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Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act

Act Details

Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-02-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Theodore Foster in relation with: Architecture, Government operations and politics, Historic sites, Recreation.

Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act became law (1) in the United States on 1976-10-18

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Senate Public Works (SSEV)
House Public Works and Transportation (HSPW)

Sponsor

Theodore Foster, member of the US congress
Theodore Foster, Republican, Rhode Island

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Howard Henry Baker, Republican, Senator, from Tennessee, district 2
John Chester Culver, Democrat, Senator, from Iowa
Pete Domenici, Senator, from New Mexico
Mike Gravel, Senator, from Alaska
Robert Burren Morgan, Democrat, Senator, from North Carolina
Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Democrat, Senator, from Maine
Jennings Randolph, Democrat, Senator, from West Virginia
Hugh Doggett Scott, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Robert Theodore Stafford, Republican, Senator, from Vermont

Act Overview

Number: 865 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: An Act to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 in order to preserve buildings of historical or architectural significance through their use for Federal public building purposes, and to amend the Act of August 12, 1968, relating to the accessibility of certain buildings to the physically handicapped (4)
Short Title: Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act
Date First Introduced: 1975-02-27
Sponsor Name: Robert Theodore Stafford
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1976-10-18
Type: s (7)
Main Topic: Government operations and politics
Related Bills: (8)
hr15134-94, Reason: related, Type: bill
Summary of Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act

(Measure passed House amended in lieu of H.R. 15134) =Title I: Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act= – Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services when acquiring or managing space necessary for Federal agencies to: (1) utilize space in buildings of historic architectural or cultural significance where feasible; (2) encourage the location of commercial cultural educational or recreational activities within or near public buildings; and (3) encourage the public use of public buildings outside of regular Federal working hours. Requires the Administrator to place on the access level of Federal buildings those activities requiring regular public contact. =Title II:= Directs the United States Postal Service in consultation with the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare to prescribe such standards for the design construction and alteration of its buildings to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to and use of such buildings. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress with respect to his activities and those of other departments with regard to standards issued revised repealed or waived under the Act to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped. Requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to report annually to the Public Works Committee of the Senate on its actions to insure compliance with Federal standards designed to make public buildings accessible to the handicapped.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act)
[Note 4] An Act to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1959 in order to preserve buildings of historical or architectural significance through their use for Federal public building purposes, and to amend the Act of August 12, 1968, relating to the accessibility of certain buildings to the physically handicapped. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1975-02-27) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act, go to THOMAS.

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Architecture
Government operations and politics
Historic sites
Recreation

Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act

Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act