,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,peters of ,california 7for himself1   
,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 and ,mr4   
,vargas7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #ci1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the ,united 
,states ,postal ,service to sell1 at    
fair market value1 any post office      
building subject to relocation1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,community     
,post ,office ,relocation ,act4  #b4    
,sale of post office buildings subject  
to relocation  7a7 ,in general ,chapter 
#d of title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #dag4 ,authority to sell    
buildings containing post offices       
subject to relocation  7a7 ,in addition 
to the authority provided under section 
#dja7e71 the ,postal ,service may sell1 

at fair market value1 to an eligible    
buyer fee simple title to a covered post
 office building4  7b7 7#a7 ,beginning  
on the date on which the ,postal        
,service makes an announcement1 as      
described in paragraph 7#b71 that a     
covered post office building is for     
sale1 an eligible buyer shall have #cj  
days to make an offer to the ,postal    
,service for the purchase of such       
building4  7#b7 ,the announcement under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall be posted          
prominently in a publicly accessible    
space in the covered post office        
building subject to sale4  7c7 7#a7 ,the
 ,postal ,service shall enter into      
negotiations for the sale of such       
building with the eligible buyer that   
submits the first offer1 as determined  
by postmark date1 during such #cj-;day  
period4 ,if such negotiations fail1 then
 the ,postal ,service shall enter into  
negotiations for sale with each         
subsequent eligible buyer1 as determined
 by postmark date1 that submits an offer

 during such #cj-;day period until a    
sale is made or until all such eligible 
buyers are exhausted4  7#b7 ,if an offer
 under paragraph 7#a7 is for the fair   
market value of such building1 and all  
other relevant conditions have been met 
with respect to making a successful sale
 within #de days after the postmark date
 of such offer1 the ,postal ,service    
shall sell such building to such buyer4 
7#c7 ,the fair market value of a post   
office building sold by the ,postal     
,service under this section shall be    
determined by an independent            
professional appraiser1 licensed within 
the ,state in which such building is    
located1 mutually agreed upon by the    
,postal ,service and the eligible buyer4
  7d7 7#a7 ,after the sale of a covered 
post office building to an eligible     
buyer under this section1 the ,postal   
,service may lease1 at fair market      
value1 such building from such buyer for
 purposes of operating a post office in 
such building4  7#b7 ,if the ,postal    

,service does not require all of the    
space in such building while operating a
 post office pursuant to paragraph 7#a71
 the eligible buyer may use the         
remaining space for any purpose         
permitted under ,federal1 ,state1 or    
local law or regulation4  7e7 ,if an    
eligible buyer makes a covered post     
office purchased under this section     
available for sale1 the ,postal ,service
 shall have the right of first refusal  
to purchase such building at fair market
 value or at the price of such purchase 
plus any improvements1 whichever is     
less4  7f7 ,for purposes of this        
section--  7#a7 the term covered post   
office building means a building owned  
by the ,postal ,service that contains a 
post office subject to relocation 7as   
that term is described in section #bda4d
 of title #ci1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations72 and  7#b7 the term       
eligible buyer means a private          
organization--  7,a7 that is described  
in section #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal

 ,revenue ,code of #aihf and exempt from
 taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such
 ,code2  7,b7 that operates primarily   
within the geographic area served by a  
covered post office building subject to 
sale under this section2 and  7,c7 that 
has been in operation within such area  
for at least #e years prior to the date 
on which the announcement of the sale of
 the building is made 7as described in  
subsection 7b77#a774  4  7b7 ,technical 
amendment ,the table of sections of     
chapter #d of title #ci1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by adding after the  
item relating to section #daf the       
following new item3  #dag4 ,authority to
 sell buildings containing post offices 
subject to relocation4  4