110 STAT. 3009 -337 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), $5,600,000. GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SECTION 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Crovernment corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for fiscal year 1997 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 1998 request for United States Courthouse construction that does not meet the design guide standards for construction as established by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget and does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the request must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be replaced or expanded. SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency which does not pay the requested rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by the General Services Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313). SEC. 406. The Administrator of the General Services is directed to ensure that the materials used for the fascade on the United States Courthouse Annex, Savannah, Georgia project are compatible with the existing Savannah Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse fascade, in order to ensure compatibility of this new facility with the Savannah historic district and to ensure that the Annex will not endanger the National Landmark status of the Savannah historic district. SEC. 407. (a) Section 210 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(1)(1) The Administrator may establish, acquire space for, and equip flexiplace work telecommuting centers (in this subsection referred to as 'telecommuting centers') for use by employees of Federal agencies. State and local governments, and the private sector in accordance with this subsection. "(2) The Administrator may make any telecommuting center available for use by individuals who are not Federal employees to the extent the center is not being fully utilized by Federal
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