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B-152603 1 (1979-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjoh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \ ~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION >- 4 ) OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, OC. 20548 '4rS'/ 973 FILE: B-152603 DATE: August 7, 1979 MATTER OF: Applicability -of Additional House Office Building Act of 1955, to District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency Property DIGEST: Property owned by the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agencyj(RLA), which was an agency of the United 7 States prior to adoption of the District Home Rule Act, was property owned by the United States for purposes / of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955, 69 Stat. 41, requiring that such property in certain areas be conveyed to Architect of the Capitol on request without reimbursement. Home Rule Act made RLA an instru- mentality of the District.' Same property can no longer be considered as owned by the United States. 43 Comp. Gen. 485 (1963) distinguished. This decision is in response to an inquiry from the Architect of the Capitol, asking whether, under the rationale of our decision at 43 Comp. Gen. 485 (1963), the District of Columbia Redevelopment[ Land Agency (RLA) can be compelled to transfer certain property to) which it holds title to the Architect without reimbursement or transfer) of funds, pursuant to section 1202(a) of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (1955 Act) approved April 22, 1955, 69 Stat. 41, 40 U.S.C. § 175 note. For the reasons stated below, the answer is no. Section 1202(a) of the 1955 Act provides for acquisition of various properties by the Architect. With regard to property located where the parcel here in question is located, the Act states: * * * Any real property owned by the United States and located south of Independence Avenue in the vicinity of the Capitol Grounds shall upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, made with the approval of the House Office Building Commis- sion, be transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol without reimbursement or transfer of funds. * * * In our decision at 43 Comp. Gen. 485 (1963), we held that ,J property located south of Independence Avenue in the vicinity of the Capitol grounds, the title of which was in the RLA, could be .J!/ ' transferred without cost to the Architect under this provision. tJK ,,'U We said that: / ,; 006091 , IN Y; O a

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