39–010 

Calendar No. 513 

113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 113–226 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TRANSPARENCY ACT 

JULY 31, 2014.—Ordered to be printed 

Ms. LANDRIEU, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1800] 

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 

referred the bill (S. 1800) to require the Secretary of the Interior 

to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets, having considered the 

same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) the water resources infrastructure of the Bureau of Reclamation provides 

important benefits related to irrigated agriculture, municipal and industrial 

water, hydropower, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation in the 17 Reclamation States; 

(2) as of 2013, the combined replacement value of the infrastructure assets 

of the Bureau of Reclamation was $94,500,000,000; 

(3) the majority of the water resources infrastructure facilities of the Bureau 

of Reclamation are at least 60 years old; 

(4) the Bureau of Reclamation has previously undertaken efforts to better 

manage the assets of the Bureau of Reclamation, including an annual review 

of asset maintenance activities of the Bureau of Reclamation known as the 

‘‘Asset Management Plan’’; and 

(5) actionable information on infrastructure conditions at the asset level, including information on maintenance needs at individual assets due to aging infrastructure, is needed for Congress to conduct oversight of Reclamation facilities and meet the needs of the public. 

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 


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ASSET.— 

(A) IN GENERAL—The term ‘‘asset’’ means any of the following assets that 

are used to achieve the mission of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage, 

develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and 

economically sound manner in the interest of the people of the United 

States: 

(i) Capitalized facilities, buildings, structures, project features, power 

production equipment, recreation facilities, or quarters. 

(ii) Capitalized and noncapitalized heavy equipment and other installed equipment. 

(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘asset’’ includes assets described in subparagraph (A) that are considered to be mission critical. 

(2) ASSET MANAGEMENT REPORT.—The term ‘‘Asset Management Report’’ 

means— 

(A) the annual plan prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation known as the 

‘‘Asset Management Plan’’; and 

(B) any publicly available information relating to the plan described in 

subparagraph (A) that summarizes the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation 

to evaluate and manage infrastructure assets of the Bureau of Reclamation. 

(3) MAJOR REPAIR AND REHABILITATION NEED.—The term ‘‘major repair and 

rehabilitation need’’ means major nonrecurring maintenance at a Reclamation 

facility, including maintenance related to the safety of dams, extraordinary 

maintenance of dams, deferred major maintenance activities, and all 7 other 

significant repairs and extraordinary maintenance. 

(4) RECLAMATION FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Reclamation facility’’ means each of 

the infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau of Reclamation at a Reclamation project. 

(5) RECLAMATION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Reclamation project’’ means a project 

that is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, including all reserved works and 

transferred works owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. 

(6) RESERVED WORKS.—The term ‘‘reserved works’’ means buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment that are owned by the Bureau of Reclamation for 

which operations and maintenance are performed by employees of the Bureau 

of Reclamation or through a contract entered into by the Bureau of Reclamation, regardless of the source of funding for the operations and maintenance. 

(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. 

(8) TRANSFERRED WORKS.—The term ‘‘transferred works’’ means a Reclamation facility at which operations and maintenance of the facility is carried out 

by a non-Federal entity under the provisions of a formal operations and maintenance transfer contract or other legal agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. 

SEC. 4. ASSET MANAGEMENT REPORT ENHANCEMENTS FOR RESERVED WORKS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary shall submit to Congress an Asset Management Report that— 

(1) describes the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation— 

(A) to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works at Reclamation 

facilities; and 

(B) to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining reserved works at Reclamation facilities; and 

(2) expands on the information otherwise provided in an Asset Management 

Report, in accordance with subsection (b). 

(b) INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Asset Management Report submitted under subsection 

(a) shall include— 

(A) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all 

reserved works at all Reclamation projects; and 

(B) to the extent practicable, an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation 

project. 

(2) INCLUSIONS.—To the extent practicable, the itemized list of major repair 

and rehabilitation needs under paragraph (1)(B) shall include— 

(A) a budget level cost estimate of the appropriations needed to complete 

each item; and 

(B) an assignment of a categorical rating for each item, consistent with 

paragraph (3). 

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The system for assigning ratings under paragraph 

(2)(B) shall be— 

(i) consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform 

the annual budget process and agency requirements; and 

(ii) subject to the guidance and instructions issued under subparagraph (B). 

(B) GUIDANCE.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance that describes the applicability of 

the rating system applicable under paragraph (2)(B) to Reclamation facilities. 

(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Except as provided in paragraph (5), the Secretary 

shall make publically available, including on the Internet, the Asset Management Report required under subsection (a). 

(5) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Subject to the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may exclude from the public version of the Asset Management Report 

made available under paragraph (4) any information that the Secretary identifies as sensitive or classified, but shall make available to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a version of the report containing the 

sensitive or classified information. 

(c) UPDATES.—Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Asset Management Report is submitted under subsection (a) and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall update the Asset Management Report, subject to the requirements of 

section 5(b)(2). 

(d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Army 

(acting through the Chief of Engineers) to the extent that the consultation would 

assist the Secretary in preparing the Asset Management Report under subsection 

(a) and updates to the Asset Management Report under subsection (c). 

SEC. 5. ASSET MANAGEMENT REPORT ENHANCEMENTS FOR TRANSFERRED WORKS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordinate with the non-Federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to the condition 

of, and planned maintenance for, transferred works that are similar to the reporting 

requirements described in section 4(b) 

(b) GUIDANCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—After considering input from water and power contractors 

of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Secretary shall develop and implement a rating system for transferred works that incorporates, to the maximum extent 

practicable, the rating system for reserved works developed under section 

4(b)(3). 

(2) UPDATES.—The ratings system developed under paragraph (1) shall be included in the updated Asset Management Reports under section 4(c). 

PURPOSE

The purpose of S. 1800 is to require the Secretary of the Interior 

to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED

Founded in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation provides vital services for irrigators, hydropower, dams, recreation, and canals in the 

seventeen western states. Reclamation’s inventory includes 476 

dams and dikes, creating 337 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 245 million acre-per-feet of water. Much of Reclamation’s infrastructure was constructed over 50 years ago and the department 

has faced challenges maintaining this aging infrastructure. 

Reclamation has prepared an annual ‘‘Asset Management Plan,’’ 

which describes current business practices and performance 

metrics in the past, but does not provide information at the project 

level. S. 1800 seeks to expand on the information provided by the 

Asset Management Plan by providing a detailed assessment of 

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tion’s infrastructure, S. 1800 requires the Bureau to provide a report with: (1) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation 

needs at each Bureau of Reclamation facility; (2) cost estimate of 

the expenditures needed to address those repairs; and (3) categorical safety rating, using the Bureau’s own existing categorical system, of the importance of addressing each item. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

S. 1800 was introduced by Senators Barrasso and Schatz on December 11, 2013. A hearing was held by the Subcommittee on 

Water and Power on February 27, 2014 (S. Hrg. 113–284). At its 

business meeting on June 18, 2014, the Senate Energy and Natural 

Resources Committee ordered S. 1800 favorably reported with an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in 

open business session on June 18, 2014, by a voice vote of a 

quorum present, recommends that the Senate pass S. 1800, if 

amended as described herein. 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

During its consideration of S. 1800, the Committee adopted an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute. The amendment adds 

several definitions including ‘‘asset’’, ‘‘major repair and rehabilitation need’’, ‘‘reserved works’’, and ‘‘transferred works’’. The amendment separates the Asset Management Report into two parts; one 

for reserved works and one for transferred works, which is addressed in a new section 5. In section 4, the amendment directs the 

Secretary of the Interior to issue guidance. 

The amendment is explained in detail in the section-by-section 

analysis below. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1 provides a short title. 

Section 2 contains Congressional findings about the need for a report addressing the Bureau of Reclamation’s aging infrastructure. 

Section 3 includes definitions of terms. 

Section 4 directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress describing the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage Reclamation facilities considered reserved works which includes facilities and structures that are owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. 

The report will also help to standardize and streamline data reporting processes and expands on the information otherwise provided in Asset Management Reports, including a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs, with a cost estimate 

for completion of each item and a categorical rating. Section 4 includes a confidentiality clause giving the Secretary of the Interior 

discretion to exclude sensitive or classified information from the report. Finally, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the 

Army in preparing the Asset Management Report. 

Section 5 directs the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate with 

non-Federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance 

of transferred works in developing reporting requirements for Asset 


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Management Reports. In addition, the Secretary shall develop and 

implement a rating system for transferred works that incorporates 

the rating system for reserved works. 

COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

The following estimate of costs of this measure has been provided 

by the Congressional Budget Office: 

S. 1800—Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act 

S. 1800 would direct the Bureau of Reclamation to assess the 

maintenance needs of its facilities and submit a report to the designated Congressional committees every two years. Under current 

law, the bureau gathers and publishes similar information in various reports throughout the year. Under the bill, the bureau would 

be required to coordinate the timing and analysis of that information, consolidate it, and include some new analysis specified by the 

bill. 

Based on information from the Bureau of Reclamation, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost about $2 million over the 2015–2019 period. Enacting S. 1800 would not affect 

revenues or direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do 

not apply. 

S. 1800 would require the bureau to develop a ranking system 

to prioritize the rehabilitation needs of facilities that it operates 

and to work with nonfederal partners that have taken over the operation of certain other facilities to develop a similar system for 

those facilities. Under current law, the bureau gathers data on its 

facilities, analyzes the data, and makes the results of its analysis 

available to the Congress and the public through its budget documents and various other reports throughout the year. Under the 

bill, the bureau would need to consolidate those results into one report every two years and include the ranking information and the 

estimated costs of necessary rehabilitation projects. 

S. 1800 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no cost on state, local, or tribal governments. Any costs incurred by public entities to comply with the reporting requirements 

of this legislation would result from participating in a voluntary 

federal program. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Aurora Swanson. This 

estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION

In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following evaluation 

of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in carrying out 

S. 1800. 

The bill is not a regulatory measure in the sense of imposing 

Government-established standards or significant economic responsibilities on private individuals and businesses. 

No personal information would be collected in administering the 

program. Therefore, there would be no impact on personal privacy. 

Little, if any, additional paperwork would result from the enactment of S. 1800, as ordered reported. 


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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING

S. 1800, as reported, does not contain any congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

The testimony provided by the Bureau of Reclamation at the 

February 27, 2014, Subcommittee on Water and Power hearing on 

S. 1800 follows: 

STATEMENT OF ROBERT QUINT, SENIOR ADVISOR, BUREAU

OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Chairman Schatz and members of the Subcommittee, I 

am Bob Quint, Senior Advisor at the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Jam pleased to provide the views of the 

Department of the Interior (Department) on S. 1800, the 

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act. As currently 

written, the Department does not support S. 1800 but 

would be pleased to work with the bill sponsors on refinements to the legislation to address the concerns described 

below. 

Under Section 4 of S. 1800, the Secretary of the Interior 

would be required to submit biennial reports to Congress 

on ‘the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage all 

Reclamation facilities,’ including efforts to standardize and 

streamline data reporting and processes for managing Reclamation facilities. S. 1800 directs that the reports provide 

itemized lists of ‘‘major repair and rehabilitation needs’’ at 

all Reclamation facilities, showing estimated costs, and 

ranked via a categorical rating system to be developed 

through new regulations pursuant to Section 4(b)(3)(B) of 

the bill. Sensitive or classified information could be excluded from a required public version of the report, but 

that information would be required in the versions delivered to Congress. The Department has several concerns 

with this legislation as introduced, and believes that the 

preparation and publication of the reports in this bill 

would constitute a duplication of other existing efforts 

which will not improve the body of information available 

on Reclamation’s infrastructure, nor result in more effective application of available resources to address facility 

maintenance. Having said that, the Department is aware 

of the desire in Congress for more information on the status of Reclamation’s infrastructure, and in accordance with 

the Administration’s Open Data Policy and Executive 

Order, the Department is committed to openness and 

transparency of data, including Reclamation data on facility management. To that end we would appreciate the opportunity to work with the sponsors on potential amendments to the bill that would provide Congress and the public additional information regarding Reclamation’s infrastructure though augmentation of other existing reporting 

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Reclamation’s annual budget requests include the best 

yearly representations of the appropriated funds needed 

for maintenance at Reclamation facilities. Reclamation’s 

budget documents, delivered to Congress annually and 

posted online, are developed over a multi-step 18-month 

process that begins at the field office level where managers 

consider the condition of the facilities under their jurisdiction, safety considerations associated with facilities’ condition, and—very importantly—the ability of operating partners to fund the work identified pursuant to the terms of 

their contract and requirements of Reclamation Law. Investments in major rehabilitations and replacements are 

analyzed and prioritized at the field, regional, and bureau 

levels based on criteria such as: Engineering Need; Risks 

and Consequences of Failure; Efficiency Opportunities; Financial Feasibility; and availability of Non-Federal Cost 

Share. 

During this process, Reclamation categorizes the information that will go into its budget requests using its Programmatic Budget Structure (PBS). The PBS uses two of 

its five primary categories to show the budget request for 

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities: I. Facility 

Operations, and 2. Facility Maintenance and Rehabilitation. It should be noted that in addition to the appropriated funds in these two budget categories, a generally 

equal amount of O&M activities are paid for directly by 

water and power users with their own funds or project revenues. 

The Facility Operations category includes items and activities that are necessary to operate Reclamation facilities 

to produce authorized project benefits for water supplies, 

power, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation. This 

category includes not only facility operations by Reclamation at reserved works, but also Reclamation’s oversight of 

the operations of facilities performed by water user entities 

at transferred works. Facility Operations includes all routine or preventive maintenance activities. Routine maintenance is defined as recurring daily, weekly, monthly, or 

annually, and most tasks performed by Reclamation maintenance staff are included in this category. Also included 

in this category are routine safety and occupational health 

items, including those for workplace safety inspection and 

hazard abatement. The amount budgeted under this category for each facility is the funding necessary to perform 

routine O&M activities. On an annual basis, each region, 

along with centralized program management staff, determines the appropriate budget level to support staffing and 

other resources necessary at each facility for continued operations to deliver authorized project benefits. 

The second category, Facility Maintenance and Rehabilitation, addresses the needs over and above the resources 

in Facility Operations, and corresponds roughly to the concept of major rehabilitations and replacements. The Facility Maintenance and Rehabilitation category includes 

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maintenance of existing infrastructure. This category also 

includes activities to review and conduct condition assessments (facility O&M, dam safety and site security inspections), as well as funding necessary for the correction of 

dam safety deficiencies (dam safety modifications), the implementation of security upgrades, and building seismic 

safety retrofits. Consequently, most of the budgeted items 

under this category are related to site-specific facility 

needs. 

After the field offices identify prioritized major rehabilitation and replacement activities in their jurisdiction that 

require appropriated funds, they are evaluated at the regional level where these are compared to the needs and 

priorities of other activities and facilities in that region. 

There are five regions within Reclamation. The regions’ 

PBS allotments for Facility Maintenance and Rehabilitation each year are then evaluated at the next level of internal review, with Reclamation’s Budget Review Committee (BRC) process. A given year’s BRC is working in 

advance of a budget request two years into the future, and 

is comprised of senior management from across the agency, providing the maximum breadth of relevant experience 

and program knowledge. The region presents its priorities 

to the BRC, which evaluates the major rehabilitation and 

replacement needs and priorities against those of other regions in order to ensure that Facility Maintenance and Rehabilitation activities reflect Reclamation’s greatest overall 

need and agency priorities. No urgent maintenance issues 

necessary to the safe operation of a facility are deferred in 

the budgeting or facility review processes. The end result 

is a budget request that has been prioritized and vetted 

across the organization, concurrent with input from the 

Department and Reclamation leadership. 

To better understand upcoming needs, and for the purpose of reporting asset condition at a specific point in time 

to the Federal Real Property Profile to meet requirements 

of the Executive order 13327, ‘‘Federal Real Property Management’’, in a separate effort which informs the annual 

budget process, Reclamation develops and annually updates estimates of major rehabilitation and replacement 

(MR&R) needs, including deferred maintenance, for its infrastructure looking out five years. As a result, these 

‘‘MR&R needs’’ represent an outlook of Reclamation’s best 

estimate of identified extraordinary maintenance, repairs, 

rehabilitation, and replacement needs at a point in time 

looking forward five years, regardless of funding source, 

for all assets. The estimated total in 2011 amounted to 

$2.6 billion over five years (fiscal years 2012–2016).1 It is 

important to note that a substantial portion of projected 

needs to address the rehabilitation of aging infrastructure 

(roughly $1.2 billion of the $2.6 billion estimate) will be financed directly by our water and power customers. Cost 


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estimates associated with these identified needs range 

from ‘‘preliminary’’ to ‘‘appraisal/feasibility’’ level. Thus, 

these estimates should not be collectively assumed to be at 

one particular uniform level of detail. Variability in the 

MR&R estimates from year to year may be the result of 

additional information received from the estimating source 

(i.e., Reclamation field offices and non-federal operating 

entities), changes in field conditions, further evaluations 

conducted, and work priorities, thus impacting the inclusion or deletion of specific identified needs within a particular year, or from year to year. 

As stated in prior testimony before this Subcommittee, 

one of the main challenges Reclamation faces in securing 

funding for the identified near-term needs as well as 

longer-term MR&R needs is the varying economic strength 

of our operating partners. Given the requirement under 

Reclamation Law for the repayment of maintenance costs 

either in the year incurred or over time, Reclamation must 

work in collaboration with our water and power partners 

that must repay these investments. For some of these 

partners, the cost-share requirements associated with 

MR&R work are simply beyond the financial capabilities of 

their beneficiaries. Like any organization tasked with constructing, operating, and maintaining a wide portfolio of 

assets, Reclamation has to prioritize its actions to maximize the benefits derived from its investment of both federal and non-federal funds. Over the past 10 years, funds 

requested for Facility Operations and Facility Maintenance 

and Rehabilitation have kept pace with or grown relative 

to Reclamation’s overall Water and Related Resources 

budget (graphic attached). Given the substantial economic 

and financial interest of Reclamation’s non-federal partners, the development of cost estimates for maintenance 

requirements on reserved and transferred works is both 

collaborative and dynamic. Reclamation must also balance 

its asset management responsibilities with other aspects of 

its mission to manage water and related resources in the 

West. We acknowledge there are tradeoffs associated with 

decisions to fund one identified need versus another, but 

Reclamation’s annual budget request reflects our best effort to balance those constantly evolving needs associated 

with all elements of our mission. 

The requirements of S. 1800 would duplicate and draw 

resources away from the processes described above, and 

the bill makes no allowance for the valuable input from operating partners that is central to Reclamation’s asset 

management program. Based on arrangements originating 

with Section 6 of the Reclamation Act of 1902, over twothirds of Reclamation’s facilities are managed by non-federal project beneficiaries. These operating entities provide 

valuable input to the formulation of Reclamation’s annual 

asset management activities. Reclamation believes the requirements of S. 1800 will complicate Reclamation’s and 

our operating entities’ budget processes, since the reporting requirements would make no allowance for operating 


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partners’ budgeting and financing processes associated 

with most of the tasks that would be identified. Reclamation also believes that providing a new layer of reports separate and apart from the annual budget request process 

would create unnecessary difficulties, since budget requests for subsequent years would not be consistent with 

the maintenance snapshot provided by the reports under 

S. 1800. If possible, we would like to propose amendments 

to S. 1800 which would still provide additional information 

on the status of Reclamation’s infrastructure, but allow for 

the bill’s reporting requirements to better integrate with 

Reclamation’s existing budget formulation process and 

schedule and fully consider the needs and interests of our 

water and power contractors. 

In conclusion, the Department of the Interior is aware of 

and appreciates the concerns expressed by some Members 

of Congress about the accessibility of data on Reclamation’s infrastructure. In accordance with the Administration’s Open Data Policy and Executive Order, we are working to improve the availability and accessibility of data on 

Reclamation’s infrastructure and would be happy to keep 

the committee informed of our progress in this area. In recent years, Reclamation has made substantial progress in 

developing and improving estimates of MR&R needs for 

both reserved and transferred works, and has provided testimony at hearings of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on this topic, as well as responding in 

writing to several questions for the record. It is also worth 

noting that the Federal Government is making important 

strides in improving the accuracy, efficiency and level of 

data available on the federal real property portfolio. The 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established the 

Real Property Advisory Committee (RPAC) in 2011 to 

work across agencies to determine real property best practices, opportunities for short and long-term cost savings, 

and realigning real property inventories to agency mission 

and service delivery. We believe these processes should be 

allowed to work or be accounted for in the requirements of 

this bill before S. 1800 or similar legislation is enacted. 

This concludes my written statement. I am pleased to 

answer questions at the appropriate time. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee notes that no 

changes in existing law are made by S. 1800 as ordered reported. 

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