as amended by section 2 provides, among other things, that no appro- priation shall be made to lease any space at an average annual rental In excess of $500,000 for use for public purposes if such lease has mot been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives respectively. You intend to issue instructions to your operating personnel vetting forth guidelines consistent with the interpretation-as set forth in your letter-of amended section 7 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959, unless our Office interposes any objections thereto. Your interpretation of section 79 as amended, and our vievs thereon are set forth below. You state that the applicability of the requirements of amended section 7 of the Public Buildings Act to certain lease transactions involving the acquisition of space for Federal agencies has been under review by the General Services Administration (GSA) since enact- ment of the 1972 amendments. Eovever, while you state that there is !-little helpful lcgislative history, you point out that section 7 as originlly enacted and in its amended form has for its stated purpose to ensure the equitable distribution of public buildings throughout the United States with due regard for the comarative urgency of need for such buildin-gs. You also state that the apparent intent of the amended language is to permit legislative oversight with respect to the more significant GSA lease transactions. You further note that the Conference RBeort (house Report 92-1097, dated May 30, 1972), accommanying B. 1736, Vhich became the Public Bildings Amen&ments of 1972, states on page 10 that amended section 7 requires GSA to submit a prospectus whenever its Admnin strator proposes to secure leased space fr which he proposes an average annual rental In excess of $500,000. the first question raised relates to the proper interpretation of the term average annual rental. You etate in this regards In interpreting the term *average annual rental as used in section 7, as amended, we have construed the word .PU-BLISHED DECISION as Cop.G en......

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