Pub. L. 83-519, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. (a) The Postmaster General is authorized to— (1) negotiate and enter into lease agreements with any person, copartnership, corporation, or other public or private entity, which do not bind the Government for periods exceeding thirty years for each such lease agreement, on such terms as the Postmaster General deems to be in the best interests of the United States, for the erection by such lessor of such buildings and improvements for postal purposes as the Postmaster General deems appropriate, on lands sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the Postmaster General to, or otherwise acquired by, such person, copartnership, corporation, or public or private entity; (2) for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this section, and without regard to the Federal Property and Administrative services Act of 1949 (Act of June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Eighty-first Congress, first session), as amended— (A) acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, donation, or otherwise, and on such terms as he shall deem appropriate to the best interests of the United States, real property and interests therein, for use for postal purposes; and 68 Stat. 524 (B) dispose of real property, and interests therein, acquired for use or used for postal purposes by sale, lease, or otherwise, on such terms as he shall deem appropriate to the best interests of the United States: Provided, That the Postmaster General shall not, for the purposes of this section, dispose of (1) any Government-owned property, or interests therein, acquired pursuant to section 101 of the Public Buildings Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 176) or (2) any Government-owned property, or interests therein, which has been acquired pursuant to law, prior to the enactment of this Act, on which there has been constructed a building to be used for postal purposes and which is presently being used for such purposes. (b) Funds available to the Post Office Department for the payment of rents are authorized to be utilized by the Postmaster General for the purposes of this section.