40 USC § 3316 - Report to Congress

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title: "40 USC § 3316 - Report to Congress"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3316"
section_name: "Report to Congress"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1166, § 3314; renumbered § 3315, Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 323(c)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1590; renumbered § 3316, Pub. L. 114–235, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 3316. Report to Congress

**(a)** **Request by Either House of Congress or Any Committee.—** Within a reasonable time after a request of either House of Congress or any committee of Congress, the Administrator of General Services shall submit a report showing the location, space, cost, and status of each public building the construction, alteration, or acquisition of which—

**(1)** is to be under authority of this chapter; and

**(2)** was uncompleted as of the date of the request, or as of another date the request may designate.

**(b)** **Request of Committee on Public Works and Environment or Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.—** The Administrator and the United States Postal Service shall make building project surveys requested by resolution by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and within a reasonable time shall make a report on the survey to Congress. The report shall contain all other information required to be included in a prospectus of the proposed public building project under section 3307(b) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1166, § 3314; renumbered § 3315, Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 323(c)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1590; renumbered § 3316, Pub. L. 114–235, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 964.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3314(a) | 40:610(a). | Pub. L. 86–249, § 11, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 96–470, title II, § 211, Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2246; Pub. L. 103–437, § 14(b)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4591. |
| 3314(b) | 40:610(b). |  |

In subsection (b), the words “United States Postal Service” are substituted for “Postmaster General” in section 11(b) of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (, ) because of section 4(a) of the Postal Reorganization Act (, ). The words “Transportation and Infrastructure” are substituted for “Public Works and Transportation” in section 11(b) because of  (, 2:21 note prec.).

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3316 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2016— renumbered  as this section.

2007— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date that is 1 day after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , The Congress.