Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This legislation directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to identify innovative financing strategies for federal building construction and renovation. Within 90 days, the GSA Administrator must convene consultation meetings with experts from private, federal, and state real estate sectors to explore alternative financing solutions, including public-private partnerships , aimed at reducing costs for the Federal Government. Following these consultations, the Administrator is required to submit a report to the President and Congress within 120 days. This report will include recommendations on the best types of public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods, along with a list of specific projects suitable for these approaches. Recommended projects must serve core federal missions, facilitate consolidation or relocation from inefficient spaces, and achieve a minimum building utilization of 60 percent. The bill emphasizes transparency , requiring the report to be publicly available and for consultation meetings to be open to the public. While the President may direct GSA to proceed with approved projects, these remain subject to future appropriations and existing GSA authorities, with accountability and performance ensured for all proposed financing methods.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-562.
Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2650-2651)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2650)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-562.
Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2650-2651)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2650)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversightGeneral Services AdministrationGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaPublic-private cooperation
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This legislation directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to identify innovative financing strategies for federal building construction and renovation. Within 90 days, the GSA Administrator must convene consultation meetings with experts from private, federal, and state real estate sectors to explore alternative financing solutions, including public-private partnerships , aimed at reducing costs for the Federal Government. Following these consultations, the Administrator is required to submit a report to the President and Congress within 120 days. This report will include recommendations on the best types of public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods, along with a list of specific projects suitable for these approaches. Recommended projects must serve core federal missions, facilitate consolidation or relocation from inefficient spaces, and achieve a minimum building utilization of 60 percent. The bill emphasizes transparency , requiring the report to be publicly available and for consultation meetings to be open to the public. While the President may direct GSA to proceed with approved projects, these remain subject to future appropriations and existing GSA authorities, with accountability and performance ensured for all proposed financing methods.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Government Operations and Politics
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Congressional oversightGeneral Services AdministrationGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaPublic-private cooperation