1996 US Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 22 - FEDERAL TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 1101 - Findings and purposes

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§1101. Findings and purposes (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.

(b) Purposes

The purposes of this chapter 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.

(5) To ensure that the design and construction of the Federal building complex on such property will insofar as practicable be in accordance with the guiding principles for Federal architecture recommended by the Committee on Federal Office Space in 1962 which require among other things that facilities to be used by Federal agencies be efficient and economical and that public buildings provide visual testimony to the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the Federal Government.

(6) To provide for establishment, operation, and maintenance of a self-sustaining international cultural and trade center in such complex.

(Pub. L. 100–113, §2, Aug. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 735.)

Short Title

Section 1 of Pub. L. 100–113 provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Federal Triangle Development Act’.”

Dissolution of Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation dissolved on or before Apr. 1, 1996, and assets, obligations, indebtedness, and unobligated and unexpended balances of Corporation transferred, see section 872 of this title.

Designation of Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

Pub. L. 104–68, Dec. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 766, provided that:

“SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

“The Federal Triangle Project under construction at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, shall be known and designated as the ‘Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center’.

“SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

“Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center’.”

Designation of Woodrow Wilson Plaza

Pub. L. 103–284, Aug. 1, 1994, 108 Stat. 1448, provided: “That the plaza to be constructed on the Federal Triangle property in Washington, DC as part of the development of such site pursuant to the Federal Triangle Development Act (Public Law 100–113) [this chapter] shall be known and designated as the ‘Woodrow Wilson Plaza’.”