Rent Activities

1/ Include Salaries & Expenses, Rent, and PDUFA, where applicable.

EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM

Rental Payments to GSA. FDA occupies over 4.1 million net square feet of GSA space, which is included in the Agency's Salaries and Expenses appropriation. The GSA rent charges are billed directly to FDA and indirectly through other agencies, and include the charges for all of FDA's GSA space, both government owned and GSA leased. About 50 percent of the GSA rent charges are for government owned or GSA leased space in the Washington, DC area. The largest individual rent charges are for the Parklawn Building complex, Federal Building 8, and Module II in Beltsville. The balance of the charges are for the Agency's field Regional Offices, District Office/Laboratory complexes, and over 130 leased offices which serve as resident posts for strategically placed field investigators.

Other Rent and Rent Related Activities. FDA incurs rent and rent-related costs for facilities within the Salaries and Expenses (S&E) appropriation that are not part of the GSA Rent. These costs are identified in three sub-accounts: Commercial Rent & Related Services, GSA Rent-Related Services and GSA Building Delegation Services. The FY 2001 budget includes $25.9 million for these activities. Below is a description of each of the sub-accounts within Other Rent and Rent-related Activities:

• The Commercial Rent and Related Services consists of recurring activities that FDA pays directly to non-Federal sources under the delegation of direct lease and service authority. (Note: This also includes recurring services for FDA-owned facilities.) Services include rental of space, and all recurring services for building operation; i.e., utilities; and services such as janitorial, guard, grounds maintenance; and operation and maintenance of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems.

• The GSA Rent-Related Services includes recurring reimbursable services provided by GSA that are over and above the standard eleven hours that GSA covers in its rent charges. Services include security systems, guard services, and HVAC beyond the standard level funded by GSA.

• The GSA Building Delegation Services provides recurring services and one-time repairs to operate and maintain buildings delegated to FDA by GSA for management of day-to-day operations. Services include utilities and all recurring services for building operation, such as janitorial, guard, grounds maintenance, and operation and maintenance of HVAC systems.

FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST

ASSURING SAFETY/STRENGTHENING SCIENCE INITIATIVES

Rental Payments to GSA + $5.0 million

FDA is requesting a total of $130.809 million for FY 2001 to cover the costs contained in FDA's Salaries and Expense account for the Rental Payments to GSA and the Other Rent and Rent Related programs under this section. By FY 2001, FDA will occupy over 4.3 million net square feet of GSA space. Below is a description of each line item and the requested increase justifications.

Budget Authority + $3.0 million

An estimated $2.97 million increase is needed for new facilities projected for FY 2001 including full rent for the Brooklyn laboratory and Federal Office Building 8, replacement space for obsolete laboratory space in Rockville, MD, and a new charge by GSA for communication equipment.

Prescription Drug User Fees + $0.2 million

FDA is requesting an additional $0.2 million in the Rental Payments to the GSA account, for a total of $5.860 million of user fees, in support of the process for the review of human drug applications.

Edited 3/1/2000