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Union Calendar No. 314 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6276 

[Report No. 118–384] 

To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of 

certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 7, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services and the 

Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 

identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings 

and federally-leased space, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utilizing Space Effi5 ciently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023’’ or the 

6 ‘‘USE IT Act of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act: 

9 (1) ACTUAL UTILIZATION RATE.—The term ‘‘ac10 tual utilization rate’’ means the total usable square 

11 footage of a public building or federally-leased space 

12 divided by the occupancy. 

13 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis14 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

15 (3) BUILDING UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘build16 ing utilization’’ means the percentage of utilization 

17 generated by comparing the actual utilization rate 

18 with the capacity based on a utilization benchmark of 

19 150 useable square feet per person. 

20 (4) CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘capacity’’ means the 

21 total usable square footage of a public building or fed22 erally-leased space divided by a utilization bench23 mark. 

24 (5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

25 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 


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1 (6) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen2 cy’’ means an executive department covered by the 

3 CFO Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–576). 

4 (7) OCCUPANCY.—The term ‘‘occupancy’’ means 

5 the total number of employees performing duties in 

6 person in a public building or federally-leased space 

7 at least 5 days per week on a regular basis. 

8 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF BUILDING 

9 USAGE TECHNOLOGY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordi12 nation with the Director, shall establish standard meth13 odologies and identify technologies available for measuring 

14 occupancy in public buildings and federally-leased space. 

15 (b) MEASUREMENT OF UTILIZATION.—Not later than 

16 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the heads 

17 of Federal agencies shall work with the Administrator to 

18 identify, deploy, and use sensors and other technologies in 

19 public buildings and federally-leased space, where the Fed20 eral agency occupies space to measure the occupancy of pub21 lic buildings and leased space. 

22 SEC. 4. REPORTING ON USAGE OF REAL PROPERTY. 

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

24 this Act, and annually thereafter, the heads of Federal agen25 cies shall submit to the Director, the Administrator, the 


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1 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

2 House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment 

3 and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Senate a report on— 

6 (1) the occupancy and the actual utilization 

7 rates of space in public buildings and federally-leased 

8 space occupied by the respective agency of the Federal 

9 agency head broken down by building and lease; 

10 (2) the methodology used for determining occu11 pancy, including the period of time and other param12 eters used to determine occupancy on a regular basis; 

13 (3) the utilization percentage of each public 

14 building and federally-leased space by the respective 

15 agency of the Federal agency head, comparing the ca16 pacity to the actual utilization rate based on a utili17 zation benchmark of 150 usable square feet per per18 son; and 

19 (4) any costs associated with capacity that ex20 ceeds occupancy with respect to the respective agency 

21 of the Federal agency head. 

22 SEC. 5. REDUCING UNNEEDED SPACE. 

23 (a) TARGET UTILIZATION METRICS.—Not later than 

24 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

25 thereafter, the Director, in consultation with the AdminisVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:47 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H6276.RH H6276

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1 trator, shall ensure building utilization in each public 

2 building and federally-leased space is not less than 60 per3 cent on average over each 1-year period. 

4 (b) ACTIONS.—In the event that building utilization 

5 is below 60 percent on average over a 1-year period de6 scribed in subsection (a) for any particular public building 

7 or federally-leased space, the Administrator shall— 

8 (1) provide notice to the tenant agency inform9 ing such agency of the excess in capacity along with 

10 associated costs of such excess; and 

11 (2) notify the Committee on Transportation and 

12 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the 

13 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

14 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate of such ex16 cess capacity and associated costs. 

17 (c) SUBSEQUENT FAILURE.—If the tenant agency fails 

18 to meet the 60 percent target under subsection (a) in the 

19 reporting period subsequent to the reporting period under 

20 subsection (b), the Administrator shall, in consultation with 

21 the Director, take steps to reduce the space of the tenant 

22 agency, including consolidating the tenant agency with an23 other agency, selling or disposing of excess capacity space, 

24 and adjusting space requirements, as appropriate, for any 

25 replacement space. 


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1 (d) PRIORITIZATION.—The Administrator, in coordi2 nation with the Director, shall prioritize to the maximum 

3 extent practicable capital investments in public buildings 

4 where Federal agencies meet or exceed building utilization 

5 metrics, except that prioritization may be given to projects 

6 that will result in building utilization of 60 percent or 

7 more. 

8 (e) EXCEPTIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may provide ex10 ceptions to building utilization metrics based on the 

11 amount of non-standard office space a Federal agency 

12 demonstrates is required to meet the mission of the 

13 agency, including warehouse space, laboratories crit14 ical to the mission of the agency, and public cus15 tomer-facing spaces driven by agency missions. 

16 (2) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall sub17 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra18 structure of the House of Representatives, the Com19 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen20 ate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on 

22 any exceptions granted, including the justification for 

23 such exception. 


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1 SEC. 6. HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS. 

2 (a) HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATIONS.—Not later 

3 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di4 rector, in consultation with the Administrator, shall submit 

5 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

6 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environ7 ment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Comptroller 

8 General of the United States a plan to consolidate depart9 ment and agency headquarters buildings in the National 

10 Capital Region that will result in building utilizations of 

11 60 percent or greater. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan submitted under subsection 

13 (a) shall include details on the following: 

14 (1) Which departments and agencies will collo15 cate and consolidate and into which buildings and as16 sociated details before and after plan implementation 

17 related to building utilization, building capacities, 

18 and actual utilization. 

19 (2) Details on the strategies for the sale or dis20 posal of buildings that will no longer be needed for 

21 Federal use. 

22 (3) A detailed breakdown of any costs associated 

23 with the proposed consolidations and collocations. 

24 (4) An estimate of future savings as a result of 

25 space reductions and consolidations, including costs 


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1 associated with energy savings and building oper2 ations. 

3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 submission of the plan under subsection (a), the Adminis5 trator and Director shall begin implementing such plan. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 

the Administrator of General Services and the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget to identify the 

utilization rate of certain public buildings and federallyleased space, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 314 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6276 

[Report No. 118–384] 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services 

and for other purposes. tain public buildings and federally-leased space, and Budget to identify the utilization rate of cerand the Director of the Office of Management 

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:47 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H6276.RH H6276

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