PUBLIC LAW 100-113—AUG. 21, 1987
101 STAT. 735
Public Law 100-113 100th Congress An Act To complete the Federal Triangle in the District of Columbia, to construct a public building to provide Federal office space and space for an international cultural and trade center, and for other purposes.
Aug. 21, 1987 [S. 1550]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
Federal Triangle
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Federal Triangle Development
Development Act.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
40 USC 1101.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares that— (1) it is in the national interest to build a Federal building complex and establish an international cultural and trade center on the Federal Triangle property in the District of Columbia; (2) development of such a Federal building complex will permit consolidation of a number of Federal agencies which are currently housed in numerous, scattered locations and will enable more economical and efficient use of building space and environs; (3) inclusion of an international cultural and trade center • within the Federal building complex will create and enhance ^ opportunities for American trade, commerce, communications, and cultural exchanges with other nations and complement the work of Federal, State, and local agencies in the areas of international trade and cultural exchange; and (4) the appropriate development, maintenance, and use of the Federal Triangle property should be a joint development effort of the General Services Administration, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and the International Cultural and Trade Center Commission. (h) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) To transfer the Federal Triangle property from the Administrator of General Services to the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. ' (2) To grant to the Corporation the power of eminent domain to acquire certain properties and rights-of-way adjacent to the Federal Triangle site and to authorize the Corporation to exercise such power as may be necessary to further the public interest. (3) To authorize the Corporation, after consultation with the Secretary of State, the Administrator, and the Commission, to prepare plans for development of such property. (4) To establish a process for review and selection of such plans and, after completion of such review process, to authorize the Corporation to enter into an agreement with a private developer selected for the development of such property.
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