H.R. 690: Federal Trade Commission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011
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H.R. 690: Federal Trade Commission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Federal Trade Commission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011
Plain summary
Federal Trade Commission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA), not later than December 31, 2014, to transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of the building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, to the National Gallery of Art and to name such building as the North Building of the National Gallery of Art. Requires the National Gallery of Art to pay the costs of remodeling, renovating, or reconstructing such building. Requires the GSA Administrator to relocate the offices of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) housed in such building to other buildings in Washington, DC, owned by the federal government.
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Official text
Federal Trade Commission and National Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] · 43 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John R. Carter (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Agencies named in this bill
- Federal Trade Commission: its federal spending and other bills that name it
- National Gallery of Art: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Jurisdiction
- The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr690.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr690 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112