PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1161 (1) acquire and utilize space in suitable buildings of historical, architectural, or cultural significance, unless use of the space would not prove feasible and prudent compared with available alternatives; (2) encourage the location of commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational facilities and activities in public buildings; (3) provide and maintain space, facilities, and activities, to the extent practicable, that encourage public access to, and stimulate public pedestrian traffic aroimd, into, and through, public buildings, permitting cooperative improvements to and uses of the area between the building and the street, so that the activities complement and supplement commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational resources in the neighborhood of public buildings; and (4) encourage the public use of public buildings for cultural, educational, and recreational activities. (c) CONSULTATION AND SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS.— In carrying out the duties under subsection (b), the Administrator shall— (1) consult with chief executive officers of the States, etreawide agencies established pursuant to title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) and section 6506 of title 31, and chief executive officers of those units of general local government in each area served by an existing or proposed public building; and (2) solicit the comments of other community leaders and members of the general public as the Administrator considers appropriate. § 3307. Congressional approval of proposed projects (a) RESOLUTIONS REQUIRED BEFORE APPROPRL\TIONS MAY BE MADE. —The following appropriations may be made only if the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives adopt resolutions approving the purpose for which the appropriation is made: (1) An appropriation to construct, alter, or acquire any building to be used as a public building which involves a total expenditure in excess of $1,500,000, so that the equitable distribution of public buildings throughout the United States with due regard for the comparative urgency of need for the buildings, except as provided in section 3305(b) of this title, is ensured. (2) An appropriation to lease any space at an average annueJ rental in excess of $1,500,000 for use for public piu"poses. (3) An appropriation to alter any building, or part of the building, which is under lease by the Federal Government for use for a public purpose if the cost of the alteration will exceed $750,000. (b) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROSPECTUS OF PROPOSED PROJECT.— To secure consideration for the approval referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator of General Services shall transmit to Congress a prospectus of the proposed facility, including— (1) a brief description of the building to be constructed, altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased, under this chapter;
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