Norton Bill to Direct GSA to Sell Webster School Building Marked Up & Passed Out of Senate Committee
The bill was co-led in the House by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works marked up and passed the bill today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill co-led by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) to direct the General Services Administration (GSA) to dispose or sell the Daniel Webster School in downtown D.C. for fair market value was marked up and passed by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today. The legislation would return the long-vacant Webster School building to productive use. It passed the House in December.
“The Webster School has been vacant since the 1980s and has fallen into disrepair,” said Norton. “My bill with Rep. Perry contains a similar sale provision included in legislation successfully enacted in 2016 that directed GSA to sell a building known as the Cotton Annex, which is now being converted into housing. This bill will ensure that the Webster School too shall return to productive use. Thank you to D.C.’s longtime ally in the Senate, Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE), for prioritizing the markup of this commonsense bill.”
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